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		<title>The art life in Venice</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/07/03/the-art-life-in-venice/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/07/03/the-art-life-in-venice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>charlottehuddleston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creative New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Francis Upritchard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy Millar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand at Venice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venice Biennale]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Avid art blog followers will now be familiar with Creative New Zealand&#8217;s NZ at Venice blog site. The project curators of Judy Millar&#8217;s Giraffe-Bottle-Gun and Francis Upritchard&#8217;s Save Yourself, and the venue attendants have been blogging regularly since the beginning of the installation period.
Posts are coming in thick and fast and it&#8217;s great to be able [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=3435&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The talkative tui inspires Friends&#8217; gift</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/07/03/the-talkative-tui-inspires-friends-gift/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/07/03/the-talkative-tui-inspires-friends-gift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janekeig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collections Online]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=3433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate Te Papa&#8217;s  tenth anniversary, the Friends of Te Papa commissioned artist Humphrey Ikin to create a lectern for Rongomaraeroa, Te Papa&#8217;s contemporary meeting house on Level 4. 
Humphrey Ikin is an artist working in wood already represented in Te Papa’s collection.   &#8216;Red Stave Chair&#8217; is currently on display in the Eyelights Gallery on Level 4.


The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=3433&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DNA-fingerprinting fierce lancewood</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/30/dna-fingerprinting-fierce-lancewood/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/30/dna-fingerprinting-fierce-lancewood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leon Perrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pseudopanax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biogeography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNA fingerprinting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fierce lancewood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forensics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glacial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ice-age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microsatellites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phylogeography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[population structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pseudopanax ferox]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=3416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Aside from ferns, my main research interest is the group of trees known as Pseudopanax, for which I collaborate with Lara Shepherd from the Allan Wilson Centre.
Blog posts on ferns
Blog posts on Pseudopanax 
Lara at the Allan Wilson Centre
Pseudopanax includes the lancewoods and five-fingers. Several of the species are popular in cultivation, including fierce lancewood [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=3416&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Leon</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Pseudopanax_ferox_microsatellites</media:title>
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		<title>Little observations</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/28/little-observations/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/28/little-observations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emmab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Formula One]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BRM P160]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cooper T51]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[F1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lotus 16]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McLaren MP4-21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Williams FW14B]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=3396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was very fortunate to assist with the install of some of the Formula One cars &#8211; some little facts occured to me as we moving them into place:
The BRM P160 was the heaviest beastie:
The Williams FW14B was the widest &#8211; very thoughtful moments as to which path to take it from the lift to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=3396&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">emmab</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">BRM covered in plastic 23.6.09</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Williams in dockway 22.6.09</media:title>
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		<title>Getting the Williams from groundfloor to the fourth</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/27/getting-the-williams-from-groundfloor-to-the-fourth/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/27/getting-the-williams-from-groundfloor-to-the-fourth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emmab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Formula One]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[F1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigel Mansell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racing cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Williams FW14B]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=3375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When making exhibitions here at Te Papa, teams have to install a wide variety of objects. You, the visitor, generally only get to see the polished final product &#8211; everything all beautifully laid out, ready for viewing.
Have you ever wondered how we get the big stuff in? All I can say is &#8211; thank goodness [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=3375&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">emmab</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Williams near Britten 22.6.09</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Williams getting nosecone put on 22.6.09</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Williams on mat 22.6.09</media:title>
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		<title>DigitalNZ&#8217;s Make It Digital</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/25/digitalnzs-make-it-digital/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/25/digitalnzs-make-it-digital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adriankingston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Collections Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DigitalNZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digitisation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=3350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DigitalNZ is a collaborative project led by the National Library of New Zealand that has been around for a few months now. They have already done fantastic things with providing tools for searching across New Zealand digital content from a range organisations, including from Te Papa&#8217;s Collections Online, as well as providing access for developers  (via [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=3350&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;71&#8230;&#8217;88&#8230;&#8217;92&#8230;&#8217;06&#8230; No, it&#8217;s not bingo.</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/22/71-88-92-06-no-its-not-bingo/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/22/71-88-92-06-no-its-not-bingo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emmab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Formula One]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[F1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McLaren MP4-21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Williams FW14B]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=3337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These are the years of the cars that were unloaded today and are now safely inside the building&#8230; two of my favourites included:
They&#8217;ve been travelling by sea for weeks all alone in their containers&#8230; waiting for you to come and see them  
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">emmab</media:title>
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		<title>Restoring our surrounds</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/16/restoring-our-surrounds/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/16/restoring-our-surrounds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leon Perrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restoration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weed]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=3318</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to a very interesting Wellington Botanical Society talk last night, by Paul Blaschke of Friends of Owhiro Stream. Paul was talking about their work revegetating the catchment of the Owhiro Stream in southern Wellington.
It stimulated an intriguing discussion about how and what we should be restoring, which in turn relates to what our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=3318&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Leon</media:title>
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		<title>Capture Matariki &#8211; Ka hao a Matariki</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/12/capture-matariki-ka-hao-a-matariki/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/12/capture-matariki-ka-hao-a-matariki/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ourspacenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exhibitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matariki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ourspace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[user generated content]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=3303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In partnership with TelstraClear and NZ Post, this year’s Matariki festivities include a unique photography event utilising the existing OurSpace infrastructure as well as the newly developed OurSpace TelstraClear Screen, scheduled for installation on the front exterior of the building in the coming month.  The purpose of the showcase is to not only generate contributions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=3303&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Te Papa&#8217;s collections and digitisation</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/06/11/te-papas-collections-and-digitisation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Te Papa&#8217;s collections have been built over nearly 150 years and range from miniscule lice and molluscs through to caravans, 22m long artworks and colossal squid.   The collection is estimated to be approximately 2 million artworks, photographs, objects and specimens.
Headaches
A collection this diverse can create a number of headaches when it comes to digitisation. Some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=3264&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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