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Through the lens: Daily life in Tuvalu 1886

On: 9 Oct 2017

Pacific curator Rachel Yates looks at daily life in Tuvalu through five photographs taken by New Zealand photographer Thomas Andrew (1855 – 1939), who spent a significant amount of time in the Pacific region.Read more

Four rare photographs of Olohega: Tokelau language week 2013

By: Sean Mallon

On: 3 Nov 2013

It’s the last day of Tokelau language week 2013. Te Papa staff are blogging daily with stories related to Tokelau and its treasures from Te Papa’s collections. Today, we will finish the week with four rare photographs from Olohega, the most eastern atoll of Tokelau. The photographs were taken in 1886Read more