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    A Starring Role: The Shoes of Naughty Little Peeptoe

    Recently Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Museum acquired a collection of vintage shoes from shoe designer and retailer Douglas Clarence George. Curator of Social History, Jane Groufsky, shares with us the story behind this well-known figure in the late 20th century queer Auckland scene, and how his shoes had a starring role in the short film Naughty Little Peeptoe.

    The Secret Life of the Land Crabs from Rangitāhua

    Rangitāhua, a remote archipelago about 1,000 km Northeast of mainland, is home to crabs that live their entire adult lives on land. In this blog, learn about the lives and research being done to learn more about Aotearoa New Zealand’s only land crab species.

    Serious Espresso and the End of the Flat White Era

    On the 4th of October – three days after International Coffee Day – Auckland Museum members were treated to espresso and chocolates at our membership event “Serious Espresso and the End of the Flat White Era”. This event celebrated a recent donation to the Museum collection: a Faema E61 espresso machine and a collection of printed shirts gifted by Craig Miller.

    The Niuean Editors of Mana

    In celebration of 2025 Niuean language week, we profile the Niuean writer Aiao Kaulima and Associate Editor Tigilau Ness and their literary contribution to the first multilingual Pacific Tāmaki Makaurau newspaper, Mana. Written in eight languages, the newspaper was a meeting place for many communities engaged in social justice and Māori and Pacific story sovereignty.

    Vapi Kupenga and Syd Jackson

    In celebration of 2025 Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, we profile writers Vapi Kupenga and Syd Jackson for their 1977-1978 literary contributions for the Tāmaki Makaurau Mana newspaper. The Mana: Protest in Print exhibition is currently on until October 2026.

    He taonga tuku iho, he taonga tongarerewa: Holding fast to our ancestral languages

    Intimating the connection of Māori and Pacific languages to ‘home’, the first Māori Race Relations Conciliator, writer and broadcaster, Harry Dansey welcomed the arrival of the Mana newspaper in a poignant article titled ‘Our languages’ (Auckland, Volume I, Issue 3, 4 August 1977). Close to fifty years later and in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Te Wiki o te Reo, our guest blogger Hineitimoana Greensill (Tainui, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Porou) reflects on Mātua Dansey’s article both as a mother of full immersion tamariki and a te reo teacher for almost twenty years.

    Women in Wartime

    Auckland Museum’s Women in Wartime event showcased the stories of nurse Nina May Palmer and Warrant Officer Catherine Frances Bryers, spotlighting women’s often-overlooked wartime roles. Hosted in July 2025, it demonstrated how Online Cenotaph and Wikipedia collaborate to broaden access, counter systemic bias, and amplify women’s histories through the Women in Red movement.

    Binatang bilong Papua Niugini

    To celebrate Papua New Guinea Language Week, Curator of Entomology Dr Leilani Walker shares some of the insect species native to Papua New Guinea, one of the richest biodiversity hubs in the world.

    Te Hokioi e rere atu na

    Te Hokioi e rere atu na; the first newspaper in te Reo Māori, printed by the Kīngitanga 1862 - 1863.

    Nalesoni Tupou

    In celebration of 2025 Tonga Language Week, we profile writer Nalesoni Tupou and his 1977-1978 literary contribution for the Tāmaki Makaurau Mana newspaper. The Mana: Protest in Print exhibition is currently on until October 2026.

    Foundation Stone: 100 years

    Our Foundation Stone has reached a milestone - and no small one either! In this blog we take a look back at the laying of the Foundation Stone - 100 years on.

    The Poetry of Queen Sālote

    Queen Sālote Tupou III was one of Tonga’s greatest monarchs. She reigned over Tonga for 48 years, longer than any Tongan monarch, from 1918-1965. Considered as the one of the epochs of a cultural revitalisation in Tonga, Queen Sālote composed over 100 songs and poems, each using traditional Tongan metrics and poetics to highlight Tongan history, culture and the Royal Family.