Got kids?
 
Well chances are they love see­ing peo­ple in uni­forms, big fire trucks with their hoses a‑spraying, police dogs a‑barking, big tug boats a‑tooting, ani­mal res­cues, heli­copters, cars being cut up with giant scis­sors, and gen­er­al organ­ised may­hem.
 
This Sat­ur­day 10.00am until 3.30pm there is a free Emer­gency Ser­vices Day at Wai­t­an­gi Park and snaking around Tarana­ki Wharf behind Te Papa.  There will be vin­tage and mod­ern emer­gency appli­ances, heli­copters, tug boats and sur­prise vis­it from the Armed Offend­ers Squad in the morn­ing.
 
The Espres­so Res­cue car­a­van will be there for any par­ents who need an emer­gency cof­fee fix.
 
If the weath­er packs it in or you feel like a change of pace, head over to Te Papa from 12.30pm until 3.00pm for the open­ing of the lastest exhi­bi­tion The Mix­ing Room.  There will be inter­ac­tive music work­shops in the marae for young kiwis (most from a refugee back­ground).  You can watch as they cre­ate tra­di­tion­al music mixed with rap, hip-hop and elec­tron­ic music.  Te Papa’s mul­ti-coloured mod­ern marae is a great place to check out the next gen­er­a­tion of Refugee All­stars with your kids.