Award winning rangatahi scientists visit the inspiration for their experiment

Wednesday, 28 August 2024

Earlier this year, aspiring young Rotorua scientists fromTe Rangihakahaka Centre for Science and Technology won the Supreme Overall Award at Te Tūkohu Ngāwhā Mātauranga Māori Science and Design Fair, from more than 100 entries. Their winning project investigated the feasibility of sound travelling from Mokoia Island, over Lake Rotorua, and…

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North Wing scaffold goes up

Friday, 2 August 2024

Scaffolding is going up on the North Wing!! Because of the differing ground levels and unique shape of the building this does take a while – approx 1 month – but the team are making great strides now! We expect the scaffolding to remain up on this section of the…

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MUSEUM PROJECT UPDATE: August – September 2024

It is an exciting time as we have scaffolding going up all over zones 4, 5 and 6 (the North Wing)! It is going to take a month or so due to the size of the building and all its sticky-outy bits! The turrets and viewing platforms will be removed…

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Wānanga 5 – Archival with Vicki-Anne Heikell

Wednesday, 31 July 2024

The final Taonga Care Wānanga took place towards the end of July 2024 and looked at the practical steps whānau and iwi can take in the care, handling, storage and display of archival collections. This wānanga, organised in collaboration with Te Papa Tongarewa, National Services Te Paerangi, was held at…

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Wānanga 4 – Hard materials with Rose Evans

Tuesday, 30 July 2024

The fourth in our Taonga Care Wānanga series looked at preventative conservation and what to consider when storing and caring for taonga, made from stone, bone, wood, metal or resin. This wānanga, organised in collaboration with Te Papa Tongarewa, National Services Te Paerangi, was held at Para Te Hoata marae…

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Wānanga 3 – Whāriki (floor covering) with Rangi Te Kanawa

The third of our Taonga Care Wānanga looked at the care of whāriki (floor coverings) on marae and was hosted at Kearoa marae, Horohoro, at the start of June 2024. This wānanga, organised in collaboration with Te Papa Tongarewa, National Services Te Paerangi, was facilitated by textiles conservator, specialising in…

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Wānanga 2 – Kākahu (Textile and Fibre) with Rangi Te Kanawa

The second of the five wānanga was hosted at the end of May 2024, at Tarimano marae, Te Awahou, and was facilitated by Textiles Conservator, specialising in Māori textiles, Rangituatahi Te Kanawa (Ngāti Uekaha, Ngāti Rora). Rangituatahi worked at Te Papa Tongarewa as a textiles conservator for 25 years, before…

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Wānanga 1 – Digitisation with Norm Heke

In mid-April 2024, Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa had the pleasure of hosting the first of five Taonga Care Wānanga, organised in collaboration with Te Papa Tongarewa, National Services Te Paerangi. Focussing on digitisation, it was facilitated by professional photographer and former employee of Te Papa Tongarewa,…

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Taonga part of engagement wānanga with Ngāti Tarāwhai

Monday, 22 July 2024

Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa took 14 taonga to be part of a two-day exhibition and engagement wānanga with Ngāti Tarāwhai at Lake Ōkataina Lodge at the end of June 2024. This wānanga is the fifth of a series held to date, that allow the Museum team…

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Karakia for Rotorua Museum

Tuesday, 2 July 2024

Today marked an important milestone for the Rotorua Museum project, with a Karakia to commence construction and the handover of the site to Watts & Hughes Construction. Kingi Biddle and Leo Rika carried out the Mihi and Karakia alongside representatives from Ngāati Whakaue, as mana whenua, Te Pūkenga Koeke o…

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