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		<title>Hei Tiki journey to the heart of Chinese Jade culture</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/03/28/hei-tiki-journey-to-the-heart-of-chinese-jade-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Te Papa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[人形项饰-海蒂基远涉重洋来到中国这个古老的玉文化国度 Te Papa’s exhibition “Kura Pounamu: Treasured Jade Art of Aotearoa New Zealand” opens on 1 April at Liangzhu Museum, Hangzhou, China. Liangzhu Museum is located in the heart of one of the largest and most significant jade archaeological sites in China dating back over 5000 years. 新西兰国家博物馆-蒂帕帕关于“毛利碧玉：新西兰文化艺术珍品展”即将于今年4月1日在中国杭州市的良渚博物院展出。 良渚博物院座落于中国最大的也是最显著的玉文化遗址区，良渚玉文化有超过5千年的历史。 Filed under: Exhibitions, Māori, News<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&#038;blog=3060992&#038;post=21250&#038;subd=tepapa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ralph Hotere, 1931-2013</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/02/25/ralph-hotere-1931-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/02/25/ralph-hotere-1931-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Farrar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[contemporary art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Te Papa is deeply saddened by the death yesterday of Ralph Hotere – one of the country’s greatest artists. Our thoughts go out to his family, his friends, and the arts community. Ralph once commented that &#8216;There are few things I can say about my work that are better than saying nothing&#8217;. Keeping this in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&#038;blog=3060992&#038;post=20981&#038;subd=tepapa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rātana Church and Mita Ririnui: The Colours of Service</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/01/07/ratana-church-and-mita-ririnui-the-colours-of-service/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/01/07/ratana-church-and-mita-ririnui-the-colours-of-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Puawai Cairns</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uniformity: Cracking the Dress Code]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ME024090; Āpotoro Rēhita Haahi Rātana Kākahu (Registered Apostle Ratana Church religious clothing) Continuing the blogging about some of the key uniforms and acquisitions for the Uniformity exhibition, this blog is going to talk about one of my favourite uniforms in the show: the robes of an Āpotoro Rēhita from the Rātana Church and a uniform [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&#038;blog=3060992&#038;post=19811&#038;subd=tepapa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Filming Mita Ririnui in Te Papa studio. June 2012. Photographer Puawai Cairns, copyright Te Papa Tongarewa 2012.</media:title>
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		<title>“We are the same-same.” Rapa Nui visitors to Te Papa Tongarewa</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/12/05/we-are-the-same-same-rapa-nui-visitors-to-te-papa-tongarewa/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/12/05/we-are-the-same-same-rapa-nui-visitors-to-te-papa-tongarewa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Puawai Cairns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Saturday (1 December 2012), we had a special request from a group of visitors who were going to be in Wellington for a weekend. They wished to come in and talk to some of the curators and see the collection. This is relatively common but what was slightly unusual about the group was [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&#038;blog=3060992&#038;post=19281&#038;subd=tepapa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">The visiting group and the curator, in front of Te Hono ki Hawaiki (Te Papa&#039;s wharenui). Photographer Dr Susan Waugh, copyright Te Papa Tongarewa, 2012.</media:title>
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		<title>M is for mystery: M initial in the waistband of Te Papa’s piupiu Māori</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/12/05/m-is-for-mystery-m-initial-in-the-waistband-of-te-papas-piupiu-maori/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hokimate Harwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My role at Te Papa is to identify feathers and hair in the ethnological collections, however on occasion I come across something interesting in my research including the following mystery.  While identifying the feathers in the museum’s Māori textiles collection, I counted eight piupiu (skirt or waist garment) with the letter ‘M’ sewn into the waistband.  It [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&#038;blog=3060992&#038;post=19217&#038;subd=tepapa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Uniformity: Making the Curatorial Cut</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/11/09/uniformity-making-the-curatorial-cut/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/11/09/uniformity-making-the-curatorial-cut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Puawai Cairns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I&#8217;ve been asked a lot of questions about why some of the new acquisitions were pursued and why they were put into this show, so hopefully this entry will help answer some of the queries and shed light on the curatorial decisions made for Uniformity. In my last blog Uniformity: Why Uniforms Matter, I talked about [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&#038;blog=3060992&#038;post=18907&#038;subd=tepapa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Collecting the Spade-toothed whales</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/11/08/spade-toothed-whales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 01:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antonvanhelden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Spade-toothed whale Mesoplodon traversii, is now known from 5 specimens, three of which are housed at Te Papa. With only one of these specimens a complete skeleton, the species is as rare as they come &#8211; even among beaked whales &#8211; the most elusive of all the world&#8217;s whales. Whales are special taonga, particularly for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&#038;blog=3060992&#038;post=18881&#038;subd=tepapa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Uniformity &#8211; why uniforms matter</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/10/25/uniformity-why-uniforms-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/10/25/uniformity-why-uniforms-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Puawai Cairns</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uniformity: Cracking the Dress Code]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most curators will be able to pick out an exhibition in their professional history that they are very fond of. And I think the exhibition I’m going to talk about in this blog is one show that will always be a bit close to my heart. On the 27th of Sept 2012, an exhibition opened [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&#038;blog=3060992&#038;post=18594&#038;subd=tepapa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Contemporary New Zealand art on display in China</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/10/18/contemporary-new-zealand-art-on-display-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 01:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Farrar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago I was in Shanghai for the opening of the exhibition Meridian Lines: Contemporary Art from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa at the China Art Museum with artist Yuk King Tan and Wen Powles, Te Papa’s International Strategy Advisor. The China Art Museum is the new home of the Shanghai Art [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&#038;blog=3060992&#038;post=18489&#038;subd=tepapa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Te Papa is coming to Gisborne!</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/09/12/te-papa-is-coming-to-gisborne/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/09/12/te-papa-is-coming-to-gisborne/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gabby lawton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is coming to Gisborne! The Education and Discovery Centre teams will be based at Tairawhiti Museum for a week of exciting art workshops and learning programmes. Schools in the Gisborne area are taking part in free hands-on workshops, exploring kākahu (cloaks), taonga (treasures) and their connection to the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&#038;blog=3060992&#038;post=17873&#038;subd=tepapa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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