28 Aug 2018

Part of Te Papa collection stored in dirty warehouse

From Morning Report, 8:26 am on 28 August 2018

One of Te Papa's most important whale skeletons is being stored in a building that was dirty, and had birds, insects, and possibly rodents living in it. Experts are shocked to hear how the national museum has stored the pygmy blue whale skeleton. And they're worried proposed cuts at Te Papa could mean similar situations become more common.