Museums
Museum Stop: Pounamu Pathway Māwhera
Our museum stop today brings us to Te Tai o Poutini, the West Coast, and a relative newcomer on the tourism scene in the region. The Pounamu Pathway is a unique collaboration between Poutini Ngai Tahu… Audio
Museum Stop: Buried Village of Te Wairoa
The 1886 eruption of Mt Tarawera lasted six hours and caused massive destruction. More than 120 people were killed and the famous tourist attraction the Pink and White Terraces were lost forever… Audio
Eketāhuna Museum - keeper of the community's stories
Volunteers at the Eketahuna Museum are getting ready to reopen. This treasure chest of curiosities shines a light on the small town's Scandinavian heritage and the challenges of running a country… Audio
Long Read: Homeward Bound
By Veronika Meduna: Moriori await the final return to the Chatham Islands of human remains recovered from institutions around the world. Audio
Long Read: Homeward Bound
By Veronika Meduna: Moriori await the final return to the Chatham Islands of human remains recovered from institutions around the world.
AudioHazards hidden in museum collections
Lurking in the collections of our regional museums are historic items which contain harmful chemicals used in their creation which can cause health problems for those who care for them. Audio
The Week in Detail: Museums, Mittens and the Mill
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: Museums, Mittens and the Mill
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioShould museums return culturally significant items?
European museums are stacked with cultural treasures taken from their former colonies. New thinking could change that. Audio
Should museums return culturally significant items?
European museums are stacked with cultural treasures taken from their former colonies. New thinking could change that.
AudioNZ Horror film to be showcased at New York's Museum of Modern Art
A New Zealand Horror film is set to be showcased on the global stage at the legendary Museum of Modern Art in New York. The 1993 film called 'Jack Be Nimble' will screen at the museums upcoming summer… Audio
Canterbury Museum opens new Fur, Fangs and Feathers exhibition for summer
Nothing looks quite so menacing as a beast baring its teeth, but Canterbury Museum visitors greeted by a wild-looking South African baboon can relax - it's stuffed.
The Artist Will Live Forever: Remembering Billy Apple
Today we learned one of New Zealand's most influential visual artists, Billy Apple, has died. Jesse speaks with Art historian, director of The Adam Art Gallery and Billy Apple biographer, Christina… Audio
Laura Raicovich: changing the museum in an age of protest
Laura Raicovich believes the museum has never been a neutral space. As director of the Queens Museum during the Trump administration she was credited with helping turn the New York institution into a… Audio
Museums Aotearoa - a new direction
April this year saw a mass resignation of the board of Museums Aotearoa, reportedly over its governance and management. There were concerns it might not survive the upheaval, but there's now a new… Audio
Ken Gorbey: From Te Papa to Berlin, a lifetime of museums
Ken Gorbey was instrumental in getting Te Papa Tongarewa, the country's national museum, off the ground. He was then asked to help salvage the Jewish Museum in Berlin - which had run into trouble… Audio
Getting real about the 'colonial loot' in museums
Museums need to be more honest about how they came to acquire their collections, says an art historian who specialises in provenance and ethics. Audio
The Rest Is History: The Mollie Rodie MacKenzie fashion collection
Invercargill-born designer Mollie Rodie Mackenzie developed one of the most comprehensive collections of 20th century fashion and clothing in the country. Hundreds of items from the collection are now… Audio, Gallery
How should we remember contested history between Māori and Pakeha, and what should museums do about it?
In this fourth panel discussion Tairawhiti Museum director Eloise Wallace talks with cultural heritage expert Karl Johnstone. Alex Perrottet is in the chair. Audio
Museums as physical spaces for Pacific storytelling
Pacific Academic Albert Refiti is off to New York to do a research placement at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The senior Art and Design lecturer at AUT says museums are an important physical… Audio, Gallery
