Whanganui Regional Museum public programmes presenter Lisa Reweti presenting storytime with help from Felix Gruebsch as superhero Maui.
Photo / Liz Wylie
Children visiting the Whanganui Regional Museum this week have been enjoying story time with Lisa Reweti.
Learning about the exploits of superhero Māui in the Rangi Wills room was an entertaining experience as Reweti threw in the occasional "waddup" and "yeah bro" to contemporise the legendary tales.
After she told
each tale, she asked the children to help her re-enact them by playing the parts of Māui, his brothers and the fish Te Ika a Māui.
Using items from the museum collection as her props, Reweti related the stories of how the intrepid adventurer fished up the North Island and how the birds of Aotearoa got their unique characteristics.
For older story lovers, the museum is running a Spring Lecture Series, with a lecture on Thursday evening "Guided by Stars - Wayfinding of our Ancestors".
