2021

Final phase of Auckland Museum transformation revealed
Students and school aged learners will have a new place to understand the world around them when Auckland Museum’s new education spaces open to the public on Saturday 5th June.
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Prehistoric creatures 'come to life' at Auckland Museum
From Monday 8 January, Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium comes to Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum for the summer school holidays. Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium is an immersive theatre experience that allows visitors to get up-close and personal with an amazing array of aquatic creatures from bygone eras, connecting young audiences to the real science of palaeontology.
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Auckland War Memorial Museum Trust Board appoints new Chair and Deputy Chair
Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum Trust Board has appointed a new Chair and Deputy Chair.
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Accurately Dating the Māori Past using Marine Shells
Archaeological collections in Auckland Museum will be used in the research project Accurately Dating the Māori Past using Marine Shells after receiving a highly contested, prestigious Marsden Fund grant from the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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Auckland Museum wins national acclaim at New Zealand Architecture Awards
In 2021, Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum completed a series of major transformations to its visitor experience. The revitalised Te Ao Mārama South Atirum has revealed the most significant changes to the Museum in more than a decade, and has been recognised by the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) at its annual New Zealand Architecture Awards, winning nationally in three categories.
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Ngāti Kuri Lead New Research Programme With Voyage to Rangitāhua 20 Years on From Kaumātua
On Thursday 18 November 2001 Kaumātua of Ngāti Kuri journeyed across the ocean back to their home islands of Rangitāhua to honour their ongoing history of return voyaging and recognise their occupation. It is no coincidence that ‘Expedition Rangatahi’ voyages from Aotearoa to Rangitāhua (The Kermadec Islands) are happening 20 years to the day.
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Kahu Tāmaki - Auckland War Memorial Museums’ Wardrobe Recognised Internationally
On Thursday 3 December 2021 Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum reopened its South Atrium entrance – Te Ao Mārama – to reveal the most significant changes to the Museum in more than a decade. One such change was Kahu Tāmaki, a wardrobe project that aimed to revamp the Museums’ front-of-house Visitor Host uniforms to allow them to feel more connected to their workplace.
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Auckland War Memorial Museum to Close Saturday 20 November Due to Domain Demonstration
Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum has been advised by the Auckland Police that a mass demonstration is planned for Saturday 20 November in Auckland Domain. As a result, the Museum will not open or be open to the public on Saturday.
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Keeping Everyone Safe at Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum
Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum has today confirmed that it will require all staff, volunteers and visitors to be fully vaccinated as a condition of being able to attend the Museum’s destination building on the Auckland Domain. The vaccination certificate requirement will become effective as soon as practicable when Auckland moves into the new Covid Protection Framework (“traffic light system”).
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Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum to Open From Monday 15 November
The Government on Monday 1 November made an in-principle decision that Auckland could potentially open under Alert Level 3, Step 2 on Wednesday 10 November. Under Level 3, Step 2 the Government has indicated that Museums can open if they can meet the health and safety requirements. Should the Government confirm this decision on Monday 8 November, Tāmaki Paenga Hira will open its doors to the public on Monday 15 November.
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Auckland Museum and Watercare to Partner on Exciting New Discovery
Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Auckland Museum has partnered with Watercare’s Central Interceptor Project and is in conversation with the Mana Whenua Kaitiaki Managers Forum, to collect, identify, care for and research fossils recently discovered during the excavation of the Central Interceptor main shaft at Greenwood Road, Māngere.
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Have Your Say on Auckland War Memorial Museum’s Draft Annual Plan
Auckland Museum welcomes feedback on its Draft Annual Plan 2022/2023.
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International Photography Exhibition Coming to Auckland Museum Shines a Light on Impact of Plastic Pollution
International award-winning British photographer Mandy Barker brings her exhibition SHELF-LIFE to Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum in October in partnership with the British Council Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific, and the British High Commission.
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Auckland War Memorial Museum welcomes new members to its Trust Board
Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Auckland War Memorial Museum today announced the appointment of three new Trust Board Members.
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Auckland Museum Partner With Mana Whenua to Name a New Species of Pygmy Pipehorse
A new species of pygmy pipehorse, a fish closely related to the seahorse, has been named by kaumātua (senior leaders) of Ngātiwai in a collaboration with biodiversity scientists from Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Museum and the California Academy of Sciences.
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Breakthrough Science Reveals the Secrets of Stonehenge at Auckland Museum
The brand-new international exhibition Secrets of Stonehenge comes exclusively to Tāmaki Makaurau, opening on Friday 3 December at Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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Applications Open for the 2021 Auckland Museum Institute Postgraduate Scholarship Programme
Applications are now open for the 2021 Auckland Museum Institute Postgraduate Scholarship Programme.
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Auckland Museum Launches Dr James Fawcett Fund for Herpetological Research
Applications are now open for the inaugural funding round of the Dr James Fawcett Postgraduate Herpetological Awards.
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Auckland Museum at Home Online Content Hub Relaunched
While the doors of Auckland War Memorial Museum are closed, visitors can still experience some of their favourite parts of Tāmaki Paenga Hira online.
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Summer Student Opportunities at Auckland Museum – Applications Are Now Open
Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum has launched the second year of the Auckland Museum Sheldon Werner Summer Studentship programme.
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Auckland Museum Transformation Acclaimed by NZ Institute of Architects
The redevelopment of Auckland Museum’s South Atrium, Te Ao Mārama, has been recognised by the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) at their annual Auckland Architecture Awards.
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Exciting Exhibition News from Auckland Museum
Announcing an extended season for Brickman Awesome: Epic LEGO® Creations, and also the upcoming Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Ocean Predators coming in June 2021.
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Introducing Tāmaki Herenga Waka: Stories of Auckland
The second stage of Auckland War Memorial Museums visitor transformation will be unveiled on Thursday 11 March when Tāmaki Herenga Waka: Stories of Auckland is opened to the public.
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Have your say on the Museum's Draft Annual Plan
Auckland Museum welcomes feedback on its Draft Annual Plan 2021/2022.
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