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“Carry on, boys” – The stories of Friday Hawkins and Rikihana Carkeek. Part Two: Rikihana Carkeek

As part of a series of blog publications about the giants that feature in the exhibition, ’Gallipoli: the scale of our war’, and to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Chunuk Bair, I have been asked to write about the two Māori soldiers who are found in the MachineRead more

2015-08-07
By: Puawai Cairns
On: 7 Aug 2015
In: History, Māori
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

2014-10-13
By: Khali
On: 13 Oct 2014
In: History, Māori, Science

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