Museums
Dr Dean Peterson - Te Taiao Nature exhibition to open
Illinois-born Dr Dean Peterson joined Te Papa in 2016 and has spent three years developing the museum's largest redevelopment since it opened - Te Taiao Nature exhibition space, which will be open to… Audio
Whanganui Regional Museum
Astronomical amounts are being spent on earthquake-strengthening and upgrading museums and other arts institutions around the country. Whanganui's revamped Regional Museum reopened to the public two… Audio, Gallery
Museum politics, the Red Guards and Mao: Review of Denise Ho's Curating Revolution
A new book, Curating Revolutions, on Mao and the museums of China tells the stories of people trying to curate and guide museums during a revolutionary period. And it is a surprising gem.
Giving the history of Russell a new home
Russell was once dubbed the "hellhole of the Pacific", then named Kororareka, and the site of the flagpole famously cut down four times by Ngapuhi chief Hone Heke, sparking the Northern War of the… Audio, Gallery
Museum consultant Sue Hodges on interpreting our heritage
Having a great collection of artifacts is certainly important to our regional museums. But it's not enough on its own. If you can't explain to enough visitors what makes that collection remarkable… Audio
Bruce McLaren's replica race car on display
The replica of the first car raced by Bruce McLaren featured in last year's documentary about the legendary Kiwi-born Formula One driver has just gone on display at the Southward Car Museum, north of… Video, Audio
The sand collector
Tonny Brinkman is a 93-year-old sand fan who has donated her collection of thousands of different sands from all over the world to the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Curator Hugh Grenfell talks us… Audio, Gallery
Museum staff in Niue are working to restore its treasures
Museum staff in Niue are working to restore the island's treasures before parts of Niue history and knowledge are lost. Audio
When humans and animals collide
When the human world and the animal kingdom collide, the results aren't always pretty. Now a museum in the Netherlands is using a selection of stuffed exhibits to celebrate some historic examples. Audio, Gallery
Museums and their role in modern society
Emma Hanisch, a student at the University of Otago, loves museums - and she wonders what needs to be done to keep them relevant and exciting. Audio
Museums and their role in modern society
Emma Hanisch, a student at the University of Otago, loves museums - and she wonders what needs to be done to keep them relevant and exciting.
AudioMysteries at the New Zealand Cricket Museum
At the New Zealand Cricket Museum, there are boxes of items with question marks hanging over them. We're asking if you can help answer one of them. Audio, Gallery
New Kaikoura Museum opens post-quake
Kaikoura's new museum has opened, just a few days after the big planning opening that was scuppered by the earthquake. Remarkably the museum exhibits came through unscathed, a testament to the brand… Audio, Gallery
Sprinkler investigation keeps Te Papa closed
Te Papa will be closed again on Friday as staff try to work out what set off part of the museum's sprinkler system.
Repatriation: a Māori perspective
More work is needed to provide a Māori perspective on the repatriation of Māori remains; says researcher Amber Aranui. Audio, Gallery
Museums: portals to the past, windows to the future
From pop-up exhibits to helping people get tattoos of artworks, museums are making a big effort to keep up with the digital age, but US museum guru and futurist Elizabeth Merritt says we shouldn't get… Audio, Gallery
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne: new Waitangi Museum
Kennedy Warne recently visited Te Kongahu with a university lecturer who specialises in how colonial history is told and represented, and a Ngapuhi writer/historian/lecturer and museum specialist Audio
Eloise Wallace on the funding divide between museums great and small
Eliose Wallace of Tairawhiti Museum in Gisborne discusses the divide between regional and metropolitan museums in terms of funding streams and what they can deliver. She also discusses Tairawhiti… Audio, Gallery
New Waitangi Museum
The brand new Waitangi Museum is a major part of the $14 million redevelopment of the Treaty Grounds and has gathered together taonga from around the country and across the world. Kate Martin manages… Audio
Dawn blessing for new Waitangi museum
Before the sun rose this morning, 200 people attended a blessing of Te Kōngahu - the new museum on the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.
