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Tutu. Photographer: Micheal Hall. © Te Papa&Ngati Toa.

Rongoā Māori: harvesting tutu for a healing balm

Earlier this year we welcomed Ngāti Toa Rangatira into Te Papa to fill our iwi gallery and to be our iwi in residence for two-and-a-half years. Together with iwi leadership from Ngāti Toa and Te Papa, the exhibition Whiti Te Rā! The Story of Ngāti Toa Rangatira, and a host ofRead more

By: Khali

On: 13 Oct 2014

In: History, Māori, Science

Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, BA, DLitt, NZOM, 1925–2009

Te Papa acknowledges the life and writing of poet, playwright, novelist, and memoirist Alistair Te Ariki Campbell. His work is noted for its attempts to reconcile the complexities and displacements he experienced as a result of his New Zealand/Cook Islands ancestry. Campbell was born in the Cook Islands and spentRead more

By: Kirstie Ross

On: 18 Aug 2009

In: History