Museums and Cultural Heritage at University of Auckland

Congratulations to Rachel Aili who has completed the requirements for her MA in MCH with a 20,000 word dissertation on repatriation of her iwi’s human remains from museums in Aotearoa. Here she is embroidering the emblem for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori at the Thursday lunchtime embroidery group she started last year in B201.

Asbestos has forced the closure of the front of Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Museum with consequent job losses. Jesse Mulligan investigates:

What's the point in Museums? A couple of weeks ago Auckland Museum proposed axing 30 jobs, with chief executive David Reeves calling it "regrettably a necessary step towards securing the financial recovery of the museum". It came after a 10 million dollar price tag was put on the cost of removing asbestos dust detected earlier....

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Inaugural Lecture of Professor Ngarino Ellis Ki wiwi, ki wawa - Taonga and the power of Māori art history

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Displaying human remains stimulates controversy in Philadelphia.

'Justice to these individuals': Museum's ethical shift sparks debate A petition against policy changes garnered over 35,000 signatures.

Some of the 2025 Museums and Cultural Heritage cohort at the Pikelet Party.

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Sheldon Werner Summer Studentship Programme We are looking forward to welcoming a new cohort of Summer Scholars at Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Museum for the 2024/2025 summer.  Auckland Museum’s annual Summer Student Programme is open to promising students from a range of disciplines. Students will be part of a cohort with the programme r...

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