Hokitika Museum ‘Most Inspiring Stall’ at MTFJ careers day
Careers day, ‘Inspire to Aspire’ held at Pakiwaitara mid-February was a great success for all involved. The Hokitika Museum was delighted to be awarded the most inspiring stall, with their interactive displays and engaging stories. The booth featured video footage to tell the story of Cocky the parrot, who lived in Hokitika for 52 years, a display showing how Museum staff package collection items for storage, and a hands-on display of stereoscopes giving viewers a peak at the world’s first 3D photographs. By far, the most popular item was a selfie booth where students put on a hat and posed as a miner who had just discovered gold.
A competition was held where visitors guessed how many items in the Museum Collection. The winner was Havah Blight whose guess was only 10,000 over the correct answer of 150,000, with Westland High School exchange student Julia Reichel runner-up. When Havah came in to collect her prize, curators Helen Cook and Sue Asplin gave Havah and her family a grand tour of the collection store to witness at first-hand how such a huge number of items are stored.
The Museum, along with the MTFJ team, also supported Regan Tamanui an internationally recognised stencil artist to host a workshop.
Text, photos and video: Hokitika Museum
Prize winner Havah Blight (front right) and family enjoy having a look around the Museum collection stores with Collections Curator Helen Cook (at back).
Renny Jones and Lucy Crossman have fun in the photo booth.
