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Digitising Theo Schoon’s photographs of Māori rock art

Intern Tim Fortescue-Willis has spent the last six weeks cataloguing and digitising Theo Schoon’s photographs of Māori rock art. Tim describes his journey working with these negatives and reflects on what he’s learnt about Theo Schoon during his time at Te Papa. Read more

2019-08-01
By: Guest writer
On: 1 Aug 2019
In: Collections Online, History, Māori

Remembering Roger Blackley (1953–2019)

New Zealand art historian and curator, Roger Blackley, passed away on the 15 May 2019. Here, Rebecca Rice acknowledges his legacy.Read more

2019-06-11
By: Rebecca Rice
On: 11 Jun 2019
In: Art, Māori

What would Māui do? Playing with tough topics in Te Taiao | Nature

How do you make topics like climate change and water pollution accessible and fun? Is it ok for Te Papa to take a playful approach to such serious territory? Experience Developers Jen Craddock and Ralph Upton explain how the team took on this challenge, using mischief-maker Māui as their guide.Read more

2019-05-22
By: Ralph Upton
On: 22 May 2019
In: Behind the scenes, Māori, Science

Is there a culture of exclusion in museums?

Puawai Cairns, Kaihāpai Mātauranga Māori | Head of Mātauranga Māori, looks at the nuances of language and how ‘diversity denial’ can exclude the communities you’re trying to embrace.Read more

2019-05-07
By: Puawai Cairns
On: 7 May 2019
In: Māori
Photograph of three women wearing pink pussyhats

Pussyhats, period poverty, and Parliament: Improving gender balance in the collections

Triggered by Suffrage 125 last year, Te Papa curators have been collecting objects around women’s rights, and researching our collections to better reveal women’s stories. One of our aims is to improve the gender balance in our collections. Here are some favourite examples from our curators.Read more

2019-03-08
By: Stephanie Gibson
On: 8 Mar 2019
In: Art, History, Māori
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Te Hēmanawa Olive Temara (10 Feb 1948 – 27 Feb 2019)

This week Te Papa lost a very significant former kaimahi | staff member, Hema Temara (Tūhoe, 10 Feb 1948 – 27 Feb 2019), who passed away in Whakatāne.Read more

2019-03-01
By: Puawai Cairns
On: 1 Mar 2019
In: Behind the scenes, Māori
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The museum as marae ātea – He whare kōrero tonu

In an ongoing series of guest speakers, the Mātauranga Māori curatorial team was recently joined by our previous manager, Dr Wayne Ngata (Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Ira, Ngāti Porou). Mātauranga Māori curator Matariki Williams recounts his kōrero.Read more

2019-01-15
By: Matariki Williams
On: 15 Jan 2019
In: Māori
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Rātana Church and Mita Ririnui: The colours of service

Today (8 November) is the centenary of the Rātana Church. Puawai Cairns, Kaihāpai Mātauranga Māori | Head of Mātauranga Māori, talks about the robes of an āpotoro rēhita from the church – a uniform with which she have a personal affinity.Read more

2018-11-08
By: Puawai Cairns
On: 8 Nov 2018
In: History, Māori

‘Museums are dangerous places’ – challenging history

How do museums learn to tell the truth about what they hold in order to become “decolonised archives”?Read more

2018-10-19
By: Puawai Cairns
On: 19 Oct 2018
In: History, Māori

The big OE: How Oceania’s treasures made their way to London’s Royal Academy

With six of our objects featuring in the Royal Academy’s Oceania exhibition, Collection Manager Shane James provides a glimpse into how some of the Pacific’s most revered taonga made their way to London.Read more

2018-10-09
By: Shane James
On: 9 Oct 2018
In: Art, Behind the scenes, Māori, Pacific
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Extract from ‘Ko Rongowhakaata: The Story of Light and Shadow’

The following is an extract – in te reo Māori followed by English – from the new Te Papa Press book that accompanies our iwi exhibition, Ko Rongowhakaata: The Story of Light and Shadow, which marks its first anniversary today.Read more

2018-09-29
By: Te Papa
On: 29 Sep 2018
In: Māori
A Pākehā child does a hongi with a Māori lady

Pākehā: The real meaning behind a beautiful word

Sometimes, the origins behind reo words can get lost in translation, their meanings altered to mean something derogatory or unpleasant. Kaiako (teacher) Joan Costello shares a kōrero (story) behind the word Pākehā, and helps us understand the beauty of the word.Read more

2018-09-14
By: Joan Costello
On: 14 Sep 2018
In: Māori
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What’s your favourite kupu?

As it’s Māori Language Week, we asked people from around Te Papa to share their favourite te reo Māori kupu (word). We want to hear what yours is too!Read more

2018-09-14
By: Te Papa
On: 14 Sep 2018
In: Māori
A portrait of a Maori woman

The mana of taonga and what it means for museums in Aotearoa

Iwi Development Manager Migoto Eria discusses the mana of taonga, the importance of its meaning, and generating empathy for one another’s understanding and learning.Read more

2018-09-12
By: Migoto Eria
On: 12 Sep 2018
In: Māori
Joan Costello

Four tips to help your te reo

Kaiako (teacher) Joan Costello takes us through four helpful tips to keep in mind when pronouncing te reo Māori. Kia ora! (Good luck!)Read more

2018-09-11
By: Joan Costello
On: 11 Sep 2018
In: Education, Māori

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