Waxing lyrical

Jacky Price had a problem, a big one. He shouldn’t have stolen those stashed seal­skins....

Model past—history in microcosm

The 10-year -old Maori boy was con­spicuous by his rebellious attitude the moment he stepped...

A land transformed

What would have greeted you, step­ping out of a waka 800 or so years ago?...

Tide of history

In 1258 Hulegu Khan, great-grand­son of Genghis, sacked Baghdad, bringing to a close the Golden...

Thinking genes

What makes for an open, enquir­ing mind? How much is down to nature, how much...

Remembering Ahab’s trade

In Early August 1838 the whaling brig Nimrod, out from Sydney, arrived in the Bay...

Wheels within wheels

Catching the train seemed the proper mode of travel for my first visit to Featherston’s...

To the centre of the earth

In the summer of 1885 William Lar­nach, the newly appointed minister of mines, boarded a...

Wilton Bush

Although numerous museums have disabused me of the notion that spe­cial collections have to be...

Naval gazing

Nestled in the Heart of seaside Dev­onport, one of Auckland’s oldest suburbs, is a little...

Heritage alive

The methodist minister is declaiming before his fold—“We think of those in England, Scotland and,...

Our place in the air

A pair of boomerangs­ unassuming commas of wood—are displayed to one side of the exhibition’s...

Taranaki’s treasure house

In June 2003, Puke Ariki, Taranaki’s new museum and library, opened its doors to an...

Fire in the fern

Driving down State High­way 1 from Auckland it is easy to miss the loop road...

The rogue’s return

Beetles and plankton may dominate in nature, but natural history museums need to display some...

Wellington’s ‘own place’

Shipwright George Bennett was scoffed at when, after arriving in Wellington in 1848, he bought...

Troglobites and squeezes

Peter Dimond was part of history in the making. The Waitomo farmer had been in...

Dentures and detonators

“Look over here. Not many people know what these are used for,” says Richard Spark,...

Fashion on the farm

If you were a close follower of the world of women’s high fashion during the...

Woodworking wonders

Nose into the drive at 103 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton, past a few houses, then...

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