http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz Our place, our voices Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:10:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/02/16/critters-of-the-poor-knights-islands/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/02/16/critters-of-the-poor-knights-islands/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:05:08 +0000 Colin Miskelly http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=20776 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/02/16/critters-of-the-poor-knights-islands/feed/ 4 colinmiskelly Flax snails (Placostylus hongii), Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Amborhytida dunniae, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Giant leaf-veined slugs sun-bathing on a towai trunk on Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. This species was previously unknown to science. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Large, fast and venomous - a very good reason to keep your tent firmly zipped closed. Giant centipede on Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa A female Poor Knights giant weta sits on the author's hand. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa A female Poor Knights giant weta laying eggs on the forest floor. Note the position of her long ovipositor (egg-laying appendage) compared to the previous photograph. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Female Poor Knights giant weta moulting, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa A freshly moulted Poor Knights giant weta consumes its old exoskeleton. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Poor Knights giant jumping weta (Gymnoplectron giganteum), Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Poor Knights ground weta, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Clapping cicada (Amphipsalta cingulata) nymph, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Adult clapping cicada (Amphipsalta cingulata), Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Flax weevil (Anagotus fairburni) feeding on flax/harakeke, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Turbott’s weevil (Anagotus turbotti) on ngaio, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Purple rock crabs (Leptograpsus variegatus) scavenge the corpse of a Buller's shearwater, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/02/16/reptiles-of-the-poor-knights-islands/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/02/16/reptiles-of-the-poor-knights-islands/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:04:40 +0000 Colin Miskelly http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=20774 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/02/16/reptiles-of-the-poor-knights-islands/feed/ 6 colinmiskelly The Poor Knights Islands looking south, with Tawhiti Rahi in the foreground and Aorangi Island beyond. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Tuatara, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa A decapitated Buller's shearwater chick, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa A tuatara holding a freshly killed bellbird, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Duvaucel's gecko, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Poor Knights gecko (Dactylocnemis undescribed species), Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa A cluster of Poor Knights geckos, showing their variable colour and markings. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Marbled skink, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Aorangi skink, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Hardy's skink, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Shore skink, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Moko skink, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Suter's skink, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/02/16/birds-of-the-poor-knights-islands/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/02/16/birds-of-the-poor-knights-islands/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:04:07 +0000 Colin Miskelly http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=20772 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/02/16/birds-of-the-poor-knights-islands/feed/ 7 colinmiskelly The Poor Knights Islands looking north, with Aorangi Island in the foreground and Tawhiti Rahi beyond. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa One of the hardships of camping on the Poor Knights Islands - having to bathe in tidal pools. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Buller's shearwater, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Buller’s shearwater chick, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Pycroft's petrel, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Male bellbird, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Female bellbird, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Adult spotless crake, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Juvenile spotless crake, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/02/16/life-through-a-burrowscope-lens-part-2-subterranean-poor-knights-islands/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/02/16/life-through-a-burrowscope-lens-part-2-subterranean-poor-knights-islands/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:03:42 +0000 Colin Miskelly http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=20770 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/02/16/life-through-a-burrowscope-lens-part-2-subterranean-poor-knights-islands/feed/ 4 colinmiskelly An adult Buller's shearwater on Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Buller's shearwater burrows on Oneho hill, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa An adult Buller's shearwater inside its burrow, viewed through a burrowscope. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Buller’s shearwater egg viewed through a burrowscope. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Buller’s shearwater chick inside its burrow, viewed through a burrowscope. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Tuatara inside a shearwater burrow on Aorangi Island, as viewed through a burrowscope. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa A marbled skink (the dark shape on the right) inside a shearwater burrow on Aorangi Island, as viewed through a burrowscope. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Duvaucel's gecko inside a shearwater burrow on Aorangi Island, as viewed through a burrowscope. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Flax snail (Placostylus hongii) inside a shearwater burrow on Aorangi Island, as viewed through a burrowscope. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Kingfisher burrow entrance, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands Nature Reserve. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Two fully-grown kingfisher chicks inside their burrow on Aorangi Island, viewed through a burrowscope. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/01/16/critters-of-titi-island-nature-reserve-marlborough-sounds/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/01/16/critters-of-titi-island-nature-reserve-marlborough-sounds/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:28:36 +0000 Colin Miskelly http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=20133 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/01/16/critters-of-titi-island-nature-reserve-marlborough-sounds/feed/ 3 colinmiskelly Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Spotted skink (Oligosoma lineoocellatum) among iceplant on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Common gecko (Woodworthia maculata) on dead coastal flax/wharariki on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Brown skink (Oligosoma zelandicum) on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Flax weevil (Anagotus fairburni) and its characteristic ragged feeding sign on a coastal flax/wharariki leaf on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Darkling beetle (Mimopeus sp.) on a tree trunk on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Female Wellington tree weta (Hemideina crassidens) on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Ground weta (Hemiandrus sp.) on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Sarah Jamieson eyeballing one of several holes chewed through her bedroll by ground weta on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa The carnivorous snail Rhytida stephenensis on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/01/16/life-through-a-burrowscope-lens-subterranean-titi-island/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/01/16/life-through-a-burrowscope-lens-subterranean-titi-island/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:27:50 +0000 Colin Miskelly http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=20111 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/01/16/life-through-a-burrowscope-lens-subterranean-titi-island/feed/ 6 colinmiskelly Flesh-footed shearwater extracted from its burrow in order to be fitted with a tracking device. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa A burrow on Titi Island – but what lies within? Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Te Papa researcher Dr Sarah Jamieson using a burrowscope on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Flesh-footed shearwater egg inside a burrow on Titi Island, as seen on the burrowscope monitor. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Flesh-footed shearwater inside a burrow on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Sooty shearwater inside a burrow on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Little penguin inside a burrow on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa Tuatara inside a burrow on Titi Island. Image: Colin Miskelly, Te Papa http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/01/08/green-island-1941-and-2012-in-the-footsteps-of-edgar-stead-part-8/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/01/08/green-island-1941-and-2012-in-the-footsteps-of-edgar-stead-part-8/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:19:35 +0000 Colin Miskelly http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=19859 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/01/08/green-island-1941-and-2012-in-the-footsteps-of-edgar-stead-part-8/feed/ 8 colinmiskelly Green Island from the south-west. Image: Colin Miskelly Muttonbirding hut in Ruapuke Island, with Ruapuke Island in the background. Upper image taken by Edgar Stead in 1941 (courtesy of Canterbury Museum 2001_59_319); lower image by Colin Miskelly Dark morph weka on Green Island, December 2012. Image: Colin Miskelly Flowering southern rata and Stewart Island tree-groundsel (Brachyglottis stewartiae) on Green Island, December 2012. Images: Colin Miskelly Brown creeper on Green Island, December 2012. Image: Colin Miskelly Fernbird photographed on Ruapuke Island, December 2012. Image: Colin Miskelly Geckos (Woodworthia 'Otago large') on Green Island, December 2012. Image: Colin Miskelly New Zealand fur seal cows and pups on Green Island, December 2012. Image: Colin Miskelly http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/10/18/getting-into-our-uniforms-a-behind-the-scenes-look/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/10/18/getting-into-our-uniforms-a-behind-the-scenes-look/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:13:37 +0000 peranne http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=18436 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/10/18/getting-into-our-uniforms-a-behind-the-scenes-look/feed/ 3 peranne Uniform of Colonel Willie Apiata, VC dressed on its mannequin without any modifications. The mannequin was about 10 cm narrower between the shoulders than Colonel Apiata, and slightly taller than him. Image copyright Te Papa. Mannequin hands with rebuilt fingers constructed of armature wire and archival foam. Image copyright Te Papa. Detail of the glove after the modification of the display mannequin. Image copyright Te Papa. The display mannequin with a cavity cut out, to accomodate the required locking mounts for the firearms and to enable the mannequin to be screwed to the back wall of the case. Image copyright Te Papa. Desert Disruptive Pattern Material uniform, early 2000s, New Zealand. New Zealand Defence Force, Whitehead Productions. Gift of Corporal B.H. Apiata, VC, 2012. Te Papa http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/10/08/behind-the-scenes-of-angels-and-aristocrats/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/10/08/behind-the-scenes-of-angels-and-aristocrats/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:06:41 +0000 Katherine Campbell http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=18133 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/10/08/behind-the-scenes-of-angels-and-aristocrats/feed/ 1 kithcampbell Mrs Humphrey Devereux in UV Testing the varnish Before and after After varnish removal MA_I274330 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/07/11/xray-vision-part-i/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/07/11/xray-vision-part-i/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 04:36:17 +0000 peranne http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=16505 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/07/11/xray-vision-part-i/feed/ 0 peranne Taiaha (long club fighting staff), 1800, Taranaki. Maker unknown. Purchased 1905. Te Papa Te Papa's Kaitiaki Taonga Māori Shane James and Objects Conservator Nirmala Balram working with Karyne Rogers and John West at the GNS Isotope Centre. Image by Anne Peranteau, copyright Te Papa. Image of taiaha ME001310 produced by non-invasive Xray scanner. The arrows indicate the wrappings beneath the red wool. Image by Anne Peranteau. Copyright Te Papa.