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A life through boxes: The collected archives of Jonathan Mane-Wheoki

Humanities Technician Cassandra Bahr has been working in the Collected Archives at Te Papa, cataloguing and rehousing papers from people connected to Te Papa’s collecting areas. Her first task was working with the papers of Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, former Head of Arts and Visual Culture at Te Papa.Read more

By: Cassandra Bahr

On: 11 Jun 2025

In: Behind the scenes

Carl Struthers is working on a scientific manuscript describing three new species of fish.

What’s our Natural History team up to during the Covid-19 lockdown?

Our building may be closed, but Lara Shepherd takes us through the important work that the Natural History team are doing from home. What has the team been working on in their bubbles? How is collection management continuing with no access to the collection? And what’s on the menu for our flesh-eating beetles?Read more

By: Lara Shepherd

On: 5 May 2020

In: Behind the scenes, Science

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