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- Setsuko Yotsugi: an immigrant story from 1950s Japan to Aotearoa today
  - 5 Jul 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - What does a young Japanese migrant from Hiroshima bring with her to her new adopted country? Setsuko Yotsugi brought a few things with her to start a future life in Wellington: hopes, dreams, resilience, and values. Here, her daughter Deb Donnelly tells the story of her mother’s journey to Aotearoa New Zealand and how she kept her connection with her birth country alive.Read more
- Luit Bieringa 1942–2022
  - 1 Jul 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Luit Bieringa on 21 June.
- Womens rights are human rights: How women in Aotearoa New Zealand gained the right to choose
  - 1 Jul 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - On 24 June 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade and decided that, despite almost fifty years of precedent, abortion is not a constitutional right. Te Papa curator Stephanie Gibson reflects on the long fight for safe, legal abortions in Aotearoa New Zealand using objects from the Te Papa collection.Read more
- Stars of the Matariki cluster: Hiwaiterangi
  - 30 Jun 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - The star Hiwaiterangi (Greek: Calaeno) is the star associated with granting our wishes and realising our aspirations for the coming year. Curator Pacific Cultures Rachel Yates talks about the whetū Hiwaiterangi and the connection to our collections.Read more
- Stars of the Matariki cluster: Waitī
  - 29 Jun 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - The star Waitī (Greek: Maia) is associated with all freshwater, and food sources that are sustained by those waters. Curator Mātauranga Māori Matiu Baker talks about a connection to this whetū in our collections.Read more
- Stars of the Matariki cluster: Waitā
  - 28 Jun 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - The star Waitā (Greek: Taygeta) is associated with the ocean, and food sources within it. Assistant Curator Art Hanahiva Rose talks about a connection to this whetū in our collections.Read more
- Stars of the Matariki cluster: Waipunarangi
  - 27 Jun 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - The star Waipunarangi (Greek: Electra) is associated with the rain and water that pools. Learning Specialist Leroy de Thierry talks about a connection to Waipunarangi with a special kind of pākē (rain cape) in our collection.Read more
- Stars of the Matariki cluster: Ururangi
  - 26 Jun 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - The star Ururangi (Greek: Merope) is the star associated with the winds. Curator Mātauranga Māori Isaac Te Awa talks about how the start Ururangi connects to taonga in our collection.Read more
- Stars of the Matariki cluster: Tupuānuku
  - 25 Jun 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - There are nine stars in the Matariki star cluster. It has many different names around the world, and is known as the Pleiades – its ancient Greek name – or the Seven Sisters in English. The Hawaiian name is Makali‘i, or ‘eyes of royalty’, and in Japan it is Subaru,Read more
- Stars of the Matariki cluster: Tupuārangi
  - 24 Jun 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - The star Tupuārangi (Greek: Atlas) is associated with everything that grows up in the trees: fruits, berries, and birds. Kaitiaki Taonga Collection Manager Humanities Cameron Woodford talks about the connection of Tupuārangi to taonga in our collections.Read more
- Stars of the Matariki cluster: Matariki
  - 23 Jun 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - The star Matariki (Greek: Alcyone) signifies reflection, hope, our connection to the environment, and the gathering of people. Matariki is also connected to the health and wellbeing of people. Kaitohutohu Rautaki-ā-Iwi Strategic Advisor Iwi Relationships Watene Campbell talks about how te ponga in our collections connects to the whetū (star) Matariki. Read more
- Stars of the Matariki cluster: Pōhutukawa
  - 23 Jun 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - There are about 500 stars in the Matariki star cluster, but only a few are visible without a telescope.
- How long does taxonomy take? Botanist Jessie Prebble can tell you
  - 16 Jun 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - Taxonomic research involves a number of aspects, including field trips, lab work, studying and comparing live plants (in the field or glasshouse) or pressed specimens, and reading previous scientific papers.
- New names for some tiny forget-me-nots
  - 8 Jun 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - New research published by Jessie Prebble and colleagues resolves the taxonomy (naming and classification) of a group of small native forget-me-nots in the southern hemisphere. The new data show that some of these plants require different names. Curator Botany Heidi Meudt discusses what this means for their names.Read more
- Sāmoan Multiplicities: Experiences of Sāmoan-ness
  - 1 Jun 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - The Sāmoan Multiplicities research project, headed by Dr Safua Akeli Amaama (Te Papa) and Prof.
- O le Tulāfale (the orator) – language wayfinder of Sāmoa
  - 29 May 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - The theme for Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa – Sāmoan Language Week 2022 is Fa’aāuāu le Folauga i le Va‘a o Tautai – Continue the Voyage with Competent Wayfinders of the Ocean.
- Have a Gay Day! The 60th anniversary of Wellington’s Dorian Society
  - 19 May 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - Sixty years ago, on 27 May 1962, a group of sixteen men met at a house on The Terrace in central Wellington to discuss forming what would become New Zealand’s first documented homosexual organisation – the Dorian Society. Gareth Watkins shares more of the story of some of the peopleRead more
- A new bird for New Zealand – black-naped tern
  - 17 May 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - Cyclone Dovi was a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone that passed through New Caledonia before barreling into New Zealand during 12–14 February 2022. Many North Island residents were hit by gale-force winds, power outages, torrential rain and flooding. Curator Vertebrates Colin Miskelly describes a recent discovery that came along with it.Read more
- Amazing discoveries from Wellington’s City Nature Challenge 2022
  - 15 May 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - The spikey sea slug is the nudibranch Phidiana milleri.
- A new bird for New Zealand – black tern
  - 12 May 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - Immature black tern.
- Recent acquisitions: ‘apei and monuma from Rotuma
  - 11 May 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - In support of Gasav Ne Fäeag Rotuạm Ta | Rotuma Language Week 2022, Curator Pacific Cultures Rachel Yates reflects on the acquisition of an ‘apei sala (white mat) and monuma (blouse) for the Pacific Cultures collections.Read more
- Stars of the Matariki cluster: Pōhutukawa
  - 5 May 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - There are about 500 stars in the Matariki star cluster, but only a few are visible without a telescope.
- Whose body is that? The case of the missing penguin head
  - 4 May 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - Adélie penguin, Gould Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica by Colin Miskelly.
- Digitising studio photography: The Spencer Digby – Ronald D Woolf Lotteries project is underway
  - 1 May 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - Wedding; inscribed ‘Mr Mayo, Miss Cartier’, 1969, Wellington, by Spencer Digby Studios.
- Collecting from an exotic wonderland – plant specimens from the Bell garden added to Te Papa’s herbarium
  - 28 Apr 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - Scarlet honey myrtle (Melaleuca fulgens subsp.
- How do you embed 14,500 images into a spreadsheet?
  - 27 Apr 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - Modified version of A.
- The Cipiyak Project – stories of Japanese connections with Aotearoa
  - 20 Apr 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - Matampus (Ainu headband), about 1904, Japan, maker unknown.
- How many species can you find? Wellington joins the global 2022 iNaturalist City Nature Challenge
  - 13 Apr 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - Scientists from Te Papa, NIWA and Victoria University of Wellington explore rockpools during the 2021 City Nature Challenge.
- Fantastic fungi and how to identify them
  - 30 Mar 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - Devil’s fingers (Clathrus archeri).
- A World of Watercolour
  - 24 Mar 2022
  - Te Papa's blog
  - Annika at the opening of the exhibition A Fluid Art: Watercolours 1778-1900, 18 March 2022.

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