discuss document export feedback print share Blog View by topic: Collections 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: 2020 Any 2025 2023 2024 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Show more Our heart on our sleevesTeu le Vā (the Pacific Dimension) and He Korahi Māori (the Māori Dimension) are written into the Museum’s mission. Read about how the Wardrobe Project has reimagined staff uniforms to weave those dimensions into the very fabric of the clothes our staff wear. Sea changeFor Tokelau Language Week, Curator Pacific Fuli Pereira reflects on some lessons she’s learned, how change is made, and what she hopes to see happen next. Niue in PicturesFor Niue Language Week, our Documentary Heritage team takes a closer look at the photographic collection of Harry Coleman, who was based in Niue from the 1950s to the 1980s. An Englishman in Vava‘uIn celebration of Uike Kātoanga‘i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga - Tongan Language Week 2020, we highlight our first edition copy of a well known memoir by William Mariner, recounting his time in Tonga during the years 1806-1810. Te Awe and the Taumata MāreikuraTuesday 16 June 2020Read about the experience of Kahutoi Te Kanawa being part of the Taumata Māreikura in the Te Awe Project Bill Sevesi and His Islanders at The Orange BallroomWednesday 27 May 2020The Orange Coronation Ballroom on Newton Road in Auckland, also known as The Orange Ballroom or The Orange, was Pacific music central in Auckland from 1954 to the mid-1970s. Bill Sevesi and his Islanders played night after night to audiences who thronged the dance floor. Read more about this period in New Zealand's music history here. O le Manumea: Samoa's Little Dodo BirdTuesday 26 May 2020The Manumea is the national bird of Samoa and is found nowhere else in the world. A species of ground pigeon, the Manumea has a large head and hooked beak. One of the closest living relatives of the extinct dodo, the scientific name for the species (Didunculus strigirostris) means little dodo. Changing WaihekeMonday 25 May 2020A look at Waiheke Island’s history as one of Auckland City’s favourite island getaway locations. Creativity in Momentous Times Wednesday 6 May 2020Whether a professional artist or crafty amateur, times of uncertainty and change can encourage us to get creative. Here are some objects in our collection that have been created during moments of significance, big andor small, and their stories. Tools of Tātau and the Marks of a LeaderTools of Tātau and the Marks of a LeaderA closer look at Taonga and specimens from across the Auckland Museum collection that feature in the Voyage to Aotearoa: Tupaia and the Endeavour exhibition - specifically Tahitian tātau (tattoo) tools - the uhi (chisel) and tā (beater). Identifying Belwood: Searching for SittersIdentifying Belwood: Searching for SittersDid you ever wonder what might have happened to the family photos you were made to pose for when you were a child? Did you ever suspect they could wind up in a museum? Trade Beads and NailsWednesday, 19 February 2020An examination of the surprising and illuminating tools of trade and exchange highlighted in the Voyage to Aotearoa: Tupaia and the Endeavour exhibition. 1 2 Next page Previous page