For one of my class research fieldwork trips, we drove on a Saturday morning to the MIT Manukau Business school exhibition that visually displays a timeline of some of the main events that have shaped Manukau City (South Auckland) from it's inception.The exhibition is called "Taku Tamaki (My Tamaki) Auckland Stories at MIT Manukau". It's a free exhibition for any to attend and it's open daily from 9am - 5pm. I'd definitely recommend this for families to visit, although it is a small space it's worth attending for viewing the displays and information.
My class and I found it particularly interesting as there are a lot of events that we weren't aware of in the early establishing of the area but equally fascinated that some of the things that we took for granted like Hellaby's (freezing works) gumboots were also displayed in the exhibition as well as Paris Gobal's Nike dancing boots.
Another item that was on display was the late great Jonah Lomu's (Rugby legend) Rugby jersey as well as a mini display of the current protesters' placards against the building on Maori sacred land that I blogged on earlier.
Definitely worth the visit...
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