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What’s on at MOTAT: Invent and Play & Solent Flying Boat

Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 4:59 pm | MOTAT

Calling all budding young inventors and creatively inclined adults, get along to MOTAT’s January Holiday Experience ‘Invent and Play’ for a tremendously technological time! More >>

New Exhibition To Set Imaginations Alight At MOTAT

Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 3:18 pm | MOTAT

MOTAT’s newest travelling exhibition ‘Imagination Factory - Invent and Play’ is set to delight, giving visitors the opportunity to explore the magic of pistons, wheels, levers, pulleys, cams and gears through dozens of hands-on interactive displays. More >>

What's on at MOTAT

Thursday, 29 November 2012, 10:50 am | MOTAT

MOTAT NIGHTS, CHRISTMAS LIGHTS Glistening lights, Christmas delights, joyous carols and generous presents... Christmas has arrived at MOTAT! More >>

MOTAT Lights up Christmas Spirit

Monday, 26 November 2012, 12:01 pm | MOTAT

MEDIA RELEASE 26 November 2012 CHRISTMAS DELIGHTS AT MOTAT Two fantastic Christmas events at Auckland’s Museum of Transport and Technology MOTAT Lights up Christmas Spirit Glistening lights, Christmas delights, joyous carols and generous presents... ... More >>

Shave Lids for Kids at Motat

Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 11:47 am | MOTAT

Shave Lids for Kids at Motat Locks will fly at MOTAT on Sunday 4th November when the museum plays host to the fantastic Funrazor event that aims to help the Child Cancer Foundation raise their target of $50,000. MOTAT is inviting members of the ... More >>

Celebrate ‘Olde Hallow’s Eve’ at Motat

Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 1:42 pm | MOTAT

To celebrate the most hair-raising holiday of the year, Halloween, MOTAT will be transforming its historic surroundings into a night of thrills and chills for the whole family at its Victorian ‘Olde Hallow’s Eve’ event on Saturday the 27th ... More >>

MOTAT’S Aviation Display Hall Celebrates Its First Birthday

Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 4:08 pm | MOTAT

MEDIA RELEASE 3 October 2012 MOTAT’S Aviation Display Hall Celebrates Its First Birthday MOTAT’s Aviation Display Hall is celebrating the milestones that made its first year so successful including welcoming a number of fantastic new aircraft, ... More >>

MOTAT'S Gum, Grit and Gold – a Colonial Experience

Monday, 17 September 2012, 1:42 pm | MOTAT

Do your children know that in Victorian times, butter was made by hand-shaking milk and that clothes used to be washed by hand with a washboard? Let them experience the fun of colonial life for themselves at MOTAT’s September Holiday Experience ... More >>

Auckland Central Residents Enjoy MOTAT Free in September

Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 5:28 pm | MOTAT

Auckland Central residents can look forward to fun and interactive experiences for free at MOTAT from 1-28 September. More >>

MOTAT Purchases Crushed Car for Display

Thursday, 12 July 2012, 10:09 am | MOTAT

MOTAT has announced that it plans to put the first vehicle crushed under the new government legislation against boy racers on display and is exploring ways they might use it to help educate and inform visitors about road safety. More >>

It’s All ‘On’ at MOTAT’s July holiday Experience

Thursday, 21 June 2012, 10:41 am | MOTAT

MEDIA RELEASE 21 June 2012 It’s All ‘On’ at MOTAT’s July holiday Experience Windmills, solar panels and hand generators; these school holidays MOTAT is getting energised and turning up the power in its ‘ON’ Holiday Experience. From 30 June ... More >>

Visit Motat for Free in June Thanks to Volunteers

Monday, 28 May 2012, 10:29 am | MOTAT

MEDIA RELEASE 28 May, 2012 Visit Motat for Free in June Thanks to Volunteers Maintaining MOTAT as New Zealand’s leading transport and technology museum is a huge undertaking – a task that would be impossible without a loyal team of over 300 volunteers. ... More >>

West And East Auckland Residents Enjoy Motat Free in May

Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 10:56 am | MOTAT

On this month.... West And East Auckland Residents Enjoy Motat Free in May Auckland East and West residents can look forward to fun and interactive experiences for free at MOTAT during May. As MOTAT’s way of saying thanks to the ratepayers of Auckland ... More >>

Auckland East And West Residents: Free Entry to MOTAT in May

Thursday, 26 April 2012, 3:53 pm | MOTAT

Auckland East and West residents can look forward to fun and interactive experiences for free at MOTAT during May. More >>

Steampunk Alive in Auckland with MOTAT

Thursday, 12 April 2012, 1:13 pm | MOTAT

Channelling Victorian science-fiction, MOTAT is set to transform into a fascinating scene from an alternate history on Saturday 28 April at Aether & Iron: A Time Traveller’s Day Out. More >>

Auckland Super Gold Card Holders Enjoy Motat Free

Thursday, 29 March 2012, 3:36 pm | MOTAT

MOTAT is giving Auckland region seniors over 65 the opportunity to turn back the clock and relive their golden days for free. More >>

Inaugural Fire And Rescue Event Hopes To Save Lives

Monday, 19 March 2012, 1:16 pm | MOTAT

19 March 2012 On April 1st there will be a kitchen fire in central Auckland and whilst it is taking place on April Fools’ Day it is certainly no joke. The fire will be deliberately lit in a demonstration trailer at Auckland’s MOTAT by NZ Fire Service ... More >>

Armed And Ready for Military Weekend Action at MOTAT

Friday, 9 March 2012, 1:09 pm | MOTAT

MOTAT is challenging you to step back in time on 17-18 March to come face to face with a turbulent part of history at its annual Military Weekend. MOTAT Museum Director, Jeremy Hubbard says Military Weekend is a fantastic way for visitors to learn about ... More >>

Events Listing - 2 March 2012

Friday, 2 March 2012, 12:49 pm | MOTAT

Children’s Day takes place every year and is a chance to celebrate how special and important children are. This Children’s Day, MOTAT is offering all children under the age of 17 free entry on 4 March 2012. What better place to take the kids ... More >>

My Vintage Valentine

Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 3:57 pm | MOTAT

Treat that special someone to a vintage Valentine’s night they will never forget in the magical surroundings of MOTAT’s Victorian Village. MOTAT is hosting ‘My Vintage Valentine’ on Tuesday 14 February where couples can enjoy a romantic picnic ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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