Te Papa

Te Papa is reviewing its investment in publishing, to focus on core museum work, and is proposing closing Te Papa Press. It will make a final decision next month. Te Papa Press publishes books about… Audio

Kaihautu at Te Papa Tongarewa, leading Matauranga Maori and the museum's engagement with iwi, and managing the Repatriation Programme responsible for the return of Maori and Moriori ancestral remains.

Painting conservators not only restore paintings to their initial splendour. There's often a huge amount of detective work involved as well. That's certainly the case at Te Papa, where conservator… Audio

Te Papa's new boss, Rick Ellis speaks about his vision for what our national musuem should be, and the challenge of trying to be all things to all people. Rick Ellis is Te Papa's fourth CEO. His… Audio

What's it like to visit a museum or gallery if you're blind? We go for a tour with qualified audio describer Bruce Roberts and Lisette Wesseling around the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Audio

Last year's sighting of the starling-sized bird by two Japanese birdspotters has just been confirmed by a panel in New Zealand - making it the country's newest bird species. We talk to the panel's… Audio

To coincide with the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, taonga steeped in the history of the agreement have been put on public display at Te Papa for the first time. Audio

Palaeontologist Stephen Brusatte introduces the newest member of the tyrannosaur family, the small and long-nosed Pinocchio rex. Audio

The largest ever repatriation of ancestral Maori and Moriori remains have been welcomed back with a moving ceremony at Te Papa Tongarewa. Audio

Over a hundred Maori and Moriori ancestral remains will be formally welcomed home at Te Papa in just over an hour's time more than a century after they left New Zealand. Audio

The largest collection of Māori and Moriori ancestral remains to be returned to New Zealand has been handed over to a Te Papa delegation in New York overnight. Audio

It's the first time a quartet of Maori plays has been performed at the national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa. The director, who's a well-known actor and theatre director, Jim Moriaty, says it's brave of… Audio

The one- time head of TVNZ and Telstra Rick Ellis is Te Papa's new chief executive. Audio

As part of this year's Sir Apirana Ngata Memorial Lectures. Acting Chief Executive and Kaihautu of Te Papa Tongarewa, Arapata Hakiwai talks about the contribution made by Sir Apirana Ngata in the… Audio

A preview of the exhibition at Te Papa, which explores 100 million years of evolution of the tyrannosaur family. Audio

Squid experts had a rare opportunity to examine an intact specimen of the enigmatic colossal squid, collected from Antarctic waters Audio

Publisher and Multimedia Manager at Te Papa whose biography by Jill Trevelyan, Peter McLeavey: The Life and Times of a New Zealand Art Dealer, won best overall book at the 2014 New Zealand Post Book… Audio