Curious fossils have been discovered in Māngere, South Auckland in the geological Kaawa Formation, some 35 metres below the earth’s surface.
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Te reo, landmarks and taonga explored in new Auckland Museum gallery
The second stage of Auckland War Memorial Museum's visitor transformation, Tāmaki Herenga Waka: Stories of Auckland is open to the public.
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Nichola Te Kiri chosen to design new staff wardrobe at Auckland Museum
Museum staff say Te Kiri has done an amazing job creating the design inspired by world-renowned Māori and Pacific collections at the museum.
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New doors open for Auckland Museum’s southern atrium entrance
Huge honour for Ngāti Whātua o Orākei artist.
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Te Awe, An Aspiration, Episode 1
An Aspiration: Te Awe is about enriching, reorganising, and improving the care of our 10,000+ taonga Māori in a way that is embedded in Mātauranga Māori.
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Auckland Museum cans cultural performances to save costs
The Auckland War Memorial Museum is $3 million in deficit because Covid-19 shut down its visitor numbers.
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Auckland Museum inviting Māori to share experience of living through Covid-19 pandemic
Tāmaki Paenga Hira curators are designing an exhibition to tell the visual story of how Covid-19 has impacted the nation. Curator Māori, Chanel Clarke, says the Māori point of view is often missed in these situations.
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Connecting Pacific communities through their taonga
Since 2016, more than 5,600 Pacific taonga have been shared with Pacific communities as a part of the Auckland Museum's Pacific Collections Access Project (PCAP). Auckland Museum Tumuaki - Director of Māori and Pacific Development Linnae Pohatu says these objects are now much richer because they have been re-connected to their people through this work.
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First Māori king's flag returned to the Kīngitanga
On Thursday morning a special service was held at Trinity Church Chaderal in Auckland to return a pall from the first Māori king to the Kīngitanga by the Anglican Church. The oldest son of Kīngi Tūheitia went to collect the pall on behalf of his father. Kawe Roes was there.
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Precious korowai to return home from Australia
A 128-year-old korowai, said to belong to the eldest son of a Ngāti Pāoa rangatira, is to be repatriated from Australia to Auckland War Memorial Museum.