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E kōrero ana tātou ki tō mātou mātai-ako mātauranga Māori a Heidi Brickell e pā ana ki te ahurei o ngā mātauranga Māori kei te pūtake o aua hōtaka ako. In this blog, we kōrero with Learning Specialist Heidi Brickell about creating environments where te reo Māori speakers can learn in frameworks that align with their language.

Over lockdown, we asked some of our resident literary lovers what was on their bookshelves to offer you some ideas about what to read next.

You may have read the names of the significant places that are inscribed on the Museum's sandstone walls, but did you know that some of the trees in Pukekawa Auckland Domain are also commemorations? In this blog, we look at some of the trees with memorial connections.

In this blog Paula Legel (Associate Curator, Heritage Publications) details her discovery of Ellen Ellis’ rare novel, and the unusual circumstances that drove her to find out more.

In this blog and video for Cook Islands Language Week, Ma’ara Maeva (Learning Specialist) and Paula Legel (Associate Curator, Heritage Manuscripts) zoom in on an early map of Ma’ara's home island of Ma’uke, and trace links between names on Ma’uke and places right here in Tāmaki Makaurau.

In July 1985 the Rainbow Warrior's plans of sailing to Moruroa to peacefully protest the continued French nuclear testing were brought to an end when two bombs were detonated, sinking the ship. In this blog, three of our collections staff take a look at objects in the collection and reflect on their connection with the bombing.

The Dawn Raids were a deportation programme that actively discriminated against Pasifika communities in the 1970s. In this blog, Dr Andrea Low (Associate Curator, Pacific) discusses the impact of the Dawn Raids and their ongoing legacy.

For Kiribati Language Week, we spoke to artist Chris Charteris about studying these objects to find out how they were made, how he plays with form, the utility of artworks, and making things the hard way.

From the size of the machinery to the quantity and quality of fossils that were unearthed, almost everything about this story is over-sized. Wilma Blom (Curator, Marine Invertebrates) details the ground-breaking infrastructure project that has uncovered some significant specimens.

In this blog we speak to Auckland War Memorial Museum Cultural Advisor Ena Manuireva about the effect of the nuclear testing in Moruroa on his family, his community, and what still isn’t known about the lasting impacts.

In this blog, the Tāmaki Herenga Waka: Stories of Auckland curators share stories of people in Auckland who have pushed back on the restrictions imposed on them.

For Sāmoan Language Week, we reflect on the significance of a measina held in Auckland Museum’s manuscript collection: an unpublished tusi faʻalupega, or collection of Sāmoan chiefly titles and village salutations, compiled in 1902.