Legends Unleashed Dinosaurs Aotearoa
School Program
Within the safety of your school hall, we can turn it into a fun learning environment with our life size dinosaur skulls, claws, jaws and real fossils. Many of the items we bring are only ever seen behind museum glass or barriers.
We welcome your students to get up close and personal and even hands on with our museum quality collection.
Hamilton West School Nov, 2022
Our program starts with an educational and entertaining presentation by Dinosaur Darren & Rista the Raptor Trainer
Being an interactive program we will also, include some of the students during our presentation.
There will be many great photo opportunities for your school (Sorry no videos of actual presentation)
Being an interactive program we will also, include some of the students during our presentation.
There will be many great photo opportunities for your school (Sorry no videos of actual presentation)
Have you ever seen what it's like to be stepped on by a T rex foot!
The of panning for gemstones in our program is to encourage children to not only learn about the wider world around them but also what lies beneath their feet and to appreciate these gifts of the whenua (land).
Dinosaur Darren loves to incorporate his Tupuna's (ancestors) wisdom of the past by the sharing of Whakaari the greatest Kaitiaki (Guardian) Taniwha legend of Aotearoa as this is a timeless message about Manaaki (respect, caring) conservation of the whenua. (Land)
Dinosaur Darren will share with your school students one of his Tupunas (ancestors) Māori legend of a great Taniwha. This legend passed on throughout the generations and is of the greatest Kaitiaki (Guardian) Taniwha of all Aotearoa and it lives beneath Aotearoa. When this Taniwha see's that Tāne (man) is being disrespectful towards the whenua (land) the Taniwha will then, shakes its back causing the land to move and rumble, this is to remind Tangata (mankind) that "Hey, remember Tāne you are only mortal and not immortal like me the mighty Taniwha!" (Whakaari island). For Whakaari Island (White Island) is not only an island but to Māori it is the head of this great Taniwha and his spines on his back are the Southern Alps of Te Waipounamu (South Island). We know this great Taniwha is still alive today as he was generations ago when Māori first arrived on the shores of Aotearoa, and how do we know this? "Look at Whakaari Island today. Do you not see the hot steam that rises into the air from the crater? for this is his mouth and the steam is his breath of life.
"So Tāne (Man) take care of the whenua (land) and it will take care of you, but know this Tāne even though I am resting I am always watching with one eye open"
Past Schools which Dinosaur Darren has presented in
Knighton Normal School, Hamilton - 2024
Greenpark School, Tauranga - 2024
Catholic Primary School Matamata - 2024
Waingaro Primary School - 2024
Te Miro Primary school, Cambridge - 2024
Rukuhia Primary School, Ohaupo - 2024
Hamilton West Home school Association - 2024
Matamata Christian School - 2023
Te Kowhai Primary School - 2023
Te Ao Marama School - 2023
Hamilton West School -2023
Te Awamutu Primary School -2023
Waitetuna Primary School - 2023
Holy Cross Catholic School, Miramar
Miramar Central School, Miramar
St. Bernard's Catholic Intermediate, Lower Hutt
Maraeroa School, Porirua
Wilford School, Petone
Muraitai School, Eastbourne
Belmont School, Lower Hutt
Cardinal McKeefry Catholic School, Wilton
St Theresa Catholic School, Plimmerton
Waikato Campus, Hamilton
Waihi Beach School, Waihi
Solway Primary School, Masterton
Alferton School, Wairarapa
Mauriceville School, Wairarapa
Silverstream Christian School, Upper Hutt 05 & 07
Correspondence School, 2006 Conference
Lyall Bay School, Wellington
Hastings Christian School, Hawkes Bay
Abundant Life Christian School, Kaitaia
Howick Primary School, Auckland
Auckland - Homeschool Association 2006
Bellevue School, Newlands
Southcity Christian School, Hamilton
Houghton Valley School, Wellington
Mangaroa School, Upper Hutt
Sherenden District School, Hawkes Bay
Pukehamoamoa School, Hawkes Bay
Botany Downs School, Auckland
St Joseph Catholic School, Upper Hutt
Eastern Hutt school, Lower Hutt
Hunterville Consolidated School, Hunterville
Konini Primary School, Wainuiomata
Taipa Area School, Taipa Bay/Doubtless Bay - Far North
Mangonui Primary School, Doubtless Bay - Far North
Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Rangiawhia Primary School, Doubtless Bay - Far North
Totara North Primary School, Whangaroa - Far North
Kaingaroa Primary School, Kaitaia
Silverstream Primary School, Upper Hutt
Māori Bank Primary School, Upper Hutt
Knighton Normal School, Hamilton - 2024
Greenpark School, Tauranga - 2024
Catholic Primary School Matamata - 2024
Waingaro Primary School - 2024
Te Miro Primary school, Cambridge - 2024
Rukuhia Primary School, Ohaupo - 2024
Hamilton West Home school Association - 2024
Matamata Christian School - 2023
Te Kowhai Primary School - 2023
Te Ao Marama School - 2023
Hamilton West School -2023
Te Awamutu Primary School -2023
Waitetuna Primary School - 2023
Holy Cross Catholic School, Miramar
Miramar Central School, Miramar
St. Bernard's Catholic Intermediate, Lower Hutt
Maraeroa School, Porirua
Wilford School, Petone
Muraitai School, Eastbourne
Belmont School, Lower Hutt
Cardinal McKeefry Catholic School, Wilton
St Theresa Catholic School, Plimmerton
Waikato Campus, Hamilton
Waihi Beach School, Waihi
Solway Primary School, Masterton
Alferton School, Wairarapa
Mauriceville School, Wairarapa
Silverstream Christian School, Upper Hutt 05 & 07
Correspondence School, 2006 Conference
Lyall Bay School, Wellington
Hastings Christian School, Hawkes Bay
Abundant Life Christian School, Kaitaia
Howick Primary School, Auckland
Auckland - Homeschool Association 2006
Bellevue School, Newlands
Southcity Christian School, Hamilton
Houghton Valley School, Wellington
Mangaroa School, Upper Hutt
Sherenden District School, Hawkes Bay
Pukehamoamoa School, Hawkes Bay
Botany Downs School, Auckland
St Joseph Catholic School, Upper Hutt
Eastern Hutt school, Lower Hutt
Hunterville Consolidated School, Hunterville
Konini Primary School, Wainuiomata
Taipa Area School, Taipa Bay/Doubtless Bay - Far North
Mangonui Primary School, Doubtless Bay - Far North
Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Rangiawhia Primary School, Doubtless Bay - Far North
Totara North Primary School, Whangaroa - Far North
Kaingaroa Primary School, Kaitaia
Silverstream Primary School, Upper Hutt
Māori Bank Primary School, Upper Hutt
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