Canterbury Museum
Government commits $25m to Canterbury Museum earthquake strengthening
The government is putting $25 million towards seismic strengthening for the Canterbury Museum's $205 million redevelopment.
The women of the New Zealand goldfields
Frustrated by the lack of information about the many women who made a living on the New Zealand goldfields in the 1800s, Canterbury Museum researcher Julia Bradshaw went in search of them and speaks… Audio
Century-old logbook brings Antarctic voyage to life
A logbook from one of history's greatest boat journeys through sub-Antarctic seas has helped researchers navigate its success.
Museum buys diaries describing discovery of explorer's body
An Antarctic diary detailing the discovery of British explorer Captain Robert Scott's frozen body has been bought by the Canterbury Museum.
Sir Ed's Mt Everest kit bag bought by museum
Sir Edmund Hillary's kit bag for his "assault" on Mount Everest lists items for the climb including 10 air mattresses, a sleeping bag "mummy" and six pairs of silk gloves.
New China Eye Witness
New China Eyewitness tells the story of how Canterbury Museum came to acquire the largest collection of Chinese art in New Zealand after a group of prominent New Zealanders visited the People's… Audio
Something For the Weekend - Quake City Re-opens
Canterbury Museum is inviting visitors to view Quake City for free during the special exhibition's reopening this weekend, 16 & 17 September. The newly-relocated exhibition that tells stories from the… Audio
Hidden treasure found amongst Antarctica penguin poo
Mystery is surrounding the discovery of a 118-year-old painting, found in Antarctica amongst old tin cans and penguin poo. Video, Audio
Scientists keep eye in the sky on rare NZ birds
A satellite is now being used to count the endangered northern royal albatross, which breeds on the Chatham Islands.
Alternative Radio: RDU's 40th anniversary exhibition at Canterbury Museum
Yadana Saw takes a walkthrough Alternative Radio, a Canterbury Museum exhibition on the 40 years of student station RDU98.5FM Audio
Whole House Reuse
Two years after a quake damaged house was carefully dismantled and its materials distributed to artists here and overseas, those artists are about to put what they've created on show at Canterbury… Video, Audio, Gallery
Spectrum Street Art Festival
The Spectrum Street Art Festival organiser, George Shaw, is outraged Canterbury Museum ignored his request to withdraw a controversial T-shirt from its T-Shirts Unfolding exhibition, which is part of… Audio
Advertising Aotearoa
Sarah Murray and Barry Ellis on the golden age of kiwi tourist posters - long before we were a hundread percent pure. Audio
House Spiders
There are about 2000 spider species in New Zealand, but the spiders that are found around houses are likely to be an introduced species Audio
House Spiders
There are about 2000 spider species in New Zealand, but the spiders that are found around houses are likely to be an introduced species
AudioHouse Spiders
There are about 2000 spider species in New Zealand, but the spiders that are found around houses are likely to be an introduced species Audio
