Museum
New museum to give home to Niue's heritage
More than a decade after Niue lost its old museum in a cyclone, preparations are underway to build a new cultural centre to help preserve the country's heritage. Audio
Pacific curator Kolokesa Uafa Mahina-Tuai
Museums are foreign spaces for many Pacific people but the curator Pacific at Tamaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum, Kolokesa Mahina-Tuai, is working to make it a more welcoming place. Audio
Doryun Chong: M+, curation, and the Walters Prize
Kim Hill talks to Doryun Chong, Deputy Director and Chief Curator at M+ Hong Kong, and former Curator of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA. He is the judge of the 2016 Walters Prize. Audio
A Tripp Down Memory Lane
Tony Tripp has created a museum dedicated to rural memorabilia on Snowdon Station where he has been farming since 1961. In one of the sheds is a 1929 Bentley with a tow bar that Lucy Wills, the… Audio, Gallery
A Tripp Down Memory Lane
Tony Tripp has created a museum dedicated to rural memorabilia on Snowdon Station where he has been farming since 1961. In one of the sheds is a 1929 Bentley with a tow bar that Lucy Wills, the…
AudioMuseums push for fire levy exemption
Museums are hoping for an exemption to Fire Service levies because of their role as kaitiaki of the country's past.
Claudia Orange: the Waitangi Museum
Head of Research at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand and expert on the Treaty of Waitangi, who has been advising on Te Kongahu, the new museum at Waitangi. Audio
Fossick in Fairlie
Macgregor Willis, a 16 year old student at Mackenzie College, took over a vacant shop on Fairlie's Main Street and turned it into a natural history museum that's now home to his impressive collection… Audio
Fossick in Fairlie
Macgregor Willis, a 16 year old student at Mackenzie College, took over a vacant shop on Fairlie's Main Street and turned it into a natural history museum that's now home to his impressive collection…
AudioTe Toi Uku: Crown Lynn Museum
Hands up who remembers the Crown Lynn swans? Auckland's famous pottery may have closed its doors in 1989 but the fascination with its cups, mug, plates - and yes, the ceramic swans - goes on… Audio
Te Papa's new Chief Executive, Rick Ellis
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
Museum visits for the blind
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
Conflict Museum
A temporary exhibition on WW1 in Wellington could become a permanent fixture, as the Conflict Museum. Do the panelists think we need another war museum? They talk to the chair of the National Army… Audio
Let There Be Light - The Dodd-Walls Centre
The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonics and Quantum Technologies is a Centre for Research Excellence that is partnering with Otago Museum Audio
Let There Be Light - The Dodd-Walls Centre
The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonics and Quantum Technologies is a Centre for Research Excellence that is partnering with Otago Museum
AudioTe Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery
It's taken two years to build but Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery is now open. Justin Gregory went to see the West Auckland gallery a year ago when it was just beginning to take shape and to… Audio
Spectrum for 24 October 2010
Nigel Ogle, artist, model maker and Tawhiti musem curator, has created a life-sized wonderland of early Taranaki history. Weta Workshop, of Lord of the Rings fame, have also helped. Audio
Porirua Ladies
Attitudes towards caring for the mentally ill in New Zealand have changed dramatically over the last 70 years. How did our society cope with those who were regarded as "hopeless", "mad" or simply… Audio, Gallery
