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Matariki kōrero: What’s in an exhibition?
- 12 Jun 2024
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- As part of this year’s Matariki celebrations, Exhibition Experience Developer Dan Parke talks about creative storytelling in the Mānawatia a Matariki exhibition space on Rongomaraeroa, the marae here at Te Papa. This piece originally appeared in The Post on Wednesday 12 June.Read more
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Highlights from the 2024 City Nature Challenge in Greater Wellington
- 13 May 2024
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- The iNaturalist City Nature Challenge is an annual event where cities around the world compete to record the most observations and species, and have the greatest number of participants over a four-day period. Science Researcher Lara Shepherd highlights some of the interesting discoveries made during the challenge, in what isRead more
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Another PhD student flies the nest!
- 1 May 2024
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- Each year, several biology and ecology postgraduate students are co-supervised by Te Papa natural history researchers. One of these students, Weixuan Ning, has completed his PhD at Massey University in Plant Biology. His co-supervisors – Botany Curator Heidi Meudt and Associate Professor Jen Tate – talk about his time as a Massey and Te Papa student, and the mahi he has been involved in.Read more
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Jellies, clowns, and stars: spectacular wildlife beneath Wellington’s waves
- 18 Apr 2024
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- Wellington is known for being a biodiversity-rich city with many of its surrounding hills protected in reserves and birdlife booming from active predator control.
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Save A Spider Day 2024 🕷️
- 13 Mar 2024
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- You may be surprised to learn March 14 is Save A Spider Day. As they are not always the most popular of animals, some readers may be wondering why on Earth anybody would want to save spiders at all! In this blog, our spider man and spider fan Dr PhilRead more
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Patrick Brownsey 1948–2023
- 22 Nov 2023
- Te Papa's blog
- Pat was a stalwart of the museum, beginning in 1977.
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Leslie Adkin’s Excursion to Kāpiti Island
- 23 Oct 2023
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- Leslie Adkin (1888–1964) was a farmer by profession, based in Levin.
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The Digby/Woolf Project is wrapping up…
- 3 Oct 2023
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- For almost two years, Te Papa has been digitising the Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf collection of photographic negatives. Now the project has reached the end of its funding, here's some highlights from the current team members. Read more
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Matariki: a time to share your aspirations for the coming year
- 13 Jul 2023
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- In 2022, we created an exhibition experience, Mānawatia a Matariki, a place for manuhiri to reflect and look to the future. Here are some insights into the types of pledges and aspirations shared in 2022.Read more
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Jim Allen, artist, 1922–2023
- 30 Jun 2023
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- New Zealand artist, teacher, and critic Jim Allen passed away on the 9th of June, at the age of 100. Allen was one of the most influential, visionary figures of his generation. Here Curator Modern Art Lizzie Bisley and Curator Contemporary Art Nina Tonga reflect on his work and remarkable legacy.Read more
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Mana taonga in action: Cyclone Gabrielle recovery in Ngāti Kahungunu
- 16 Mar 2023
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- Iwi and hapū in regions affected by Cyclone Gabrielle suffered damage to marae, urupā, and taonga – some irrevocable – causing long-term impacts on these communities. Te Papa staff had their boots on the ground to help out at four marae in Ngāti Kahungunu. Here, they share their kōrero.Read more
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Growing up with Te Papa – celebrating 25 years of Te Papa Tongarewa
- 13 Feb 2023
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- Thousands of people have worked at Te Papa – while it was being designed, then constructed, and since it opened to the people of Aotearoa New Zealand on 14 February 1998.
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Thomas Kirk’s new species of Veronica from Newtown Park, Wellington in 1896
- 16 Oct 2022
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- Recently the Botany team at Te Papa dedicated a week to curating several boxes of plant specimens – we called it the Botany Blitz! Our aim was to crack open boxes that have been patiently waiting – months, years, or in some cases decades – to be processed and databased.
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Luit Bieringa 1942–2022
- 1 Jul 2022
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- It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Luit Bieringa on 21 June.
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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
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Stars of the Matariki cluster: Waitī
- 29 Jun 2022
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- 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
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Stars of the Matariki cluster: Waipunarangi
- 27 Jun 2022
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- 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
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Stars of the Matariki cluster: Tupuānuku
- 25 Jun 2022
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- 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
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Stars of the Matariki cluster: Tupuārangi
- 24 Jun 2022
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- 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
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Stars of the Matariki cluster: Matariki
- 23 Jun 2022
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- 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
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Stars of the Matariki cluster: Pōhutukawa
- 23 Jun 2022
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- There are about 500 stars in the Matariki star cluster, but only a few are visible without a telescope.
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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
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Collecting from an exotic wonderland – plant specimens from the Bell garden added to Te Papa’s herbarium
- 28 Apr 2022
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- Scarlet honey myrtle (Melaleuca fulgens subsp.
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The eye and the turtle: students create posters with a personal connection for Te Papa
- 23 Nov 2021
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- Taita College students Ema Pasikala, Vika Tupou, Jaspreet Singh, Hunter Robinson, and Junior Misa with their posters, 2021. We’ve just pasted some eye-catching new posters around town, made by students from Taita College. Communications Advisor Sasha Borissenko and Senior Digital Editor Daniel Crichton-Rouse hear their stories. Next time you’re out and about in Wellington, there’s a chance you might spy a giant eye and a turtle. Take a closer look – they’re rich with detail.
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The 100 Year Moth Project: Spotting species in the sanctuary
- 16 Jul 2021
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- One hundred years ago, Wellington naturalist George Hudson walked the forest near his home – now Zealandia wildlife sanctuary – in search of fascinating New Zealand insects.
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Highlights from Wellington’s City Nature Challenge 2021
- 12 May 2021
- Te Papa's blog
- How many species of plants and animals do you think you could find in only four days? This year Wellington participants in the iNaturalist City Nature Challenge found 1537 species! Our Researcher Lara Shepherd and Curator Botany Leon Perrie summarise what was discovered.
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The carnivorous giant snails of Khandallah, Wellington
- 9 Apr 2020
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- Endangered giant snails that suck up earthworms like spaghetti are living in a small colony in Khandallah. Curator Invertebrates Rodrigo Salvador tells us more.Read more The post The carnivorous giant snails of Khandallah, Wellington appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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Save Wellington’s unique snail from extinction
- 25 Jul 2019
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- Wellington has its very own snail species, ‘Potamopyrgus oppidanus’, found nowhere else in the world – and it's smaller than a grain of rice. But their numbers are alarmingly decreasing due to bikers and weeds.Read more The post Save Wellington’s unique snail from extinction appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.
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Crabeater seals and their mysterious attraction to the Hutt River (the sequel)
- 23 Jul 2019
- Te Papa's blog
- About three years ago, vertebrate curator Colin Miskelly made the 'rash' claim that the best bet for seeing a crabeater seal in New Zealand was to visit the mouth of the Hutt River in Wellington Harbour – and wait approximately 25 years.
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Botany Collection Narratives – (Part 3) – Image highlights from Hue te Taka (Moa Point) Narrative
- 28 May 2015
- Te Papa's blog
- Some time ago now, the Te Papa Science team completed the process of collecting, identifying and storing terrestrial plants from a low-stature plant community on Wellington’s South Coast.
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