On Monday the 17th of June , Rooms
1, 2 and 8 took a delightful bus trip into Wellington, to our beautiful
national museum, Te Papa. We were going to go all the way to Te Papa on the bus,
but since it was such a fine day, Herbie [Miss Herbert] said we’d get off a
stop early and walk along the waterfront until we got there. When we were
there, we split off into two groups. While one group went and had free time,
the other group went into Te Papa. [If you want to read more about the free
time group, refer to Harrison’s blog post] I was in the first group. We went in
and travelled up to the fourth floor. Once there, we split off into pairs,
working together to find out the answers to a work sheet Miss Clark made for
us. There were many cool presentations and interactive exhibits that helped us
find all the answers. There was a globe showing us where some immigrants came
from, and how many. There were cool interactive tables that played music and
showed us stories of refugees and immigrants. The walls were lined with examples
of things brought by the immigrants, like medicine, games, and [unfortunately]
rats. We learned about push and pull factors, and how these affected the flow
of immigrants to New Zealand. There was a timeline and rows of beautiful
dresses and information about national events that led to mass immigration in
New Zealand. We had a brilliant time, and then went to eat morning tea.
By Tui Christie
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