Blog View by topic: Beyond Our Walls All Archaeology Beyond our walls Collections Exhibitions Events Entangled Islands From the Director Geology History Learning MuseTech Taonga Māori Research Still Life War Memorial Kermadec Expedition Pou Maumahara Volume SW Pacific Expedition Show more View by date: 2013 Any 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Show more Te Awe – a window into our taonga Māori collectionTuesday, 10 December 2013Letting people see inside our Museum stores and giving others a chance to connect with and gain a better understanding of our taonga collections is all part of the thinking behind our new space Te Awe.Read more My favourite buildingby Roy Clare - Friday, 11 October 2013Images of the beautifully-lit exterior of Auckland’s museum have featured online and in traditional media outlets in recent months. For a select number of significant global, national or community events each year we offer up something special – to reflect the interests of Aucklanders.Read more Museum’s marine team called to two rare findsSaturday, 18 May 2013Curators and collections staff from our natural sciences team were kept busy this week with two very rare finds for New Zealand waters.Read more Life on a battlecruiserThursday, 16 May 2013In 1913 the battlecruiser HMS New Zealand took a world cruise through the then-British Empire. On board was a very special passenger, the British Bulldog Pelorus Jack, the ship’s mascot. What was life on board HMS New Zealand like? How does this compare to life on board a battleship today?Read more Dead and alive: Cook’s petrels at Auckland Museumby Jason Froggatt - Sunday, 21 April 2013Within the last fortnight Auckland Museum has received three wayward Cook’s petrels. One unfortunate bird was found dead in a backyard in Devonport and was donated to the museum’s research collection. But two others have been found, alive and well, near the museum’s building needing the help of staff to get back on course.Read more International day of solidarity: Bosnia-Herzegovina cultural institutions closeby Phillipa Tocker - Monday, 4 March 2013To support institutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, museums all over the world are putting yellow tape across key exhibits, effectively ‘closing’ them in solidarity with the closed museums in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and bringing this to the attention of the visiting public.Read more Rising from the ruinsby Roy Clare - Friday, 22 February 2013Today, 22 February, our country recalls the magnitude 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch that killed 185 people and injured several thousand two years ago. The earthquake occurred more than five months after the first in September 2010, but it is considered to be an aftershock. The pair of quakes are among the most significant natural disasters in New Zealand history.Read more Returning to Ahuahu Great Mercury Islandby Louise Furey - Monday, 11 February 2013Archaeologist Louise Furey writes about the satisfaction of removing layers of soil to uncover postholes, fireplaces and stone flakes from where people hundreds of years ago decided to set up camp.Read more Voyages and versions: remembering the Orpheus 150 years onby Roy Clare - Friday, 8 February 2013Standing on Whatipu Beach yesterday with colleagues from our museum and more than a hundred others, it seemed to me that CS Lewis had it about right. Commemorating the heart-rending loss of life on Manukau Bar 150 years ago, we were reminded of the many perspectives that surround daily life.Read more