MOTAT Fun at your place
Try out MOTAT’s boredom-busting activities, games, videos and fun for kids to do at home. New content is being added daily!
Kids can browse MOTAT.Fun themselves or with their family, learn new things and get creative. There’s also content for parents and for teachers wanting to add to their lesson plans.
Learn how to make a bubble flood, gather things to make a time capsule, build a rocket, design your own car of the future and make games from things you can find around home.
Make bubble life brighter and take a look at MOTAT.Fun for inspiration to keep the kids busy and entertained.
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Poll: Are Kiwis allergic to “exuberance”? 🥝
In The Post’s opinion piece on the developments set to open across Aotearoa in 2026, John Coop suggests that, as a nation, we’re “allergic to exuberance.”
We want to know: Are we really allergic to showing our excitement?
Is it time to lean into a more optimistic view of the place we call home? As big projects take shape and new opportunities emerge, perhaps it’s worth asking whether a little more confidence (and enthusiasm!) could do us some good.
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41.6% Yes
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31.8% Maybe?
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26.6% No
Some Choice News!
Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.
Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?
Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!
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