AuteAR app for iPhone and iPad

Design and build your own manu whata, a traditional Māori kite. Scan your kite into the virtual world where you can fly it!

Discover Rongowhakaata’s ancient tradition of kite making. Design and make your own manu whata, or kite – be inspired by Rongowhakaata’s customary designs.

Use the latest VR technology to put your kite into the virtual world where you can interact with it. Then share your manu whata with friends and whānau so they can fly it too!

We’ve partnered with the Rongowhakaata iwi exhibition and the Immersive Space Programme to bring you this programme.

This programme is open to all skill levels, in October 2017 at Hinatore.


Hīnātore | Learning Lab
Hīnātore | Papa Ako
Create, innovate and collaborate. Explore Te Papa’s collections and exhibitions using cutting-edge technologies. Hīnātore | Learning Lab is where people of all ages can learn together.

Hīnātore is where people of all ages can create, innovate, and collaborate. Where flashes of inspiration connect and ignite communities.

We combine cutting-edge digital technologies with Te Papa’s collections and taonga to empower lifelong learning.

Our dynamic, hands-on learning sessions for school groups and the public are designed to build maker mindsets.

New technologies

Hīnātore explores news ways of learning using transformative technologies, including:

a purpose-built virtual reality (VR) studio where learners create, collaborate and play
telepresence technology that connects learners in remote locations and builds learning communities
the latest educational technologies for learners to collaborate, create, and share, including touch tables, smartphones, and tablets
a range of 3-D scanners and printers to support learners to make and invent.