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Tonight we light our Museum to acknowledge the tragic events in #Paris . Our hearts go out to you...

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Tonight, the Museum goes green for the #ParisAccord , joining landmarks around the world in this global civic action. 💚✊ #ParisAgreement

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Fantastic to be a part of a global campaign tonight as we turned UN Blue for the 70th Anniversary of the @UN #UN70

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In celebration of Indian Independence tonight we will illuminate the Museum in the colours of the Indian flag.

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Enjoy a kaleidoscope of colours & patterns in our exhibition, Secret World of Butterflies. Packed full of family friendly interactives, unbelievable butterfly facts & more! ⠀ Open daily from Sat 9 Jun, 10AM to 5PM. #AMButterflies ⠀

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This weekend we celebrate @AucklandPride by lighting our Museum the colours of the rainbow! Tag your pics with #AucklandMuseum

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Tonight Auckland Museum will be lit blue, white, and red to acknowledge the tragic events in #Paris and those who have lost loved ones.

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CONS: Assembly required. Often incomplete. Replacement parts hard to come by. No customer support as model has been discontnued. PROS: Very impressive. Much larger than appears on the box. Extremely durable. Quiet. #rateaspecies

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Tonight we're lighting our Museum to celebrate the start of @AKLPrideFest 2016! #AucklandMuseum #Pride #PrideFest

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7 years

This week we celebrate Fijian Language Week, the theme of which is ‘Noqu Vosa Me’u Bula Taka’ - My language, Learn it, Speak it, Live it!

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The Cultural Festival 2018 celebrates the vibrant art & culture of our local Asian Communities. Enjoy musical performances, martial arts showcases, arts & crafts, tea ceremonies, traditional games and more!⠀ This 25 & 26 August. Learn more:

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4 years

And we're back! Auckland Museum is reopening at 10am on Monday 25th May. You can read more about how we will keep each other safe at

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Tonight our building will be lit up blue, green, red and yellow to reflect the South African flag #Mandela http://t.co/BHlYaLJitU

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We're lighting up the Museum again this weekend to celebrate the Auckland Pride Parade and Festival. http://t.co/gwkfN1v5Ki

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In commemoration of Armistice Day, the Fields of Remembrance Trust has laid out a Memorial Field, with 18,277 white crosses, each bearing the name of a New Zealander who lost their life in the conflict. ⠀ View a timelapse of the installation here:

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Bainígí sult mór as Seachtain na Gaeilge 2018! 'Bailiúchán’ is the Irish word for ‘collection’, and ‘seandálaíocht’ is the Irish term for archaeology. We have a few Irish objects in our bailiúchán, like this rinn saighe (arrowhead). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #seachtainnagaeilge2018

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7 years

Today the #NZWars will be commemorated for the first time thanks to two young women

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9 years

It just got even easier to access our collections. We've launched a million records online. http://t.co/SWAPfFFCri http://t.co/vUFwU9SOGs

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We’ve been advised by the Auckland Police that a mass demonstration is planned for Saturday 20 November 2021 in Auckland Domain. As a result, the Museum will not open, to ensure we keep our people, visitors, building and collections safe.

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We will remember them. #AnzacDay

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Meri Kirihimete! We'll be getting into the festive spirit this Saturday night lighting up for Christmas in the park!

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7 years

Let Me Be Myself - The Life Story of Anne Frank explores what life was like for Anne Frank and her family. ⠀ Developed by Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, this international exhibition is on now at Auckland Museum until Mon 14 May. #AucklandMuseum #AnneFrank

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5 years

⠀ They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. ⠀ #AnzacDay #AucklandMuseum

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4 years

We have translated our Collections Online and Online Cenotaph user interfaces into te reo Māori! 🥳 Visitors can now read about our records in te reo Pākehā and te reo Māori. This work was made possible by an @InternetNZ grant 🙏 #reom āori

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori Translation

Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira seeks to be a kaiāwhina (advocate) in the revitalisation and retention of te reo Māori. As a step toward this, we have recently translated our Collections Online...

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We will be lighting our Museum in celebration of Auckland Pride Festival over the coming weeks! ⠀ We will be illuminated from Friday to Sunday for the next three weekends, with the exception 16 February. ⠀ Share your awesome photos with the hashtag #AucklandMuseum

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Sarah Powell, Rights Specialist explains how you can search and reuse our open images. #AucklandMuseum #OpenImages

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80 years ago today, the WAAF was established in New Zealand. To mark the occasion, Stacey Fraser and Angela Wanhalla from @HomeMaori have written an article looking at the invisible history of Wāhine Māori serving in the RNZAF @AFMuseumNZ

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Over 2000 images from our natural science collection are now online at: #PreviouslyOnEarth

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6 years

Take advantage of this rare chance to learn about one of the city’s most beloved heritage buildings and enjoy incredible panoramic views from the Museum’s rooftop. ⠀ Booking essential, see below for more information:

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Fakatalofa atu! This week we are celebrating Tuvalu Language Week, here are a few phrases to learn and share with friends and family.

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We're building a beta #CollectionsOnline landing page, and we'd love your feedback. Explore our encyclopedic collections and the stories they tell. You can also dig into in our data, and learn about how to use our open API: 💻🏡 #MuseumFromHome

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In celebration of Pride 2019 we will illuminate the Museum in the colours of the rainbow until the 13 Feb. ⠀ We love to see your photos of the building and so please remember to tag us and share with the hashtag #AucklandMuseum #Pride #Auckland #Rainbow #LGBT

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Preparations for the examination of the Taninigia (60 kg deep-sea hooked squid) are underway @ALCESonline @AutScience @MasseyUni

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On #InternationalNursesDay we remember those who served New Zealand during times of conflict

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Tonight the Museum goes blue to acknowledge the rising of Matariki tomorrow and celebrate the start of a new year. http://t.co/LtwzA3D9mf

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Auckland Museum has received a @Wikicite grant to fund a Wikimedian in Residence to help unlock the potential knowledge held within our academic outputs and research publications! We’ll have more details how to apply soon… 📚💻

Wikicite/grant/Research Records of Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Auckland War Memorial Museum. - Meta

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In 2020 the Museum launched te reo Māori user interfaces for both Collections Online and Online Cenotaph. In line with our commitment to open data we have released this rauemi (resource) for download. Kia kaha te reo Māori! @reomaori

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Yesterday, a 70 member dance troupe from Mangareva came to see their taonga in our collections & gave a stunning performance. Rawe! #PCAP

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Today we commemorate #ArmisticeDay to mark the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of the First World War. #WeWillRememberThem .

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Our Museum has been recognised as an example of best practise in @w3c 's most recent 'data of the web'. Read more:

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Introducing… Volume: Making Music in Aotearoa, a landmark exhibition on New Zealand music:

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Did you know that Auckland Museum was originally designed to have a southern boulevard? #secretsMW @FlyawaySundew http://t.co/fYHLzhiYBl

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📢JOB ALERTS 📢Auckland Museum is currently recruiting a number of roles in the Collections & Research Directorate

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4 years

#OnlineCenotaph has recently created more than 4,000 Women's Auxilliary Air Force (WAAFs) records. Hopefully we can gather more stories from these service women and their whanaunga

Women's Auxiliary Air Force

Established to free up more men to engage overseas service in World War II, the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force was created in 1941 and saw 4750 women pass through its ranks.

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Next week, the moa at the Museum will be coming out of their cabinets to be photographed & 3D scanned in our gallery. In this piece, Matt Rayner, writes about the importance of this imaging project & describes how the moa in our collection were acquired

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Tonight as part of the Suffrage 125 celebrations we will illuminate the Museum in the historical colours adopted by women's suffrage petitioners. ⠀ The colour violet to represent dignity and self-respect & the white camellia worn by people supporting women's right to vote in NZ.

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Auckland Museum will not be opening the Museum tomorrow (Wednesday 12 August) and we will remain closed until we move back to Level 2. Kia kaha, kia atawhai Tāmaki-makau-rau.

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The sun rose to a beautiful day of commemoration. We will always honour and remember those who served. #AnzacDay2016

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7 years

We have just farewelled our first Wikimedian (a NZ first!) who has been working to address Wikipedia's gender-skew:

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An aerial photo from 1918, annotated to show NZ on the #Somme on 15 September 1916. #AMcollection PH-ALB-195-p14-5.

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From dawn on the 25th April 2014, members of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography @NZIPPhoto set out on a project to photograph returned service personnel from across New Zealand. 1,600 photos are matched to their #OnlineCenotaph records.

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This set of Samoan tātatau (tattoo) tools are on display during #SamoanLanguageWeek .

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A crowd begins to gather as we prepare to honour those who served. We will remember them. #AnzacDay2017 #LestWeForget

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Stop by tonight and Sunday night to see the Museum lit up to celebrate the launch of the Auckland Pride Festival. http://t.co/gwkfN1v5Ki

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Thank you to all who joined us for a truly moving #AnzacDay2016 Dawn Service. Lest we forget.

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Our Human History Collection Technicians @anikaklee and @Loca_we numbering colourful Crown Lynn cups and saucers.

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Today we experienced #CookIslands generosity as Mrs Ruita Teokotai donated her stunning #tivaevae to Auckland Museum

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9 years

30,000 people have turned out for the Dawn Service. #ANZACDay2015 #Anzac http://t.co/jGoBYM0t8h

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@auchmill @henrycooke Or Auckland Museum

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Tonight until the evening of ANZAC Day the Museum will be illuminated red in commemoration of those who served. ⠀ For more information about this year's Anzac Day see our website. #AucklandMuseum #AnzacDay #LestWeForget #Anzac #Museum #Commemoration

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At our last LATE Helen Clark spoke with Noelle McCarthy about women's role in politics and international affairs. Listen to the full conversation now over at @radionz ⠀ ⠀

Helen Clark: 'Parliament was once a gentlemen’s club – pure and simple – but it's not so anymore'

The former New Zealand prime minister talks with Noelle McCarthy about sexism, power and the changing role of women in politics and international life.

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Jagt Singh was an Indian New Zealander who served with the Auckland Mounted Rifles in WWI. #AucklandMuseum

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See striking WWI footage projected on the Museum for Illuminate 2014. Begins tonight at 6:30. http://t.co/IH5x6LxEQ6 http://t.co/7rqD5BwL8x

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Join Leone Samu Tui, Associate Curator, Documentary Heritage (Pacific Collections), as she shares insights into the programme of activities working to surface and celebrate Pacific voices and experiences @MoanaDocH

A Programme of Care: Recent activities in the Pacific Documentary...

Join Leone Samu Tui, Associate Curator, Documentary Heritage (Pacific Collections), as she shares insights into the programme of activities working to surfa...

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Proud to fly this flag today, congratulations to the @AllBlacks for their legendary win! #RWC2015 #RWC2015final

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DJ and current Arts and Culture Programme Leader of Ōtara Music Arts Centre (OMAC) Gene Rivers stands beside the Atari MX5050 BII2 used at OMAC during the mid-1980s. Discover the story of South Auckland in Volume South, open daily until Friday 2 Feb at

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Our #futureMW is working with source communities to share knowledge and perspectives around the #AMcollection

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Talofa Lava! This week is Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa - Samoan Language Week and we have lit up the museum in red, white and blue to celebrate 🇼🇸

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"We still have to step up and get in there. I often say when addressing younger women don’t expect anyone to roll out the carpet or open the door for you. Often you have to lay the carpet yourself and kick down the door. " @HelenClarkNZ #AMLate #AWTY

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The Museum doors are now open to continue #AnzacDay2016 commemorations, starting with the Greater Auckland Chorus.

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Come get our Gallipoli in #Minecraft education kit to learn about the WWI campaign. http://t.co/AmC2NWRH2j #edchatnz http://t.co/vwnm0rcsKa

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Our #secretsMW .. In a hidden staircase, someone has done a sobering tally of Auckland lives lost in these conflicts:

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Download, colour, and share through the #Colorourcollections page on our website, or by following the link on our facebook page.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Image caption: Hills, Harry Clifford. Illuminated address, 1920. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-1227.

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Tāmaki Paenga Hira and Ngāti Kuri have been successful in establishing a joint research programme focused on Rangitāhua @thekermadecs !The programme has received $13.3M in research funding from @MBIEgovtnz 's Endeavour Fund for a five-year period 🌊🐟🪝🐡🍃🌿

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The Auckland sunrise over the photovoltaic panels on the Museum roof, snapped by Dennis Bruce. #musejobs #solarpower

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✌ And here are just a few of our fantastic 2016 Visitor Host team, enjoying an Easter breakfast #peopleMW #musejobs

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Tonight we're joining the St Patrick's Day celebrations by lighting the Museum green. http://t.co/uQmxBbAkQa

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On this day in 1917 the lives of 843 New Zealand soldiers were lost during the Battle of Passchendaele. Ka maumahara tonu tātou ki a rātou. We will remember them.

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Sincere congratulations to Haare Williams, the Museums Amorangi, who has been made an Honorary Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. #AucklandMuseum #OrderOfMerit

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Vote red, black & stilty! We're backing black in the 2017 #BOTY comp.What's yr pick? @Auckartgal @MOTAT_NZ @Te_Papa

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We have just uploaded an almost complete run of the Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F. #WWI

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The @FlyAirNZ B-737 has landed! Head down daily between 10am & 4:30pm until 10th Jan 2016 to strike a #PoseWithNose

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Entertain the kids these school holidays with 'Caterpillars' an award winning theatre show set in a magical world of flitting butterflies, jumping eggs, and giant swaying flowers! ⠀ Book tickets and find out more via our website:

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Stop by the Museum tonight and see the building drenched in blue for Matariki. http://t.co/FRzyMcQAik http://t.co/5dx49uVTzC

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We acknowledge the passing of Merchant Navy man John Arthur Ross (1925-2021). Johnny volunteered at Auckland Museum from 1996 until his retirement in 2017. He was a stalwart of the Swanson RSA and will be sorely missed @RSAAuckland

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Today, one year since our shift in to Level 4 lockdown, Nina Finigan and Lucy Mackintosh reflect on on how they curated Covid for Auckland Museum.

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#Auckland is overcast today, but when the sun is shining our #futureMW solar power kicks in!

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A pod of uniquely designed and painted whale tail sculptures have arrived in Tāmaki Makaurau, including one outside your Museum. 'From the Tiny to the Mighty', is a celebration of plankton painted by Bhakti Patel and Annika Andresen #Whaletales

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"One said that women would always vote for the handsomest candidate." In this video, share in the memories of women who were at the 1893 election which features in our exhibition - Are we there yet? #125suffrage #NZIFF

Hot Words & Bold Retorts - a film by Gaylene Preston

Share in the memories of four women who were there for the 1893 election. This video was created by Gaylene Preston for the exhibition, 'Are We There Yet? Wo...

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A green turtle inspects the BRUV and stops for a quick shellfie in our lastest blog from the Southwest Expedition!

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Discover the early years of Air NZ and the glamorous island hop that was the Coral Route:

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Listen to Adorra Sifaline Misikea read her story about kahoa hihi, neck garlands from Niue. #NiueLanguageWeek

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We're developing a new exhibition centred on emotions and connections through shared messages, and are welcoming submissions that highlight love, loss and longing. Selected submissions will be featured in the exhibition, so we want to hear from you!

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The model was created in collaboration with @Mihi_Forbes when she was @radioNZ ’s Māori Issues correspondent in 2017 and made by Great Southern Television with funding from @NZonAir . Watch the full doco here

NZ Wars: The Stories of Ruapekapeka

AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY. Highlighting Northland's most infamous armed conflict. Hosted by Mihingaarangi Forbes. Made with the support of NZ On Air.

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Enid Evans, QSM, was the first professional librarian at Auckland Museum. Paula Legel endeavours to explore the many professional accomplishments of this extraordinary lady, in a sector that had previously been dominated by men. Read more at

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Masterchefs in the making! This snap was taken of a cooking class in 1907 #MuseumWeek #foodMW …

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How many museum professionals does it take to photograph the larger specimens in our collection? Check out the time-lapse below to find out!

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Unlocking the doors at Auckland Museum via @Dexibit

Unlocking the doors at Auckland Museum | #ReopenRun

We’re at Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira for reopening day and witness the pōwhiri (welcome ceremony). The Museum are using a virtual queue ...

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