Te Papa National Musem, Wellington |
Whales temporary exhibition, Te Papa |
Te Papa National Musem, Wellington |
Te Papa National Musem, opened in 1998, admission free |
Te Papa National Musem, Wellington |
Te Papa National Musem, Wellington |
Te Papa National Musem, Wellington |
Amazing shot for the promotional poster for the Whales exhibition |
Te Papa National Musem, Wellington |
Te Papa - Mountains to Sea Gallery |
Te Papa - Pterosaur Anhanguera |
Te Papa - giant moa attacked by giant eagle |
New Zealand formed at the junction of the Australian and Pacific plates |
Te Papa - Papatuanuku |
Te Papa - Takahe (Porphyrio mantelli) |
The Stoat, introduced to NZ to control rodents has helpted devastate native wildlife |
Te Papa - whale skeleton |
Te Papa - albatross |
Kiwi stalked by a house cat ready to pounce |
Kereru - New Zealand wood pigeon |
Te Papa - Great White Shark |
Te Papa - mating Mako Sharks |
Te Papa - New Zealand fur seal |
Te Papa National Museum, Wellington |
Te Papa - maori gateway (waharoa) |
Cannon from the Endeavor (Capt Cook's ship) |
Te Papa - Blood Earth Fire Gallery |
Te Papa - prow of a waka tete (canoe) |
Te Papa - Australian badget, major pest in NZ |
Te Papa - Morino sheep |
Te Papa - painting of Milford Sound and Mitre Peak |
Te Papa National Museum, Wellington |
Te Papa - Maori fishhooks |
Te Papa - giant moa |
Te Papa National Museum, Wellington |
Te Papa - South Island adzebil (Aptornis defossor) |
Forest cover in pre-Maori, pre-European and modern New Zealand |
The Treaty of Waitangi between the British and the Maori |
Te Papa - Mana Whenua gallery |
1/3 scale replica of Te Aurere - Maori voyaging canoe |
Te Papa - Maori meeting house |
Te Papa - Maori meeting house |
Te Papa - detail of a Maori building |
Te Papa - Maori house |
Te Papa - finely carved Maori house |
Te Papa - detail of the ornate wood carving |
Te Papa - Maori wall carving (Poupou) |
Te Papa - Maori wall carving (Poupou) |
Te Papa - Maori wood carving |
Te Papa - Carved wooden pole, Maori |
Te Papa - Guardians of the Female Element |
Te Papa - treasure container (waka huia) |
Modern Maori meeting house inside the Te Papa Museum |
Modern Maori meeting house inside the Te Papa Museum |
Te Papa meeting house detail |
Te Papa meeting house detail |
Hawaiian feathered cloak and helmet given to Capt Cook in 1779 |
Te Papa - Marquesan warrior |
Te Papa - voyaging canoe of Kupe the Explorer |
Te Papa - The Great Elevation chalice, Solomon Islands |
Te Papa - map of the human settlement of the Pacific Islands |
Te Papa - South Pacific art |
Te Papa - Secrets of the Navigators |
Te Papa - Tauhunu canoe |
Te Papa - Story of the Pacific People in NZ gallery |
Te Papa - 1941 Tiger Moth trainer |
Te Papa - lithograph of a Maori chief |
Te Papa - The Blowing Up of the Boyd 1889 |
Te Papa - Maori war canoe detail |
New Zealand postage stamp |
Te Papa - Toranga 1982 |
Te Papa - carved prow of a Maori war canoe |
Te Papa - carved stern of a Maori war canoe |
Te Papa - Maori war canoe detail |
Te Papa - Maori war canoe |
Te Papa - Maori jade |
Te Papa - Maori wood carving |
Te Papa cultural performace poster |
Te Papa Museum |
Wellington from the Te Papa Museum |