Build YourFinancial LiteracyBy Living the Adventure
Step into Aotearis (a future Aotearoa). Solve puzzles, trade fairly, and keep promises as you grow your in‑game currency—while honouring Māori values of kaitiakitanga, manaakitanga, and whanaungatanga—and build real‑life passive‑income skills and strategies.
Financial Literacy in Action
Build budgeting habits
plan ahead and prioritize needs.
Budget with intent
plan tools, time, and travel.
Practice fair pricing
assess value, demand, and costs.
Resource wise decision making
Make smart buying or selling decisions
Keep promises
fulfill trades and orders, earn reputation.
Earn trust through follow‑through
see how reputation creates opportunity.
Grow your in-game net worth
reinvest and think long‑view.
Explore passive-income streams
turn in‑game experience into real‑life starter strategies.
Build budgeting habits
plan ahead and prioritize needs.
Practice fair pricing
assess value, demand, and costs.
Keep promises
fulfill trades and orders, earn reputation.
Grow your in-game net worth
reinvest and think long‑view.
Budget with intent
plan tools, time, and travel.
Resource wise decision making
Make smart buying or selling decisions
Earn trust through follow‑through
see how reputation creates opportunity.
Explore passive-income streams
turn in‑game experience into real‑life starter strategies.
Master real-world financial skills through gameplay that respects your time and intelligence.
What isMT Whare?
MT Whare is an immersive adventure that celebrates ancestry, culture, and real‑world financial wisdom—practical skills anyone can learn through play.
Inspired by mātauranga Māori and set in a hopeful solarpunk future, it blends exploration with hands‑on financial learning: trading, shop management, and community‑minded responsibility.
Travel through vibrant regions, negotiate in lively markets, tackle puzzle‑focused dungeons with meaningful rewards, and build lasting trust with characters whose stories span generations.
OurAnchor Pillars
Guided by Kaitiakitanga, Manaakitanga, Whanaungatanga, MT Whare unites three threads into a single foundation turning in-game experience into real-life lessons and passive-income ideas.
Financial Stewardship
Budgeting, fair pricing, trust‑based trade, wise use of debt, and growing your in‑game currency without grind.
Cultural Strength
Cultural strength — mana (reputation), whakapapa (ancestry), tapu (sacred balance), utu (reciprocity), and stewardship of land grown through exploration—wayfinding, voyaging, mapping, and discovery—with bonds built through player journeys.
Many Viable Paths
Many viable paths — explore MT Whare in-game markets, solve puzzle challenges in ancient sites, grow your in‑game currency over time, and grow reputation through cultural and wealth-building quest, events, and NPC transactions.
Coming Up —School‑Based Trading
A supervised, classroom‑friendly mode inspired by Reputable Trading Platforms—so learners can practice listing items, pricing fairly, and fulfilling orders inside the MT Whare world. Perfect for kura and community groups; optional for everyone else.
Listing
Create and list your items with guided pricing tools
Trade Order
Browse, negotiate, and place orders with fellow traders
Fulfillment
Complete trades and build your reputation score
Aotearis 1000 Years From Now
Once, the world choked on smoke and noise. Then came the long mending: solar webs lit the coasts, forests reclaimed the scars, and cities learned to hum on microgrids. In the quiet after, traditions frayed—until whispers rose of a hidden nation that guarded what others forgot: language, ritual, and knowledge—sparking a renaissance that restored what was thought extinct and pioneered new species and tech in balance with the whenua.
You arrive in Aotearis (a future Aotearoa) following the call of a coveted relic—a taonga bound to the land and veiled from the world. Through carved stone that speaks, tangled forest that remembers, and luminous harbours, the trail draws you inward.
What if the treasure you seek is not an object, but a crossing—between future and past, self and people, promise and place?
Who It's For
Explorers
Roam new regions, uncover lore, and piece together the past.
Adventurers
Tackle quests and dungeons where wit beats brute force.
Business‑Minded Players
Run stalls, set prices, fulfill promises, and grow wealth responsibly.
Discoverers & Story‑seekers
Connect future to past through mana, whakapapa, and community.
Everyone
Anyone who wants a hopeful world where culture and economy thrive together.
What You'll Gain
A feel for financial stewardship that serves people and place
Confidence in budgeting, pricing, and planning
Insight into how trust and generosity shape markets
A deeper appreciation of Māori values and your own whakapapa/ancestry journey
Why You'll Love It
A living solarpunk world that feels hopeful and grounded
Quest‑driven narrative that respects Māori culture and voice
Real financial skills that emerge naturally from play
Choices with heart—generosity, reciprocity, and responsibility matter
Low‑friction systems—simple to learn, deep to master
Gameplay Snapshot
Explore & Discover
Traverse green‑tech settlements, reefs, forests, and cavernous ruins. Each region has its own rhythms, resources, and stories.
Quests with Meaning
Storylines grounded in relationships and reciprocity. Your choices affect mana, trust, and future opportunities.
Dungeons, Gently Dangerous
Puzzle‑driven delves where observation beats brute force. Solve environmental obstacles, prepare tools, time your path, and chart your route.
Trade & Build
Gather, craft, set prices, and learn to sell fairly. Balance today's needs with tomorrow's potential. Earn reputation by fulfilling promises.
Evolving Regions
Unlock new areas and suppliers. See how scarcity, generosity, and demand reshape markets and mood.
Roadmap
Follow our journey from alpha to launch as we build MT Whare together
Alpha
- Core exploration
- Quests
- Basic Trading
- First Dungeon
Beta
- Multi‑region Travel
- Advanced Quests
- Classroom Mode
- Educator Pack
Launch
- Story Act I–IV
- Curriculum Alignment Docs
- Educator Outreach
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