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Gareth Watkins

Collections Data Technician

Photograph of an open diary. On the left page is a photograph of a man, on the right, a page of handwritten notes

Belated memorial for Darren Horn, an early AIDS activist

2020-12-01
By: Gareth Watkins
On: 1 Dec 2020

Te Papa team member Gareth Watkins describes how a community and whānau transformed an early AIDS activist’s wooden graveside cross into a permanent memorial.Read more

What remains: When photos capture fleeting nature of time

2018-06-01
By: Gareth Watkins
On: 1 Jun 2018

Collections Data Technician Gareth Watkins finds a series of photographs from the 1800s where a combination of movement and long exposure has created unusual, ghostly scenes.Read more

Pink Shirt Day: Finding strength through taonga

2018-05-18
By: Gareth Watkins
On: 18 May 2018

Today is Pink Shirt Day, “a day about working together to stop bullying by celebrating diversity”. Collections Data Technician Gareth Watkins talks about the significance of the day, and finding strength in our collections.Read more

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Rapidly digitising 10,000 collection items

2018-02-27
By: Gareth Watkins
On: 27 Feb 2018

A look at improvements we’ve made recently to digitise our collections faster, including some of the gems we’ve uncovered so far.Read more

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‘I feel his presence in these images’: The photographs of George Crombie

2017-10-25
By: Gareth Watkins
On: 25 Oct 2017

Working in a museum is filled with unexpected discoveries – especially when you’re looking at photographs from 100 years ago. Explore the life of an avid photographer whose photographs offered something different from the norm.Read more

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Faces in the crowd: Zooming in on our photography collection

2017-09-04
By: Gareth Watkins
On: 4 Sep 2017

If you look close enough you might find things you missed, and uncover characters hidden in plain sight.Read more

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Starfish: An unexpected journey

2017-06-12
By: Gareth Watkins
On: 12 Jun 2017

A look at the series of events that led to fashion label Starfish’s closure in 2013.Read more

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How Rita Angus landscapes inspired a Starfish collection

2017-04-18
By: Gareth Watkins
On: 18 Apr 2017

“It’s my product. It’s my vision. It’s my dream. It’s my life,” writes Laurie Foon, founder of the Starfish fashion label in the late 1990s.Read more

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Telling stories through fashion: A history of eco-friendly Starfish

2017-02-28
By: Gareth Watkins
On: 28 Feb 2017

It’s not every day that you get to delve into the nitty-gritty details of a fashion label. Te Papa’s assistant archivist Gareth Watkins is going through Starfish’s archive, recently gifted to Te Papa.Read more

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