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Discover behind-the-scenes stories from Te Papa’s experts, including curators, scientists, historians, collection managers, and educators.

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New Zealand’s Pokémon: a real monster from the deep

2018-02-23
By: Rodrigo Salvador
On: 23 Feb 2018

Did you know New Zealand has its own Pokémon? It’s called Relicanth and our science researcher Rodrigo Salvador has been speculating on why this creature was chosen to represent Aotearoa.Read more

Making connections – the house that Gideon Mantell was born in

2010-01-08
By: Te Papa
On: 8 Jan 2010

One of the great things about blogs are the connections that get made. For Te Papa this means we get new and interesting links to things in our collections. Debby Mathews lives in Lewes, near Brighton in the south of England – in the same house in which Gideon MantellRead more

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