Search for your favourite animal on Collections Online. From fish to elephants, kittens to seals. Browse all animals in our collections. Happy dog, Stewart Island, maker unknown. Te Papa (A.015324) Vivienne Lee-Johnson and Rabbit, Northland, March 1958, New Zealand, by Eric Lee-Johnson. Te Papa (F.005882)

The Kurī is an extinct breed of Polynesian Dog kept by Māori people. It was introduced to New Zealand by the Polynesian ancestors of the Māori during their migration from East Polynesia in the 13th century AD.

Buy Dogs in Early New Zealand Photographs. 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.

The extinct Polynesian dog (kuri) provides gorgeous white fur for the most valuable of Māori cloaks. Simon Morton comes face to face with the kuri and the ch...

Discover stories from Te Papa’s experts, including curators, scientists, historians, collection managers, and educators. How much is that doggie in the window? The one with the… A waggley tail is among the many body parts missing from this particular dog.

Explore 800,000 artworks, taonga, photographs, collection objects, and botanical and zoological specimens from Te Papa’s collections. Learn about different cultures – or your own! – or find inspiration for your own artworks.

Tales From Te Papa is a television series of mini-documentaries about objects from the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa) and the activities of the Museum staff. The series is a partnership between Television New Zealand and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. [ 2 ]

Jul 10, 2012 · Kahu Ora Living Cloaks opens in about 2 weeks time on Friday 7 June, and we start to install the taonga in the gallery next week. A week or so ago a very special cloak, a huru kurī, made from eight dog skin, or kurī, pelts stitched together arrived …

Dec 13, 2024 · Te Papa vertebrates curator Colin Miskelly recently spent 3 days on Mana Island following a conservation dog searching for well-concealed petrels in the lush vegetation. He kindly agreed to share a ‘blog with a dog’ with us. Miro is a 4 …

A DigitalNZ story by: Te Papa - Formal and informal portraits of pets from across NZ heritage collections