Online fun cultural activities for locked down children

Many museums and art institutions offer online kids programmes in the best of times, and this has been ramped up since lockdowns first began in March last year. This year's final school term, started last week, with nearly 400,000 children in Auckland, Northland and Waikato still learning from home. To provide a couple of hours relief from lockdown home-schooling - Auckland Art Gallery senior manager operations and audiences Richard Wormley says they are offering kid-friendly versions of virtual exhibit tours, as well as ideas for creative projects that don't involve staring at a screen. And New Zealand Maritime Musuem Public Programmes Manager Alison Roigard says they have baking, craft-making and knot tying activities to engage children and their whanau.