Wellington has an amazing variety of landscapes and seascapes that are home to an impressive range of wildlife. This handy and informative illustrated guide highlights over 30 of the best wild and urban places to discover and explore the region's natural diversity.
The definitive guide to New Zealand ferns. Compiled and written by Te Papa's foremost fern experts, this fully illustrated book is for anyone wanting to understand, identify and distinguish between 201 of the most commonly encountered species of ferns and lycophytes found across Aotearoa.
Leslie Adkin (1888-1964) was a Levin farmer, photographer, geologist, ethnologist and explorer who used photography to document his scholarly interests, farming activities and family life from around 1900 until his death in 1964. His beautiful photographs are one of the highlights of Te Papa's historical photography collection.
Selected by Glenn Busch, the 79 extraordinary images in A Man Holds A Fish cement his reputationas one of New Zealand's most important photographers. Almost other-worldy, and striking in theirhumanity and emotional affect, the images in this resonant book bear returning to again and again.
The rise of an impressive ceramics movement is one of the more striking developments in contemporary Maori art. This book is the first comprehensive overview of Maori claywork, its origins, loss and revival. It introduces readers to the practices of the five founders of Nga Kaihanga Uku and also surveys the work of the next generation.
The award-winning authors of this small book with a big heart delve into Te Papa's collections of over 1600 badges to examine how New Zealanders have used badges to join, belong, resist, defy and celebrate. They explore what we've worn over the years and why, and New Zealanders' passion for badges, for joining and belonging.
The contribution of women to the first century of photography has been overlooked across the world, including in New Zealand. Through superb images and fascinating individual stories, this important book tilts the balance, unearthing a large and hitherto unknown number of women photographers who operated in New Zealand from the 1860s to 1960.
This entertaining selection of over 100 photos of New Zealand dogs reveals some of the more curious ways in which they have appeared in photographic collections from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
"A visit to Te Papa launches a boy and his whåanau on a magical adventure to find Påapåa after he gets lost. He's gone missing inside one of the museum's taonga, but which one? Will they find Påapåa before the museum closes?"--Back cover.
A fun, fascinating and revealing book about Aotearoa's amazing eight-legged marvels.
A handy and accessibly priced take-home guide to the portrait wall in Toi Art, the best-loved and most-visited section of the Te Papa art galleries. Beautifully designed, published in te reo Maori and English, and with artist biographies and insights into conservation.
A landmark book about four remarkable museum expeditions that contributed to a recovery of Maori society. This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of the expeditions and details the innovative experiments of Maori leaders in the latter part of the twentieth century.
Prehistoric Man in Palliser Bay presents, in 14 papers by 9 authors, the results of a pioneering, multifaceted, archaeological research programme carried out between 1969 and 1972 in the south-eastern coastal part of the North Island of New Zealand.
WHEN CRINOLINES, BUSTLES AND OSTRICH FEATHERS WERE THE HEIGHT OF COLONIAL FASHION
Join Maui as he shares stories for tamariki based on taonga from the Te Papa collection.
A definitive illustrated history of the graphic work of the Railways Studios.
A wonderful 32-page illustrated book that dives into the mysterious world of the colossal squid. Through engaging text and glorious images, it tells the story of a colossal squid's life, from hatching out of a tiny egg to escaping the jaws of a sperm whale and becoming the world's biggest invertebrate. Side topics range from Te Papa's colossal squid specimen to Maori exploration of the sub Antarctic. Readers will discover how the squid survives in the deep waters of Antarctica, and will meet other strange creatures that are uniquely adapted to this hostile environment. Like Te Papa's new Nature Te Taiao exhibition zone, this book weaves together scientific inquiry, matauranga Maori, and plenty of humour. It shows how all living things are connected--and how we too are part of the natural world.
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa holds over one million items in its vast natural history collection. Award-winning photographer Jane Ussher spent several days capturing their astonishing beauty and power, and the result is a stunningly photographed and beautifully packaged book.
From experiments and observation to conservation and mindfulness, this activity-packed book stimulates curious minds. It encourages children to relate to the natural world and develop budding research skills.
A celebration of the science and art of Maori weaving, focused on the largest collection of Maori cloaks in the world.
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