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805 Great North Road, Western Springs, Auckland 1022
PO Box 44114, Point Chevalier, Auckland 1246(postal address) (0800) 668 2869 (09) 846 0199 (09) 815 5800
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The largest museum of its kind in New Zealand, MOTAT offers a fun, interactive, and educational experience. Explore our fascinating exhibitions telling stories of the history and development of New Zealand transport, technology and Kiwi ingenuity. V...

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Thank you Motat for being free for the month of June.  We popped in today and ( looked like so did most of Auckland) for the last day of free entry.   Always a fun and educational place. Only complaint was the toilets near the front road were dirty looking and only two of them, also the door nearly whacked everyone as people burst in.. not pleasant.  Also not enough cafes ( the queue was too long and never moved). Apart from that a wonderful day out for all ages.

    Comment by Mark A.
    LOVE MOTAT. We were there as well today and it may be the last time they make it free to all of Auckland at one time. Queues to get in but once inside everyone spreads out. And top marks for putting 4 trams on. Parking was a nightmare though, I dropped the whanau off and then, after driving to point chev and back, ended up parking at the aviation end, right at the road end of the driveway mind, and walking. Cool to catch a tram back to the car at home time though :). We gave up with the cafe queue. The cafe has always been ok but theycould be the next thing to really benefit from management rethink. Overall though, MOTAT is awesome and it's the host of enthusiastic volunteers that makes it work so well. Three cheers.
    Comment by AnnaABP M.
    Each year they have free for ratepayers as we go then ( always winter) so I hope they don't take that away. We were lucky today to get a park by Western Springs but it involved a lot of U-turns and traffic dodging. At least the weather was fab for usall today ( albeit it a bit freezing)..
    Comment by MOTAT M.
    Hi @AnnaABPM and @iforgotmyusername, we’re glad that you enjoyed your free entry to MOTAT and you both had a wonderful day out with your families. We really appreciate your feedback and will use this in our future planning, particularly for busy days. We often advise our visitors to park at our Meola Rd site as there is plenty of parking there and people always enjoy catching the tram between our two sites, so we definitely encourage you to do this on your next visit with us. Hope to see you again soon.
    Comment by KL
    Nice review :)

    Beautiful weather today headed to Motat great day out

      Comment by KL
      Lovely :)

      this is a great place to take the family for a day out! the historic items and cars are always fun to look at. the place is in great condition- everything is well preserved and looked after. staff are always friendly and polite and willing to help. would definitely recommend a day out at motat!

        Comment by KL
        Great review :)

        this is a great little day trip for the family if you have a free saturday, i went here on the weekend and loved the sights, its so educational but without even thinking about it, the trains were a great sight and you could get up and close to everything, a really well spend saturday. afterwards its only a skip and a hop over to western springs aswell for a bit of afternoon tea, a must go and see.

          Comment by Mark A.
          AND it's free entry in June!
          Comment by KL
          Neat review :)

          great day out for the young & old, lots of things to do & see

            Comment by KL
            Awesome :)

            Motat is a great place to visit if youre interested in aviation, transport, victorian times ect.. Its very fun i especially liked looking at the victorian houses!

              Comment by KL
              Neat :)

              Great that this place is still around. I went here on many school trips and enjoyed it. Really nice that i can now take my own children. Nice day out for the whole family :-)

                Comment by KL
                Great :)

                had a lot of fun going to MOTAT they have all sorts of interesting things they have to show you. The Mirror maze was a lot of fun you have to find your way out with mirrors everywhere. all sorts of fun things to try out.

                  Comment by KL
                  Lovely :)

                  I took my military mad 10 year old son to MOTAT on the weekend and he loved it.  I try to take him to the Military Weekend every year.  He loves the re-enactments and tank rides.  Was sorry that the children's obstacle course was missing this year.  We also had a wander around the main part of MOTAT and enjoyed the "Playing with Light" exhibit.  My son had a good giggle on the earthquake similator.

                    We love it here! So affordable for families and the kids adore it. Always clean toilets etc and amazing school holiday activities and staff who are passionate about what they do.

                      Comment by Mark A.
                      MOTAT Mates one year family pass is cheap-as. Check out their website.
                      Comment by KL
                      Neat :)

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