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Nǐhǎo from Austin Wang. Photo by Ken Downie, 2012

Austin’s Mandarin challenge

Austin Wang was born in Auckland but his family comes from Shenyang city in China. They speak Mandarin at home, and the family’s Chinese heritage is an important part of their busy life. Austin hears and speaks Mandarin at home all the time, but the challenge to teach him toRead more

By: Lynette Townsend

On: 8 Sep 2015

In: History

Maya Shaw, one of the children in Te Papa’s Collecting childhood project, 2012. Maya donated her favourite dress and an amber bead necklace, shown in the picture. Photograph by Ken Downie. Te Papa

Collecting childhood: Objects and stories from kiwi kids

One thing we all have in common is we’ve all been kids. Some of us still are. But have you ever wondered how your childhood experiences might provide insights into wider society? Studies into childhood provide information about changing ideologies around parenting, social welfare, education, health and wellbeing, asRead more

By: Lynette Townsend

On: 25 Jun 2015

In: Behind the scenes, History