Te Papa’s Botany team recently ventured to a Wellington City Council Reserve called Hue tē Taka Peninsula/Moa Point located on the south coast of Miramar Peninsula.
Our aim is to compile a species list of the plant community, supported by vouchered specimens that will be stored in Te Papa’s herbarium (collection of dried plants). Most plant species including seaweeds, moss, liverworts, lichen, ferns and seed plants will be collected. Before collecting any plants, we obtained a permit from Wellington City Council.
With an estimated quarter of a million negatives, the Spencer Digby / Ronald D. Woolf Collection is a treasure trove of images of faces and moments from Wellington’s past. The collection ranges from the 1930s to the 1980s and includes studio portraits, wedding photographs, and shots from community events like wrestling tournaments and cat shows among many other things.
An emotional immersive storytelling experience using live electronic music, song and poetry performance to share the history of the Girmit people who were taken from India to Fiji for indentured servitude.
