Education at Pūkaha

Pūkaha offers a range of education options for your tauira (student), whether they are early childhood, primary or secondary. Each session offers hands-on experiences for your tauira to explore the ngahere (forest) and our new overnight experiences offers the opportunity to see the ngahere as it comes alive at night!
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Day Education Sessions

OVERVIEW

Experience all the ngahere has to offer during the day at Pūkaha with a range of different education sessions. Grounded in local knowledge, history and information on the living world, tauira of all ages can see aviary and wild birds, the kiwi, tuatara, and lizards in our Nocturnal House, and experience a tuna feed up close while on their visit, and more! Room hire included.

Duration: 4 hours

Price: Upon enquiry
Maximum numbers: 75 students per session
Recommended age: Year 0 – 13

SESSION OPTIONS

  • Standard Education Session
  • Te Hīkoi o Pūkaha
  • Custom Session
ENQUIRE TO BOOK
Booking is required at least three weeks in advance to ensure your preferred date.
Night Tours

OVERNIGHT Education Sessions

OVERVIEW

Experience the ngahere coming alive at night with our new overnight sessions! Stay in our education facility Te Wānanga Taiao o Manukura and spend your evening listening out for the calls of ruru (morepork) and kiwi, searching for glowworms and moths and if you’re lucky – spying geckos in the trees. Keep an eye out in our waterways, since our tuna, ika and kōura are always most active at night!

Each overnight experience comes with a guided dusk and dawn session. You can select from a range of session focuses, including our standard guided session, tracking, and trapping, nocturnal creatures and invertebrates, and custom sessions. Room hire included.

ENQUIRE TO BOOK
Booking is required at least three weeks in advance to ensure your preferred date.
Booking is required at least three weeks in advance to ensure your preferred date.

Pūkaha also offers

two extra on-site rooms to hire for your event

Rangitāne Boardroom
The Rangitāne Room is a natural light-filled space that’s perfect for formal meetings and can accommodate up to 20 people boardroom-style or 40 people standing.

Huia Room
The Huia Room is a larger room that overlooks the takahē enclosure and is suited to workshops, events and conferences. It can comfortably fit up to 150 guests standing or 60 guests in a classroom or theatre-style layout.

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How to get here

We’re on State Highway 2 (SH2) in the middle of the lower part of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.

We’re 30kms north of Masterton, Wairarapa and 10km south of Eketahuna, Tararua.
It’s about 2 hours to drive north-east from Wellington, a little longer heading south-west from Napier, or an hour south from Palmerston North.
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