To celebrate the last weekend of Sentinel, dive into a weekend filled with bird-themed storytelling, colourful face painting, and creative crafts—it's a feathered fun fest for the whole family!
Getting Here
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All birds, All day!
Photo competition
Join our fun photo competition! Take a selfie in your seabird mask or facepaint, tag us on Instagram or Facebook, and you could win a copy of The Brilliance of Birds by Skye Wishart and Edin Whitehead!
Tītīs Big Trip: A Seabird Adventure
Sat, 10:30am & 11:30am
Embark on a thrilling adventure with legendary ocean voyagers, the tītī, in this charming storytime session. Discover the adventures awaiting these courageous seabirds as they venture beyond the safety of their burrows and take flight from Hauturu Little Barrier Island across the vast Pacific Ocean.
Make Days
Sat, Sun & Mon 10am – 2pm
We’ve got a flock of bird-themed crafts ready for you! Create your own seabird mask, an albatross puppet, or a feather bookmark—let your imagination take flight!
Facepainting
Mon, 10am – 2pm
Transform into a feathered friend with our free face painting.
Last chance to see Sentinel!
Closes at end of day, Monday
Aotearoa is the seabird capital of the world, home to about 90 species of the world’s seabirds. Just as canaries once warned coal miners of carbon monoxide, seabirds signal the declining health of our ecosystem. With the birds increasingly threatened by habitat loss and predators, Sentinel serves as an urgent call to action.
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