http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz Our place, our voices Tue, 21 May 2013 09:59:20 +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/2012/12/10/dna-finds-kiwis-origins-introducing-stewie/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/12/10/dna-finds-kiwis-origins-introducing-stewie/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:35:19 +0000 Lara Shepherd http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=19346 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/12/10/dna-finds-kiwis-origins-introducing-stewie/feed/ 1 shepherdlara Articulated kiwi skeleton from Te Papa's collection. Photo by Lara Shepherd. Close-up of the hole we drilled in the pelvis to obtain bone for DNA analysis. Photo by Lara Shepherd. http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/05/22/te-papa-researchers-major-contribution-to-nz-biodiversity-inventory/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/05/22/te-papa-researchers-major-contribution-to-nz-biodiversity-inventory/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 22:16:01 +0000 Susan Waugh http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=15629 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/05/22/te-papa-researchers-major-contribution-to-nz-biodiversity-inventory/feed/ 0 susanwaugh Te Papa taxonomists involved in describing species in the Inventory of New Zealand biodiversity Dennis Gordon with the third volume of the New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity launched in Wellington 21 May 2012 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/07/15/animal-and-plant-collections/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/07/15/animal-and-plant-collections/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:47:15 +0000 Leon Perrie http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=9824 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/07/15/animal-and-plant-collections/feed/ 2 Leon http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2010/12/10/fieldtrip-to-patea/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2010/12/10/fieldtrip-to-patea/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:08:20 +0000 lucyhoffman http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=7458 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2010/12/10/fieldtrip-to-patea/feed/ 2 lucyhoffman PateafieldcollectionDecember4and 52010076 Sororipyrgus kutukutu Haase, 2008; holotype PateafieldcollectionDecember4and52010 002 PateafieldcollectionDecember452010 091 PateafieldcollectionDecember4and52010 116 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2010/09/06/fossils-uncovered/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2010/09/06/fossils-uncovered/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:08:19 +0000 Te Papa http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=6465 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2010/09/06/fossils-uncovered/feed/ 0 Te Papa http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=690409&term=S.042282 Plesiosauria http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/12/10/dinosaurs-in-time-for-christmas/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/12/10/dinosaurs-in-time-for-christmas/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:54:45 +0000 pamelalovis http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=4854 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/12/10/dinosaurs-in-time-for-christmas/feed/ 0 pamelalovis Dinos 2009 002 Meeting a dinosaur in the workshop - "Open wide!" I feel a caption competition coming on! Unusual packing material for dinosaurs http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/11/04/tales-from-te-papa-iguanodon-tooth/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/11/04/tales-from-te-papa-iguanodon-tooth/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:48:29 +0000 janekeig http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=4612 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/11/04/tales-from-te-papa-iguanodon-tooth/feed/ 7 janekeig The Country of the Iguanodon, 1837 by John Martin (1789–1854), watercolour. Gift of Mrs Mantell-Harding, 1961. Image © Te Papa. http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/07/07/new-zealands-dinosaur-expert-passes-away/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/07/07/new-zealands-dinosaur-expert-passes-away/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:33:57 +0000 Kirstie Ross http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=3527 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/07/07/new-zealands-dinosaur-expert-passes-away/feed/ 0 kirstieross MA_I011696_toe bone_F.004479_06 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/02/04/the-deluge-and-the-ark/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/02/04/the-deluge-and-the-ark/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:10:15 +0000 chrispaulin http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=1572 ]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/02/04/the-deluge-and-the-ark/feed/ 3 chrispaulin fossil alant