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Te Awe, Episode 4
Part of Te Awe’s mission is to improve the storage of these taonga in order to ensure that they are preserved for future generations. Discover the incredible lengths the Museum team go to i
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Te Awe, Episode 3
Some of the items in the Museum’s collection are in an incredibly fragile state and run the risk of disintegrating entirely. We take a look at the vital decisions being made regarding an es
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Te Awe, Episode 2
Gathered from across Aotearoa, the Taumata Māreikura are a group of expert weavers, that assembled to share their knowledge and in turn learn from the incredible cloaks in the Museum’s coll
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Te Awe, An Aspiration, Episode 1
An Aspiration: Te Awe is about enriching, reorganising, and improving the care of our 10,000+ taonga Māori in a way that is embedded in Mātauranga Māori.
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Wooden object 'taonga' discovered at Gisborne Airport Terminal
Heritage New Zealand and a hapū of Rongowhakaata have assembled at Gisborne Airport after contractors working on the new extended terminal have uncovered part of a wooden object that may be a historic taonga.
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Tairāwhiti tohunga and artists could study 250-year-old taonga
Since being on display, 37 ancestral taonga that were traded with HMS Endeavour's crew during encounters with tāngata whenua, have become so popular that the governance group Hei Kanohi Ora is looking at starting wānanga to invite artists to study the pieces firsthand.
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“I don't trust Pouhere Taonga” on the return of Hinemihi whare
130 years after being sold to Britain, a dispute over the return of carvings from the Hinemihi meeting house in London has erupted. One descendant of the original ancestor is claiming that they are being locked out of discussions. Te Ohu Wi Kingi is a direct descendant of the original owner of Hinemihi, Aporo Te Wharekaniwha. Te Wharekaniwha commissioned Hinemihi to be built. It was originally situated on his whānau block in Te Wairoa.
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Tuku Iho | Living Legacy Exhibition returns to China
Māori culture took centre stage in Shanghai China over the weekend with the official opening of the Tuku Iho | Living Legacy exhibition. The event also marked the start of New Zealand Week - a week dedicated to shining the spotlight on culture, products and creativity from Aotearoa.
