The labels are chosen ...

With the lure of brownies and Charlotte's delicious pavlova to tempt them, the Ruru team came together last week to choose which Ruru Revolution Mark II labels were SO amazing that they just had to be turned into long term labels and displayed in our museum galleries.

Glen surveyed the short-listed labels from Taranaki Life while Charlotte tallied up the favourites from Takapou Whariki ... 

Look at all those labels!

Charlotte sampled her delectable pavlova ... and luckily she got it down before the fire alarm interrupted us!

In the end, the team chose 27 labels of literary prowess to put on display.  We're now in the process of getting the labels printed, informing the writers, inviting them to the label launch party on Sunday 29 September at 3pm and THEN writing some brand new scavenger hunts.  Only 66 days until you can try them out ... so the countdown is on!

Plastered with post-it notes ... again!

They came, they saw and they wrote 414 post-it labels in 3 hours!  Sunday's Ruru Revolution Mark II was a magnificent success with well over 150 people joining in the fun.  They wrote loads of incredibly creative labels, they made Ruru super hero accessories, they scavenger hunted around the galleries and generally had a fabulous time.  Check out the photographic proof below ...

The foyer was buzzing ...

Charlotte rewarded our most avid label writers, Selina and Matt (who stayed for the whole three hours!), with their prized gold Ruru badges ...

Ella Simpson - a repeat Revolutionary - carried on in her poem-writing tradition, writing at least 10 rhyming labels ...

Some of our staff Revolutionaries got up close and personal with the Armstrong gun!

Lucy, winner of our Ruru t-shirt competition, proudly wore the goods as she wrote labels.

And Lottie Moffat decided Linley was her favourite object!

There was also plenty of creativity to be found in the Super Hero Corner ...

Check out some of the amazing labels that were written on the day:

And now the work begins!  The Ruru team will select the best post-its from the Revolution event and turn them into long term labels, write new scavenger hunts based on those labels, then invite the label writers back to Puke Ariki for a celebration.  We can't wait to see our new Revolutionary friends again!

Get ready for the Ruru Revolution Mark II!

It's official!  Our next Revolution event is happening on Sunday 14 July 2013 from 10am-1pm.  Now is your chance to take over the museum ...

We invite you (and everyone you know) to pick up a post-it (like Jess and Matt did) ...

Write an AWESOME label about an object or display in our museum galleries (like Ella did) ...

Collect a GOLD Ruru badge (like loads of people did) ...

Make some Ruru-inspired goodies (like these guys did) ...

And make the Puke Ariki staff happy (like they were last time)!

And, of course, your post-it might be turned into a long term label and incorporated into a new Ruru I Digress ... scavenger hunt (like the work of these talented label writers was)!

So, we hope to see you there!  Viva la revolution!!!