Artefacts

In private hands, iconic New Zealand treasures can be sold off, hidden away, or even destroyed.  Audio

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European museums are stacked with cultural treasures taken from their former colonies. New thinking could change that. Audio

A high tech project is underway to shed light on thousands of Māori stone artefacts, so they can be preserved for future generations. Funded by the MBIE, it involves archaeologists, bioengineers and… Audio

Te Awe was a project designed to enrich, reorganise, and improve the care of our 10,000+ taonga Māori in a way that is embedded in Mātauranga Māori. Video

The first phase of this project (2013-2016), centred on the renewal of the Auckland Museum’s carving store, home to approximately 5,400 carved taonga. Video

Since the project started in 2013 with Phase 1, over 5,400 taonga made from wood and stone passed through the project team’s caring hands. Video

During the second phase (2017-2019), as part of our Mātauranga Māori approach, Auckland Museum partnered with Taumata Māreikura, some of Aotearoa’s most skilled & experienced weavers. Video

The Te Awe Team is made up of Curators, Collection Technicians, Conservators, Storage Technicians and a dedicated photographer who care for the incredible variety of taonga Māori housed in the Museum.