Locales Ltd

Excited about the launch of the @JerraWetlands app: an audio tour of a novel ecosystem in the heart of Canberra. Creating a placed-based experience without site visits was a new challenge, in the time of COVID-19, but we got it done! Check it out on the Apple App Store.

Installing the whare kōrero, a key part of the Ngā Ara Tipuna storytelling trail, on the site of Pukekaihau Pā in Waipukurau. #ngaaratipuna #NZhistory #maoriart #hawkesbay

Ngā Ara Tipuna pou being installed atop the Pukeora cliffs, near Waipukurau. #ngaaratipuna #NZhistory #maoriart #hawkesbay

Installation is in full swing for Ngā Ara Tipuna, in Waipukurau and Takapau. This is part of the carved metalwork on the site of Pukekaihau Pā. Learn more at ngaaratipuna.nz #ngaaratipuna #NZhistory #maoriart

The installation mahi is underway for Ngā Ara Tipuna, a storytelling journey through ancient pā sites and wetlands in Waipukurau and Takapau: bit.ly/NATpalisade #ngaaratipuna

We’re honoured Te Ara Wai Journeys received 3 awards at the @bestawards this weekend! GOLD for Installation & Exhibition and Toitanga (an award for Māori co-design), as well as BRONZE in the Digital Products category bestawards.co.nz/studios/loc… #tearawai #bestdesignawards

Recreating the intricate colours and textures of our native birds is no easy task! Here's how our illustrator, Lucas, drew a tūī for Ngā Ara Tipuna: a project by local hapū and Central Hawke’s Bay District Council launching in 2021 #ngaaratipuna #art

In Nov 1769 a significant encounter took place between tangata whenua and the Endeavour crew on Motuārohia Island. We worked with local hapū and @docgovtnz to tell the story of the violent misunderstandings that took place #motuarohia #NZHistory

In 1845 powerful events took place around the flagstaff atop Te Maiki hill, in Kororāreka (Russell), which still reverberate through Aotearoa. Learn how we worked with @docgovtnz to create signage for this site: locales.co.nz/projects/te-ma… #NZHistory #NZWars

Jessica Wynne Lockhart reviews the Tupapa heritage trail and app in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (Gisborne) #tupapa #NZHistory nzherald.co.nz/travel/histor…

Planning on visiting the Bay of Islands this summer? Why not explore Rangihoua? In 1814, Māori and Pākehā missionaries lived side by side here rangihouaheritage.co.nz #rangihouaNZ #NZHistory

We’re thrilled Te Ara Wai: Journeys is a finalist in the 2020 @bestawards! bestawards.co.nz/studios/loc… #tearawai #bestdesignawards

‘as if you have a kaumātua or historian walking alongside you, whispering in your ear as you travel across a landscape steeped in stories. You can almost hear the footfall of the chiefs and warriors, missionaries and settlers that came before’ stuff.co.nz/travel/destinati… #tearawai

'Listening to the story unfold on the banks of Lake Karāpiro, where it all happened, brings the history to life in a more visceral way than indoors at a museum' stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/11… #tearawai

We created a series of animated graphic novels for Te Ara Wai Journeys. See the history of the Waipā district come to life at tearawai.nz #tearawai #art #history

We recorded more than 160 video/audio stories with local experts for Te Ara Wai Journeys, a new mobile phone tour of the Waipā district. Listen to the kōrero at tearawai.nz #tearawai

If you’re in the #waikato, or planning a trip, why not check out the new Te Ara Wai Journeys mobile tour? Visit places of national importance & discover unique stories told by local experts tearawai.nz #tearawai

Te Awamutu Museum & Locales staff at the launch of Te Ara Wai Journeys, a self-guided tour of culturally significant sites across the Waipā district: tearawai.nz #tearawai #howdoyoumuseum #culture #waikato