Interacting – "doing" – is vital to learning.

Puke Ariki has developed eight interactive games, animations and virtual tours to explore.  To view the interactives you'll need the Flash 4 plug-in, available as a free download.

Mount Taranaki

Explore Mt Taranaki - the geology, the legend and how the mountain has been used as an icon.

Click here.

Polynesian Explorers: Packing a Waka

Polynesian explorers first reached New Zealand over 800 years ago.  What would they have brought with them to help them in their new land?

Click here.

Emigration in the 1840s: Packing a Trunk

Life was hard for early immigrants into New Zealand, especially leaving behind family, friends and treasured possessions.  What would you take?

Click here.

Land Wars Battle: The Battle of Puketakauere

This interactive documentary explains how this important land wars battle unfolded.

Click here.

Turnstyle Rotary Cowshed

In the late 1960s, Eltham farmer Merv Hicks, revolutionised the dairy industry with a milking platform that rotated.  Find out more about this great Taranaki invention.

Click here.

Voices and Images from the First Taranaki War

A documentary with contemporary quotes and photos.

Click here.

Building a Pa

Find out how pā were built and what factors changed their construction.

Click here

Taranaki Timeline

Browse Taranaki events from prehistory until present

Click here