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Goggle-eyed dogū: Pre-historic Japan at Te Papa

Science Researcher Rodrigo Salvador spends most of his working hours studying snails, but his interest spans much further afield. Here, he discusses one of his favourite ‘weird’ objects in our history collection – a goggle-eyed figurine from pre-historic Japan.Read more

2018-06-28
By: Rodrigo Salvador
On: 28 Jun 2018
In: History

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

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

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

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