2018

UNESCO honours for eight heritage collections
Monday, 26 November 2018
The UNESCO Memory of the World New Zealand Trust has announced eight new inscriptions to its documentary heritage register.
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Auckland Museum recognised at the YWCA Equal Pay Awards
Monday, 12 November 2018
Auckland Museum is delighted to have won the Community category at the YWCA Equal Pay Awards, recognising the Museum’s efforts to address pay equality in the social enterprise sector.
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A commemoration of the centenary of Armistice
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Auckland War Memorial Museum, the Auckland home of remembering and commemoration, will mark the end of the centenary of Armistice with a day of remembrance services and performances.
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Auckland Museum awarded Rainbow Tick in sector first
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Auckland Museum is delighted to be the first Museum in New Zealand to have been awarded the Rainbow Tick, an external audit and quality improvement programme designed to help an organisation to be a safe, welcoming and inclusive place for people of diverse gender identity and sexual orientation.
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Ground breaking Kingiitanga exhibition to open at Auckland Museum
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Te Paki o Matariki: 160 Years of Kiingitanga, is a ground-breaking exhibition featuring a selection of taonga from the royal collection of Kiingi Tuuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, the present Maaori king.
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New appointments strengthen Auckland Museum executive team
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum has taken another step towards realising its ambitious Five-Year Strategy, with the appointment of two key roles to its Executive Team.
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LATE series delves deep into the conversation around ‘Are we there yet?’
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Auckland War Memorial Museum continues to explore the ideas and themes sparked by the Are We There Yet? exhibition and LATE 2018 smart talks around #MeToo and a conversation with Helen Clark.
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Auckland War Memorial Museum announces changes to the Trust Board
Saturday, 18 August 2018
Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Auckland War Memorial Museum today announced the appointment of Professor Richard Bedford to its Trust Board, succeeding outgoing Trust Board Member and Deputy Chair Brian Corban. Professor Bedford will join the Board in October.
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Award-winning theatre show comes to Auckland Museum for the school holidays
Thursday, 30 August 2018
A place of curiosity and learning, the Auckland War Memorial Museum brings Caterpillars, an award winning theatre show for children aged 4 -8 years old, to the Events Centre, Tuesday 2 – Friday 5 October, at 11am and 2pm.
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Auckland War Memorial Museum and Auckland Art Gallery announce line-up for Cultural Festival 2018
Monday, 30 July 2018
Auckland War Memorial Museum in partnership with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki will present the Cultural Festival 2018, a celebration of the vibrant art and culture of Auckland’s local Asian Communities, the weekend of Sat 25 – Sun 26 August.
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NZSA / Auckland Museum Research Grant and Residency Now Open for Applications
Friday, 31 August 2018
Applications are now open for a $5000 research grant and residency for writers wishing to work on a project that will utilise the resources of the Auckland Museum Library as part of the manuscript’s development.
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Auckland Museum collaborates to digitise a collection of the earliest Auckland newspapers
Friday, 24 August 2018
Over the past year Auckland War Memorial Museum has worked with The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, Auckland Libraries, and The Hocken Collections to digitise three of Auckland’s earliest newspapers.
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Auckland Museum opens doors to elegant new espresso bar ‘1929’
Thursday, 2 August 2018
Paying homage to the year the Auckland War Memorial was constructed, the Auckland Museum has recently launched 1929, an espresso bar situated in its elegant Grand Foyer.
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Auckland Museum shining light on gender equality in Are We There Yet?
Monday, 18 June 2018
New Zealand has come a long way in the 125 years since women won the vote. But are we there yet? In the year of #metoo, what does "feminism" really mean? How did we get here, and where are we heading now?
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Auckland Museum continues the Are We There Yet? conversation with a symposium and upcoming 2018 LATE
Monday, 23 July 2018
Auckland War Memorial Museum continues to explore the ideas and themes sparked by the Are We There Yet? exhibition with a full day symposium on intersectional feminism and LATE 2018 smart talks around #MeToo and a conversation with Helen Clark.
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Tamaki Paenga Hira celebrates Matariki
Monday, 18 June 2018
Celebrate Matariki with Auckland War Memorial Museum this month, with events at the Museum and in the community.
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The launch of Raranga Matihiko – Weaving Digital Futures
Thursday, 17 May 2018
International Museum Day in Aotearoa sees the launch of the Digital for All Equity initiative - Raranga Matihiko, a collaborative partnership with Te Papa, Te Kāngahu Museum of Waitangi, MTG Museum Hawkes Bay and supported by the Ministry of Education. Raranga Matihiko - weaving digital futures - provides students with the opportunity to use digital technologies to tell the stories that matter to them and their communities.
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Auckland Museum to showcase dazzling butterflies in new exhibition
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Thousands of stunning butterflies from around the world will go on display for the first time in a spectacular exhibition at Auckland Museum from 9 June 2018.
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Auckland War Memorial Museum announces new Chairperson
Friday, 23 February 2018
Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Auckland War Memorial Museum today announced the appointment of Orchid Atimalala to the role of Trust Board Chairperson, succeeding outgoing Chair Dr William Randall.
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Auckland War Memorial Museum commemorates Anzac Day 2018
Monday, 23 April 2018
"Museums are civic spaces where people reflect in peace: the First World War claimed 18,000 New Zealand lives and wounded 41,000 more. At Gallipoli alone, 44,000 Allied soldiers fell, including 2,779 Kiwis, and, alongside them, 87,000 Ottoman defenders. We commemorate all who fell and those who bore the memories," says Museum Director Dr. David Gaimster
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Auckland Museum to host Brickman Wonders of the world
Monday, 26 February 2018
LEGO® lovers look out! Auckland Museum to host Brickman®: Wonders of the World. Interactive exhibition made entirely from LEGO® bricks.
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New Anne Frank exhibition to tackle discrimination
Friday, 2 February 2018
After more than 12-months of preparation, the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand (HCNZ) has welcomed the exhibition Anne Frank: Let Me Be Myself into the country. Seen by over 80 million people globally, the exhibition will open a three-year tour of New Zealand at Auckland War Memorial Museum on Friday 9th February.
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Auckland Museum brings exhibition of South Auckland music to MIT Manukau
Friday, 26 January 2018
Auckland Museum presents Volume South, a brand new exhibition celebrating South Auckland music at Manukau Institute of Technology’s Manukau campus.
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Museum Medals honour outstanding individuals
Friday, 23 February 2018
Auckland War Memorial Museum has honoured the careers of four outstanding individuals in its Museum Medals ceremony.
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Coming soon: New Special Exhibitions Hall and exciting exhibitions for 2018
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Aucklanders can look forward to an exciting programme of local and international exhibitions at Auckland Museum in 2018, including a blockbuster LEGO® show, while work on a new Special Exhibitions Hall begins.
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Auckland Museum Amorangi Haare Williams awarded New Year Honours
Monday, 1 January 2018
Auckland Museum wishes to offer its sincere congratulations to Haare Williams, the Museum's Amorangi, who has been made an Honorary Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
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