TEMPORARY / TOURING EXHIBITION RELATED PROGRAMMES   

An everchanging programme of temporary exhibitions complements our semi-permanent displays.  2012 Exhibitions Calendar for Teachers (0.17MB) 
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SEMI-PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS

Te Manawa has four new semi-permanent exhibitions.

Te Awa - The River 

All life is dependent upon water. Follow a journey through the exhibition starting with the source of the water and follow the Manawatu River as it makes its way to the sea. The journey is enhanced with interactive exhibits, live animal displays and habitat reconstructions.

Related programmes:

• Wonderful Water
• Water Quality
• Flooding and Erosion
• Manawatu Gorge (Te Apiti) History
• Te Apiti
• Fossils, Rocks and Soil

A Te Manawa educator is able to assist groups off-site in the following areas:

• Bush
• Stream Ecology
• Estuaries, Coasts and Dunes

Kids TM  

Kids TM encourages learning through play. It is a colourful and fun space with activities related to the different rooms of a house.

Related Early Childhood programmes:

• Floating and Sinking
• Where's the Water
• Hot and Cold
• The Body
• Light and Colour

Te Rangi Whenua

Te taiwhanga o te rangi whenua (the gallery of Te Rangi Whenua) shares the stories of four iwi. The tangata (people), taonga (treasures), marae and whenua (land) of each iwi is shared in this exhibition.

Related programmes:

• Te Rangi Whenua Tour
• Nga momo Takaro
• Taonga Puoro
• Hanga Taputapu
• Raranga

Manawatu Journeys  

Themed around the concept of 'journeys', this exhibition focuses on the many peoples who have made Manawatu their home. Where did they settle and why? Not only is the exhibition a story about the past, but also about the present. To tell these stories, the exhibition uses our extensive social history collection of objects relating to social and working life.

Related programmes:

• Pioneer NZ
• Life in the 1950s