Get ready to embark on an action-packed adventure where creativity meets competition! During the Bricks4Kidz Olympics, young builders will step into the world of sports and teamwork, channeling their energy and imagination into a week filled with exciting LEGO®-based challenges.
From racing against the clock in the Team Tournament to making a splash in Aqua Adventures, and from the thrilling excitement of Kick, Bounce, and Score to the grand finale at the Spectacular Showdown, each day offers a unique opportunity to explore new skills, compete with friends, and most importantly, have loads of fun!
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Get ready for a week where hands-on STEAM learning sets the stage for building key abilities! Inspired by blockbuster movies, we’re focusing on the essential skills kids need to be empowered and future ready.
Each day, we’ll spotlight a crucial skill for thriving in an AI-driven world, like creativity, innovation, imagination, problem-solving, emotional intelligence, and social awareness. With engaging activities and LEGO® challenges, your child will develop these skills while having a blast. Join us for an exciting adventure that mixes meaningful learning with creativity and fun!
Artz on Show run performing arts workshops in Hamilton, North Auckland, Auckland CBD, East Auckland and Franklin every school holidays for children aged 5 - 15 years.
The workshops increase self-confidence and self-esteem in their students, by focusing on all areas of the performing arts arena, in a fun and educational environment. Find out more About Us.
Workshops encourage students to participate in all facets of the arts with professional facilitators on board at all times.
To ensure variety to all students, we offer a range of the following disciplines each Workshop which are related to the theme including drama, theatre arts, art, dance, presentation, team building and vocals.
To find out more check out our Disciplines explanations.
Check out great fun in our previous workshops!!
September/October Holiday programme: 30 September to 11 October 2024
Unlock a World of Adventure from 30 September to 11 October!
Ready for a holidays full of pure magic? We've melded creativity with boundless fun, Arts & crafts an experience your child won't forget. From crafting to cinematic adventures, every day is tailored for wonder. Watch them be creative, bounce, craft, and chuckle in activities specially designed for their joy.
No need to be bored these school holidays ...
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From $58.00 to $70.00 per session | Further discounts may apply.
See Booking Selector for full price details.
Come join our exciting programme.
It’s all about having lots of FUN and your kids will have so much fun at our sKids Centre that they won’t want to leave. Read more ...
For more information about our programmes please contact us.
Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand, though it seems at first to have been used for the North Island only. Many meanings have been given for the name but with Maori names the true meaning can often be found only in a mythological story or in historical fiction illustrating either how the name was given or something of the ideas which prompted it. Aotearoa is made up of either two or three words, Aotea and roa or Ao tea and roa. Aotea could be the name of one of the canoes of the great migration, the great magellan cloud near the bright star Canopus in summer, a bird or even food; ao is a cloud, dawn, daytime, or world; tea white or clear, perhaps bright, while roa means long or tall.
The most popular and authoritative meaning usually given is “long white cloud”, and there are two stories current to illustrate this. It seems the voyagers to New Zealand were guided during the day by a long white cloud and at night by a long bright cloud. The more usual one tells how, when Kupe was nearing land after his long voyage, the first sign of land was the peculiar cloud hanging over it. Kupe drew attention to it and said “Surely is a point of land”. His wife, Hine-te-aparangi, called out “He ao! He ao!” (a cloud! a cloud!) Later Kupe decided to call the land after his wife's greeting to it, and the cloud which welcomed them. The name Aotea was given both to the Great Barrier and to the North Island, but the latter became Aotearoa, presumably because of its length.
According to certain authorities, the other meanings are: big glaring light (Hochstetter); continuously clear light, or land of abiding day (Stowell); long white world (Wilson); long bright world, long daylight, long lingering day, or long bright land (Cowan); and long bright day (Tregear). A good case could probably be made out for the land of abiding day, or similar names. Maui, who is closely connected with New Zealand in mythology, once snared the sun and beat him to make him travel more slowly across the sky. Perhaps Maui achieved the same end when he sailed south to fish up New Zealand where there is longer day with long twilight, particularly in the south.
'AOTEAROA', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966.
Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/1966/aotearoa (accessed 06 Jan 2021)
A short drive from Waitomo Village towards Marokopa is the Mangapohue Natural Bridge. Follow the boardwalk as it weaves its way through an impressive limestone gorge and underneath a stunning natural bridge.
The bridge, formed by two ancient limestone arches created over millions of years, is a 17 m high and spans the Mangapohue Stream, and is all that remains of an ancient cave system.
This is an easy walk which is perfect for all ages. It is a 10 minute stroll from the main road to the viewing platform from which you can also view the stunning stalactites on the upper arch's ceiling.
If you look closely you can also see the 25 million-year-old fossilised oysters exposed in the limestone outcrops.
The walk is a total 20 minute loop track of approx. 700 metres. Pushchair friendly along the boardwalk there are then steps to the top of the bridge the walk then takes you through farmland back to the carpark.
Climbing the steps, which pass under the bridge, you get a superb view of the stalactite-like formations falling from the ceiling.
This walk can be combined with other walks in the area including the Marokopa Falls, Opapaka Pa and Piripiri Cave.
Just 25 km from Waitomo, when you’re passing, make a point of stopping and enjoying this unique spot in Aotearoa.
Holidays are on the way! Check out a guide to lots of great activities you can do with your kids for holiday fun across Waikato!
For those looking for holiday programmes for the kids in Hamilton if you have theatre lovers then check out Artz On Show "Annie" or if you have kids who love a great variety of great things to do and different outings then there are so many to enjoy with sKids Hamilton East. Both of these make sure you book early!
Otherwise check out our Linku2 School Holiday Hamilton page with lots of other options from Hamilton Gardens, and the fun Minature Trains at Minogue Park to The Fun Shed, Timezone, The Waikato Museum, Hamilton Zoo, Bucking Boar Cornfield Maze and lots, lots more ...
Outside of Hamilton of course there's so much more around the Waikato district. Check out our Waikato page which will link you to 9 districts within Waikato from Raglan to Taupo and the Coromandel reminding you about activities such as the Gallagher Bike Skills Park in Cambridge, the Driving Creek Railway in Coromandel, the beautiful Lake Hakanoa in Huntly, Trapd Escape Rooms in Matamata, Bridal Veil Falls at Makomako, the Putaruru Timber Museum in Linchfield, the Otorohanga Kiwi House, Te Awamutu Space Centre, Tokaanu Thermal Pools and of course lots to do in and around Taupo!
There's no need to be bored these holidays if you live or are visiting Waikato!
With domestic travel currently the only wise activity within Covid restrictions, our local tourism industry could really do with the support so Linku2 are featuring on a number of articles to help you pick what would suit you and your family to get out and enjoy our beautiful country!
100% Pure New Zealand have some great articles to give you great ideas such as their North Island Must Do Experiences including our amazing Pouakai Crossing, stunning Cathedral Cove, Rotorua's geothermal spectacles and lots more. Check these out and enjoy every single one of them! NZ.com top North Island Activities ...