Field Trips

A diverse range of guided, optional field trips have been organised for delegates on Tuesday afternoon. Please sign up at time of registration. Most trips are free although a Koha may be appropriate at some. Transport will be provided only where noted and if provided there will be a small fee to make these trips cost neutral. We encourage delegates to wear comfortable walking shoes.

View the options in the table below and scroll down for more details on each offering.

Field Trip Options	Cost	Time
He Tohu and Parliament	No cost	2.00 - 4.15 pm
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Workshop	No cost	2.00 - 4.00 pm
Stories of the land - Led by Ministry for Culture and Heritage	No cost	2.00 - 4.00 pm
Pukeahu National War Memorial Park	No cost	2.00 - 3.30 pm
Te Ara Whānui ki te Rangi Space Place	No cost	3.00 - 4.00 pm
Te Waka Huia o Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho Wellington Museum	No cost	2.00 - 3.30 pm
Te Whare Toi City Gallery Wellington	No cost	2.00 - 3.00 pm
Government House	No cost	2.00 - 3.30 pm
Miramar Prison Garden and Mātai Moana / Mt Crawford	$35	2.00 - 5.00 pm

Note: Conferences & Events is a New Zealand business and all transactions are in NZ dollars and inclusive of GST (15%).

He Tohu and Parliament

Time: 2.00pm – 3.00pm He Tohu; 3.15pm – 4.15pm Parliament
Cost: No cost
He Tohu Website: https://natlib.govt.nz/he-tohu/visit
Parliament Website: https://www.parliament.nz/en/visit-and-learn/educators-and-students/

He Tohu is a permanent exhibition of three iconic constitutional documents that shape Aotearoa New Zealand. The three iconic constitutional documents in the exhibition are:

1835 He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni — Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand
1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi — Treaty of Waitangi
1893 Women’s Suffrage Petition — Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wahine

Come and see these significant documents in the document room He Whakapapa Kōrero, a space inspired by the form and function of a waka huia – treasure container and a state-of-the-art conservation space, designed to preserve the documents for generations to come.

The New Zealand Parliament will offer an educational tour around the different spaces we take school groups through when they visit us. We are happy to be led by the group in terms of what people are interested in seeing, but can definitely cover aspects of how our Parliament works through visiting the debating chamber, a select committee room and the Theatrette where press conferences are held.

Public transport is available to this location.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Cost: No cost
Website: https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/learn

Using Digital Technology to enhance Social Science curriculum

Join the Te Papa learning team in Hīnātore, Learning Lab to learn about some ways in which digital technology tools can support the Social Sciences Curriculum

Public transport is available to this location.

Stories of the land

Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Cost: No cost (transport not included)
Website: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/te-akomanga/education-at-pukeahu/stories-in-the-land-field-trip

Beginning at the Basin Reserve (Hauwai) participants walk north to the Queen Victoria Statue on Kent/Cambridge St before heading to Te Aro park.

This field trip interrogates the places and markers in our landscape to explore the Big Ideas of the ANZ histories curriculum. How have the histories of occupation and power been remembered in the names and landscapes of Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington. How do they highlight the connections between significant local, national, and international events?

Public transport is available to this location.

Led by Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

Pukeahu National War Memorial Park

Time: 2.00pm – 3.30pm
Cost: No cost (transport not included)
Website: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/te-akomanga/education-at-pukeahu/visiting-pukeahu

This field trip showcases approaches to interrogating memorials that can be applied by teachers in their own rohe. Participants will explore the long and contested whakapapa of Pukeahu the place. In considering what is remembered and how, we will also ask what history is silenced in such spaces.

Public transport is available to this location.

Te Ara Whānui ki te Rangi Space Place

Time: 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Cost: No cost (transport not included)
Website: https://www.museumswellington.org.nz/education-space-place/

Experience an immersive show, Ngā Tohunga Whakatere – The Navigators, and take an unforgettable journey across Te Moana Nui a Kiwa. Discover wayfinding techniques using ngā whetu and delve into navigation through mātauranga Māori. Explore how wayfinding stories and practices continue to hold significance in Aotearoa.

Public transport is available to this location.

Te Waka Huia o Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho Wellington Museum

Time: 2.00pm – 3.30pm
Cost: No cost (transport not included)
Website: https://www.museumswellington.org.nz/education-wellington-museum/

How do we tautoko our rangatahi to deconstruct colonial spaces? How do we create safe spaces and conversations for unpacking colonisation? Spend time with us as we consider our rangatahi as critical museum visitors who can be guided to see museum spaces through a new set of critical eyes while building on their natural instincts for play, curiosity, and exploration.

Public transport is available to this location.

Te Whare Toi City Gallery Wellington

Time: 2.00pm – 3.00pm
Cost: No cost (transport not included)
Website: https://citygallery.org.nz/education/programmes/

This field trip models different approaches social sciences educators can take to deepening connections for their ākonga to their rohe through public art. This guided walk in the area around Te Puna Mātauranga National Library New Zealand offers an opportunity to consider how activating sites can help ākonga practice creative agency in sites of significance.

Public transport is available to this location.

Government House

Time: 2.00pm – 3.30pm
Cost: No cost (transport not included)
Website: https://gg.govt.nz/government-house/government-house-wellington/government-house-tours/school-tours

A guided tour of the Government House Visitor Centre, Government House and (weather permitting) the remnants of the 1873 Mt View Lunatic Asylum with our tours and education team. These are all spaces we share with schools when they visit. This is an opportunity to explore themes of nationhood, identity, civics, colonial government, local history, service and the continuing evolution of New Zealand’s system of government.

Government House, is the home of Her Excellency Dame Cindy Kiro, Governor-General of New Zealand. Government House was built in 1910 and has a category 1 heritage rating. Weather permitting we can also explore the grounds and look at the remains of Wellington’s second psychiatric facility, which was on the site 1873-1908.

Public transport is available to this location.

Miramar Prison Garden and Mātai Moana / Mt Crawford

Time: 2.00pm – 5.00pm
Cost: $35 (transport included)
Website: https://www.miramarprisongarden.org/for-educators

The Miramar Prison Garden is a historic community garden located on the site of the former Mt Crawford Prison. Located high on Mātai Moana / Mt Crawford, at the far north end of the Miramar Peninsula, it is surrounded by the extensive Watts Peninsula reserve, an area of contested land with an uncertain future. We will offer a guided tour of the garden as well as one of New Zealand's oldest continually operating farms, visit nearby pā and military sites, and explore Wellington's first open predator-free area. Participants will experience learning opportunities and resources available to student groups.

Afternoon tea will be provided in the garden. Footwear suitable for graded, unsealed tracks is recommended. Transport from VUW (Piptea Campus and return is provided.