MEO. Music Education Otago

28/04/2026

Have you ever wondered what inspires songwriters to write a song, or how they do it? Who better to ask than the superbly talented Kath Bee - Children's Songwriter, and who better to ask her than Ōtepoti's legend of singing, Benjamin Madden (with questions from Room 9 at Abbotsford School).

MEO. Music Education Otago are delighted to share our very first 'Sound's Amazing' podcast with you all. Watch it yourself, share it with your students, share it with your colleagues. It's broken down into four bitesize pieces, or watch the whole thing in one glorious sitting.

You will learn so much about the joy of songwriting and the thrill of inspiring children through music.

Thanks Kath and Ben - YOU ROCK 🤩🤩🤩

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02/03/2026

Janet here: I'm excited to be presenting a workshop in Dunedin next week. We'll have a blast. See all you southern folk soon.
Register here https://forms.gle/dxzu3aB9Qk8i4ETX6

29/01/2026

How cool would it be if Ōtepoti Dunedin was the first centre to have every school sign up for the Kiwileles. You don't even need to have ukes (they can come later!!)
Spread the word and let's get strumming and singing and smiling 🤩

https://nzukulele.org.nz/join-up

27/01/2026

ECE and Junior educators in Ōtepoti Dunedin, mark your diaries on the 11th March for an evening workshop with the fantastically wonderful Janet Channon from the Kids Music Company.

Janet will be showing us how to 'Harness the Power of Music' and use music as the vehicle to support all essential learning areas.

Keep an eye on your inboxes for more details and a rego link.

09/11/2025

23/10/2025

Ōtepoti Dunedin Ukulele Jam #2 was a blast. Here's the write-up from NZ Ukulele!

16/10/2025

Great coverage in the Otago Daily Times of the first of this year's Ōtepoti Dunedin Ukulele Jams, run by MEO. Music Education Otago in collaboration with the NZ UkuleleTrust.

Taieri College were our hosts once again as 300 kids and their superstar teachers from 10 primary schools rocked out to their favourite songs from the Kiwileles programme, joined by an awesome crew of future teachers from University of Otago College of Education.

The Dunedin Public Art Gallery art educators were on hand to create a ROCK-TASTIC collaborative artwork, and Ukulele Jam Band (Samuel Leaper, Anthony Breese, Jakira Brophy, Josh Tuiavii & Niamh Crooks) brought the magic! Plus guest performances from Isaac Tili, and Taieri College Band Supernatural.

WHAT A MORNING!!!🤩🤩🤩

Massive thanks to the Dunedin City Council and the Otago Community Trust for funding the event, and to ukulele art prize sponsors DCC Moana Pool, DCC Lan Yuan, Tūhura Otago Museum, The Warehouse and Woolworths New Zealand.

Pupils from 10 schools across Dunedin were in full ukulele mode at the Ōtepoti Dunedin Ukulele Jam at Taieri College yesterday. Music Education...

23/08/2025

Magic day with magic kids and magic kaiako!

The Hot Potato Band were superb! Talented musicians, brilliant entertainers, skilled educators and SO MUCH FUN!! We highly recommend them!!

Huge thanks to Tahuna Intermediate for hosting this wonderful event, and to the Goodwill Trust for their generous funding.

🙌 to the groups from Tahuna Intermediate, Abbotsford, Andersons Bay, Kaikorai, Macandrew Bay, Musselburgh, Port Chalmers, St Clair, Taieri College and Tainui for smashing our massed item out of the park!! YOU ROCK 🤩🙌🤩

Dunedin schoolchildren cheer on Hot Potato Band member Luke Bartley as he plays the sousaphone at Tahuna Normal Intermediate School.

19/08/2025

190 kids from 10 Ōtepoti schools are buzzing to meet the Hot Potato Band from Australia tomorrow!
Together we’ll be raising the roof of Tahuna Intermediate with magical music and heaps of fun!