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- Co-collecting climate change in Tokelau: Project IKA
  - 2 May 2021
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  - Pacific curator Rachel Yates introduces a co-collecting project that took Te Papa to Tokelau’s three low-lying coral atolls in the South Pacific.Read more The post Co-collecting climate change in Tokelau: Project IKA appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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- The magic of the Kermadecs – extreme birding in subtropical seas
  - 19 Apr 2021
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  - A team of keen birders recently participated in an 11-day trip to the remote Kermadec Islands, about 800 km north-east of mainland New Zealand.
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- John Edgar ONZM, 1950–2021
  - 16 Apr 2021
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  - It is with immense sadness that we mark the passing of John Edgar ONZM.
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- The mystery boy on the back of the painting
  - 14 Apr 2021
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  - In this excerpt from Back of the Painting, a new book from Te Papa Press that takes a literal look behinds the scenes of famous paintings in New Zealand galleries, Conservator Paintings Linda Waters uncovers a mystery: the unfinished portrait of a young boy.Read more The post The mystery boy on the back of the painting appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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- Aotearoa speaks: Are we a team of five million?
  - 7 Apr 2021
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  - One question, 200 answers. Public Programmes Specialist Emma Ng explores the creative way that theatre company Barbarian Productions gathered opinions on Aotearoa’s Covid-19 response.Read more The post Aotearoa speaks: Are we a team of five million? appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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- Migrant and international student perspectives on Covid-19 in Aotearoa
  - 1 Apr 2021
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  - In February we ran a workshop focussing on the Covid-19 experiences of people from international student and migrant backgrounds (including partners and family members), co-facilitated by researcher Sarah Jane D.
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- A year since lockdown: Collecting to tell the story of Covid-19
  - 25 Mar 2021
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  - It’s been a year since Aotearoa New Zealand went into lockdown in a move to restrict the spread of Covid-19.
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- A fern connection between New Zealand offshore islands and mountains of Borneo and New Guinea
  - 21 Mar 2021
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  - Botany curator Leon Perrie describes how a New Zealand fern’s closest relative has turned up in an unexpected place.Read more The post A fern connection between New Zealand offshore islands and mountains of Borneo and New Guinea appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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- It’s time we talked about the unpopular 97% of Earth’s animal diversity
  - 9 Mar 2021
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  - Curator of Invertebrates Rodrigo Salvador led the team investigating how science communication of invertebrate animals is done and how the general public feels about it.Read more The post It’s time we talked about the unpopular 97% of Earth’s animal diversity appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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- Is Coprosma grandifolia the scientific name for kanono, the largest-leaved Coprosma in New Zealand?
  - 3 Mar 2021
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  - Curator of Botany Leon Perrie discusses some of the rules governing scientific names, and explains why we can continue using the name Coprosma grandifolia – at least for now.Read more The post Is Coprosma grandifolia the scientific name for kanono, the largest-leaved Coprosma in New Zealand? appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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- Making histories: reflecting on experiences of Covid-19
  - 19 Feb 2021
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  - Curator Asian New Zealand Histories Dr Grace Gassin introduces Making Histories – a Te Papa project exploring different experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more The post Making histories: reflecting on experiences of Covid-19 appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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- Bill Hammond, 1947-2021
  - 5 Feb 2021
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  - Curator Modern Art Lizzie Bisley pays tribute to Christchurch artist Bill Hammond.Read more The post Bill Hammond, 1947-2021 appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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- Leslie Adkin: A man of great adventure
  - 3 Feb 2021
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  - Madi Ojala is a Museum and Heritage Studies student at Victoria University who has been completing a Summer Internship at Te Papa. She discusses Adkin’s geological excursions and the appeal of working with Adkin’s prints, albums and diaries.Read more The post Leslie Adkin: A man of great adventure appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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- New Zealand’s native bees – quiet lives of desperation
  - 1 Feb 2021
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  - They're mostly tiny, boringly black and don't make honey or live in hives. But they have evolved to pollinate our native plants, and they're under threat. Invertebrates curator Julia Kasper introduces New Zealand native bees, their biggest threats and what is being done to help.Read more The post New Zealand’s native bees – quiet lives of desperation appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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- Postcards to the Future – where was your head at?
  - 4 Jan 2021
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  - Just over six months ago, we lived in a very different Aotearoa.
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- Living off the land: Lockdown gardens since forever ago
  - 22 Dec 2020
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  - In this blog curators Isaac Te Awa and Katie Cooper use objects and photographs from our collection to explore some of the strategies used in the past to produce and preserve food.Read more The post Living off the land: Lockdown gardens since forever ago appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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- A plethora of islands – surveying breeding seabirds in Fiordland
  - 8 Dec 2020
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  - A team comprised of staff from Te Papa and the Department of Conservation (DOC) recently spent a week surveying islands in northern Fiordland. In this second blog based on the trip, vertebrates curator Colin Miskelly describes some of the sites visited and discoveries made.Read more The post A plethora of islands – surveying breeding seabirds in Fiordland appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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- Storm petrels in the spotlight
  - 1 Dec 2020
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  - Five Te Papa staff recently joined Department of Conservation colleagues on a boat-based survey of islands in central and northern Fiordland.
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- Belated memorial for Darren Horn, an early AIDS activist
  - 30 Nov 2020
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  - Te Papa team member Gareth Watkins describes how a community and whānau transformed an early AIDS activist’s wooden graveside cross into a permanent memorial.Read more The post Belated memorial for Darren Horn, an early AIDS activist appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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- He mātauranga huaota o Hikurangi – The botany of Hikurangi
  - 16 Nov 2020
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  - Earlier this year, Te Papa botanists hunted for uncommon forget-me-nots in a very special place: Hikurangi, East Cape.Read more The post He mātauranga huaota o Hikurangi – The botany of Hikurangi appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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- New fossil seal species rewrites history
  - 12 Nov 2020
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  - A fossil discovery in New Zealand has revealed a new species of seal that once called Australasia home.
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- The underappreciated lives of New Zealand’s fungus gnats
  - 9 Nov 2020
  - Te Papa's blog
  - Assistant researcher Shaun Thompson is working with Curator Julia Kasper studying the lives of fungus gnats, one of the biggest Diptera groups in New Zealand.
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- 14,000 images on New Zealand Birds Online – Marlborough special
  - 15 Oct 2020
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  - The 14,000th image loaded on New Zealand Birds Online was of a recently-fledged banded dotterel chick, taken by Derek Templeton.
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- Photo essay: Remote field work collecting forget-me-nots in the South Island
  - 13 Oct 2020
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  - Collecting in the clouds.
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- Exploring the Pacific through time and space
  - 1 Oct 2020
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  - At Te Papa we appreciate any opportunity to improve our learning programmes and adapt them to the needs of learners.
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