Howick Historical Village
Another
history of New Zealand, we can feel the past by visiting ‘HOWICK HISTORICAL VILLAGE’.
You can come here by public transport from the Auckland city. We went
there from the Britomart train station and got on the Eastern line (Manukau)
and then get off in the Panmure station, then continued by getting on a bus
number 550 and then get off in the Howick village. Otherwise, you can get on
bus number 550 from the city to the Howick village, it takes approximately 60
minutes. But if you go with kids, it is better to get on the train for 20
minutes and then we get on a bus that only takes ten minutes to the location.
A handmade
tripod from the Village Blacksmith, a
place for boiling water in the kettle
cost for $ 120
Wow,
it is surprising when you see the price of a handmade tripod costing for $ 120.
How come this small is so expensive. We suggest that there is a historical
value for this kettle. As an international student, we could learn How is New
Zealand appreciate its history? Being in the past, the 19th century,
and experiencing the past are a chance for us, particularly for our children to
learn history in a live day. The Howick historical village, a living history museum
of the fencible period, offers fun activities for children. A lot of people
wear traditional costumes in the past and you can hire traditional costumes for
some pictures that provided by the Howick staffs (one picture for $ 5 or 6
pictures for $20).
Feel the
past
We
should queue and buy a ticket, particularly the third weekend every month
because there is a past live experience in the village. For a student, we only need to pay $12, adults
$ 16 and for children under five years old is for free. One secret, if you grab
a book of A-Z Auckland in the
Britomart train station or other places that provide a lot of brochures,
leaflets and books related Auckland destination, there is a lot of discount
vouchers inside the book, including, one free adult ticket for a Howick village
if you come with friends or family.
The
village offers many fun activities for children
Full
day in the Howick village, you will feel full experience about the past. The
village offers many activities with special topics, for instance ‘Peter Rabbit
and Friends’ on last holiday sessions, July 2016. The activities started from
10 am with Puppet show, hymn service, a Victorian school lesson, pipe band, kid
acorn piñata, soldiers’ demonstration, story time, races through the hay bales,
and peter rabbit. The activities were located in some historical houses or
buildings in this village, for instance, Puhi Nui Homestead (no 33), Ararimu
school, outside the tent, outside Fords cottage and other places. You can get
on a horse-less drawn carriage for $2 each around the Howick village. The
children experience a real insight into the history and at the same time they
have fun.
A lesson for my country, Indonesia
Some
group of Indonesian students and local kiwis perform proudly traditional dance,
songs and musical instruments, like ANGKLUNG for a lot of events in Auckland.
They are proud to introduce Indonesian here in Auckland. Indonesia has one
national language, Indonesian, and hundreds of local languages. My country also
has diverse dances, cultures, and songs from 33 provinces among 17.504 islands
in Indonesia.
However,
the current issues are a lot of endangered local languages in Indonesia.
Furthermore, more young generations do not understand about their local culture
and language. Sadly, the national television channel, TVRI, that offers many good
programs for understanding the local language, and cultures, seems have fewer viewers
in this era compared to the programs from many commercial television channels. Furthermore,
English seems to be the best language to be learned by kids in their early
stages, not a local language.
We
can learn from Kiwi about the preservation of their local language and local
cultures and history. How the Kiwi integrates their local language and culture
in their daily life, in the university, public area and preserve some
historical places with fun activities for kids. They also offer such attractive
cultural performances in some museums in New Zealand.
‘A
big country is a country which preserves their history, culture and natures’
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