Museum
Experiences will make you happier than material things
Cornell professor Tom Gilovich has done four studies over the years looking at what brings us happiness - experiences or things? He came to the common conclusion that happiness is ultimately derived… Audio
Taonga returns to te Tairāwhiti after 250 years
After a 10-year long battle, a collection of taonga left on board Captain Cook's ship the Endeavour will be returned, on loan, to the Tairāwhiti region after 250 years.
The taonga, which include… Video, Audio
Te Papa exhibition showcases unique NZ environment
Te Papa's newest $12 million exhibition, Te Taiao, has opened its doors for a sneak preview, ahead of Saturday's launch. Our reporter Meriana Johnsen and visual journalist Ana Tovey went along to take… Video, Audio
Exhibition celebrates art of collecting
Puke Ariki museum in New Plymouth is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its collection with a special exhibition. Whare Kahurangi - or house of treasured possessions - showcases the museum's taonga… Video, Audio
A hub for local history
A dedicated group of locals are creating Ellesmere Historical Park near Leeston for future generations of Selwyn District residents. 8,000 local objects have been donated to the collection. Audio, Gallery
Sir Peter Jackson's war exhibit to end at Massey's building
The owner of an iconic Wellington building housing Sir Peter Jackson's world war one exhibition says it needs the building back. Massey University and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage issued a… Audio
150 years of Otago Museum memories
Lynn Freeman talks to Lana Bolton-Marston, Front of House Officer at the Museum, about its own history and particularly how it was linked to Dunedin's gold rush era. Audio
Are We There Yet exhibition: Victoria Travers
125 years on since women in New Zealand fought and won the right to vote an Auckland Museum exhibition looks at how far, or not, we have come since then. The display pays tribute to women in Aotearoa… Audio, Gallery
John Early: butterflies on show at Auckland Museum
The Secret Life of Butterflies exhibition at Auckland museum opened on 9 June and showcases a lifetime's worth of butterflies collected by Ray Shannon. He bequeathed the 13,000 butterflies to the… Audio, Gallery
Holden Museum opens
New Plymouth man Steve Fabish and his wife have just opened their very own museum devoted to Holden cars. He's been collecting the vehicles for years, and says he opened the museum because he just… Audio, Gallery
The Chinese who made NZ home
Using 100 compelling and rarely-seen photographs, social historian Dr. Phoebe H. Li has curated a photographic exhibition celebrating 175-years of Chinese New Zealanders. Audio, Gallery
The Dissection Connection
Ever wondered where the animals used in school dissections come from? Meet Debra Cook AKA Miss Vivi Section, co-owner of Dissection Connection which sources and vacuum packs animal organs (and whole… Audio
New museum to give home to Niue's heritage
More than a decade after Niue lost its old museum in a cyclone, preparations are underway to build a new cultural centre to help preserve the country's heritage. Audio
Pacific curator Kolokesa Uafa Mahina-Tuai
Museums are foreign spaces for many Pacific people but the curator Pacific at Tamaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum, Kolokesa Mahina-Tuai, is working to make it a more welcoming place. Audio
Doryun Chong: M+, curation, and the Walters Prize
Kim Hill talks to Doryun Chong, Deputy Director and Chief Curator at M+ Hong Kong, and former Curator of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA. He is the judge of the 2016 Walters Prize. Audio
A Tripp Down Memory Lane
Tony Tripp has created a museum dedicated to rural memorabilia on Snowdon Station where he has been farming since 1961. In one of the sheds is a 1929 Bentley with a tow bar that Lucy Wills, the… Audio, Gallery
Museums push for fire levy exemption
Museums are hoping for an exemption to Fire Service levies because of their role as kaitiaki of the country's past.
Claudia Orange: the Waitangi Museum
Head of Research at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand and expert on the Treaty of Waitangi, who has been advising on Te Kongahu, the new museum at Waitangi. Audio
Fossick in Fairlie
Macgregor Willis, a 16 year old student at Mackenzie College, took over a vacant shop on Fairlie's Main Street and turned it into a natural history museum that's now home to his impressive collection… Audio
Te Toi Uku: Crown Lynn Museum
Hands up who remembers the Crown Lynn swans? Auckland's famous pottery may have closed its doors in 1989 but the fascination with its cups, mug, plates - and yes, the ceramic swans - goes on… Audio