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The World's Best Nature Images Revealed As Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Comes To Auckland Museum This June
Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 4:44 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
The exhibition at Auckland Museum is a chance to view these stunning photographs, beautifully illuminated, up close and in person from Sunday 28 June to Sunday 23 August 2026. More >>
Santa Comes To Auckland Museum This Christmas
Friday, 7 November 2025, 11:03 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
From Saturday 22 November to Sunday 21 December, families can visit Santa’s Study at Auckland Museum to meet the man in red, take photos, and share their Christmas wishes. More >>
Kōkōwai: A Night Of Indigenous Fashion, Art And Music At Auckland Museum
Thursday, 28 August 2025, 2:56 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Kōkōwai, named for the sacred red ochre pigment once used to adorn bodies and mark the tapu, will showcase the work of two acclaimed wāhine ringatoi Māori, Shona Tāwhiao (Ngāi Te Rangi) and Stevei Houkāmau (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui). More >>
Mana Newspaper’s Legacy Of Resistance And Representation Celebrated In New Exhibition At Auckland Museum
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 5:54 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
The exhibition examines the paper’s enduring legacy in amplifying Māori and Pacific voices during a period of intense social and political change in Aotearoa from 1977-78. Mana: Protest in Print is open from Saturday 14 December. More >>
Researchers Install Pollen Trap On Auckland Museum Roof
Monday, 14 August 2023, 3:03 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
A green metallic pollen trap, looking like a small spacecraft with a large sail, has been installed on the roof of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira so health researchers can gather near-real-time data on the pollen and spores that ... More >>
Auckland War Memorial Museum Celebrates 25 Years Of Online Cenotaph
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 2:49 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Auckland War Memorial Museum’s Online Cenotaph is a biographical military database that allows researchers, enthusiasts, and veterans and their families to explore, contribute to, and share the records and stories of those who served for Aotearoa ... More >>
The Secrets Of Stonehenge Revealed In New Exhibition At Auckland Museum
Friday, 2 December 2022, 9:55 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2212/bd101d3950d3888aa58f.jpeg" width="720" height="360"> The international exhibition Secrets of Stonehenge comes exclusively to Tāmaki Makaurau, opening on Thursday ... More >>
Auckland Like You Have Never Seen It Before! Auckland Museum’s Incredible Rooftop Tour Returns.
Monday, 31 October 2022, 12:37 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Back by popular demand! The Incredible Rooftop Tour returns to Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum from 1 November. This unique experience offers incredible panoramic views over the Waitematā Harbour to Rangitoto Island, across to Mount ... More >>
Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum Celebrates The Return Of Acclaimed Māori Cultural Performances.
Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 9:49 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2210/a20787d5ae4afdae6bdb.jpeg" width="720" height="310"> Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum are thrilled to share, the internationally acclaimed Māori Cultural ... More >>
Auckland Museum Welcomes Feedback On Its Draft Annual Plan 2023/2024
Monday, 3 October 2022, 3:07 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
“Our Draft Annual Plan for FY 2023/24 represents a year of consolidation as we look to complete the final delivery of our Five-Year Plan, and recovery as we emerge from the effects of the global Pandemic,” says Auckland Museum Chief Executive ... More >>
T. Rextended - Due To Popular Demand Rare & Real T. Rex Extends Stay At Auckland Museum
Friday, 16 September 2022, 2:16 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2209/90e2e8593176719d0d48.jpeg" width="720" height="360"> In April 2022 Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum became the first ever Museum in the world to display ... More >>
Night At Auckland Museum Returns In October
Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 11:32 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2208/2682b65ae0c76a5f9623.jpeg" width="720" height="270"> Night at Auckland Museum returns in October with Glorious Greeks, an immersive after-hours theatrical experience that ... More >>
Auckland Museum Announces 2021 Dr James Fawcett Fund Recipients
Monday, 25 July 2022, 12:16 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
In September 2021 Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum announced the inaugural funding round of the Dr James Fawcett Postgraduate Herpetological Awards, which has now been granted to two recipients. The 2021 Awardees are Sarah Lamar (PhD ... More >>
He Wawata Mō Ngā Wheturangicalling Future Māori Leaders In The Field Of Cultural Heritage
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 10:28 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Applications are now open for the Sir Hugh Kawharu Scholarship, offered by the Kawharu Foundation in partnership with Auckland Museum. The $10,000 grant is open to students of Māori descent who are studying full-time at undergraduate or graduate level at ... More >>
Auckland Museum Showcases Award-winning Nature Photographer In New Exhibition
Tuesday, 1 February 2022, 10:20 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
On Thursday 7 April 2022 Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum will unveil the new exhibition Nature Boy: The Photography of Olaf Petersen . This is the first-ever exhibition dedicated solely to the work of Olaf Petersen, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s ... More >>
Accurately Dating The Māori Past Using Marine Shells Through Cross-collaborative Funding Success
Monday, 6 December 2021, 8:54 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Archaeological collections from Auckland War Memorial Museum will be used in the research project A ccurately Dating the Māori Past using Marine Shells after receiving a highly contested, prestigious Marsden Fund grant from the Royal Society Te Apārangi. ... More >>
Auckland War Memorial Museum To Close Saturday 20 November Due To Domain Protest
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 10:06 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
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. ... More >>
Kahu Tāmaki - Auckland War Memorial Museums’ WardrobeRecognised Internationally
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 5:19 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
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 ... More >>
Keeping Everyone Safe At Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum
Friday, 12 November 2021, 9:08 am | 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. ... More >>
Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum To Open From Monday 15 November
Friday, 5 November 2021, 9:13 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
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 ... More >>
