Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, New Zealand
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum, located in Wellington. Known as Te Papa, or 'Our Place', it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum and the National Art Gallery. More than 1.5 million people visit every year.
Te Papa Tongarewa translates literally to 'Container of Treasures'. A fuller interpretation is ‘our container of treasured things and people that spring from mother earth here in New Zealand’. Te Papa's philosophy emphasises the living face behind its cultural treasures, many of which retain deep ancestral links to the indigenous Māori people. The Museum recognises the partnership that was created by the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, te Tiriti o Waitangi, in 1840.
The first predecessor of Te Papa was the Colonial Museum, founded in 1865, with James Hector as founding director. It was built on Museum Street. Halfway through the 1930s the museum moved to the new Dominion Museum building in Buckle Street, where the National Art Gallery of New Zealand was also housed.
The National Art Gallery was opened in 1936 and occupied the first floor of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum building on Buckle Street, Wellington. It was originally populated with a collection donated by Academy of Fine Arts. The Gallery was formed with the passing of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Act in 1930.
Both the Dominion Museum and Gallery were overseen by a single board of trustees. The official opening was by the Governor General in 1934.
The museum had one million visitors in the first five months of operation, and between 1 and 1.3 million visits have been made in each subsequent year. In 2004, more space was devoted to exhibiting works from the New Zealand art collection in a long-term exhibition called Toi Te Papa: Art of the Nation. Filmmakers Gaylene Preston and Anna Cottrell documented the development of Te Papa in their film Getting to Our Place.
The main Te Papa building is on the waterfront in Wellington, on Cable Street. Inside the building are six floors of exhibitions, cafés and gift shops dedicated to New Zealand's culture and environment. The museum also incorporates outdoor areas with artificial caves, native bushes and wetlands. A second building on Tory Street is a scientific research facility and storage area, and is not open to the public.
Te Papa was designed by Jasmax Architects and built by Fletcher Construction. The 36,000-square-metre building had cost NZ$300 million by its opening in 1998. Earthquake strengthening of the Cable Street building was achieved through the New Zealand-developed technology of base isolation – essentially seating the entire building on supports made from lead, steel and rubber that slow down the effect of an earthquake.
The site was previously occupied by a modern five-storey hotel. This was jacked off its foundations onto numerous rail bogies and transported 200 metres down and across the road to a new site, where it is now the Museum Hotel.
The History Collection includes many dresses and textiles, the oldest of which date back to the sixteenth century. The History Collection also includes the New Zealand Post Archive with around 20,000 stamps and related objects, and the Pacific Collection with about 13,000 historic and contemporary items from the Pacific Islands.
There are significant collections of fossils and archaeozoology; a herbarium of about 250,000 dried specimen; a collection of about 70,000 specimen of New Zealand birds; significant amphibians, reptiles and mammals.
The museum has the world's largest specimen of the rare colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni). It weighs 495 kilograms and is 4.2 metres long. The squid arrived at the museum in March 2007 after being captured by New Zealand fisherman in the Ross Sea off Antarctica. The cultural collections include collections on photography, Māori taonga (cultural treasures), and Pacific cultures.
The Museum of New Zealand is also home to the Elgar Collection a valuable collection of English and French furniture and paintings the oldest of which date back to the seventeenth century. In 1946 the Dominion Museum one of Te Papa's predecessors received a bequest of some Fernside Homestead’s finest antiques from Ella Elgar’s will. Until 1992 these antiques were displayed in period rooms at the Museum but today objects from the Elgar Collection can be seen in many exhibitions at the museum.
The Archives are located in a separate building at Tory Street and are open for researchers on appointment. There are two categories of archive collections: the museum archive and the collected archives.
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Wellington - The Great War Exhibition
This video is about Sir Peter Jackson's The Great War exhibition showing in Wellington at the Dominion Museum Building
Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, Wellington .
Thank you Jetstar and the convenience of Price Radar for flying me to Wellington stress free.
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2015 ANZAC: Wellington's Pukeahu National War Memor
- Dominion Museum Building. WW1 light show.
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Wellington NZ. 海外で活躍中の東芝機関車。
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この日の営業運転を終え、車庫に引上げる元メルボルンの路面電車1032号。電車が敷地内に入ると、門が閉められた。
Carillon Light Show - Wellington, New Zealand
A Light and Sound Show features imagery from our shared military history, projected onto the facades of the former Dominion Museum and the Carillon.
WWI Remembered: A Light and Sound Show is presented by Wellington City Council and was developed by Transmit Ltd, Gas Project and StoryBox, with the assistance of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Archives New Zealand, Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Defence Force, and Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
WWI Remembered: A Light and Sound Show
World War 1 has been brought to life with a spectacular light show at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park.
A 15-minute loop features imagery from a shared military history, projected onto the facades of the former Dominion Museum and the Carillon
WWI Remembered: A Light and Sound Show is presented by Wellington City Council and was developed by Transmit Ltd, Gas Project and StoryBox, with the assistance of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Archives New Zealand, Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Defence Force, and Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
NEW ZEALAND HISTORY IN THE MAKING (1938) [Modified]
This is a Labour Party film from 1938, featuring footage from around New Zealand pre 1938. This film predates the National Film Unit and is part of Archives New Zealand's National Film Library Special collection. Parts of this copy of the film have been modified where the original footage was spliced backwards. The original footage is available for viewing on this channel. Archives Reference: AAOJ W5034 513 - B8376 DV file of Beta SP telecini of 16mm Black and white film.
Tangiwai trailer
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One of New Zealand's most heart-wrenching and powerful national stories is that of the 1953 Tangiwai railway disaster, which left 151 dead and a nation devastated. The television drama, TANGIWAI, tells the story of the famous cricketer, Bob Blair and his fiancé, Nerissa Love, whose young romance was shattered by the tragedy.
Don McGlashan - Andy
Don McGlashan performs the Front Lawn classic Andy at the Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney
Ankara Avukat Kübra YILDIZ ÇOLAK Sakarya Mahallesi | Massey University Wellington Dominion Museum
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İster yüz kere tövbe etmiş ol,
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WW1 Remembered: A Light and Sound Show
World War I – including the Gallipoli campaign, the Anzac relationship, and our history of conflict, resolution and peacekeeping – will come to life with a spectacular light show at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park.
WWI Remembered: A Light and Sound Show features imagery from our shared military history, projected onto the facades of the former Dominion Museum and the Carillon. The 15-minute loop will run from 7pm to 10pm each night from 18 to 25 April.
WWI Remembered: A Light and Sound Show is presented by Wellington City Council and was developed by Transmit and StoryBox, with the assistance of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Archives New Zealand, Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Defence Force, and Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. A full list of credits is available here:
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Heritage Christchurch Hotel, Cathedral Square (New Zealand) - Otis Traction Elevator
An old historical hotel using a modernized elevator? Why...
Technical Specifications :
Floors served : B, G, F, S, P
Manufacturer : Otis Elevator Company
History : Modernized
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Carter Observatory. Exhibition. Rocket Lauchers
The Exhibit
The interactive exhibition begins with the story of Space, Time and Matter - the sheer scale of the Universe, the Big Bang, and an interpretation of how our world began. You'll also hear the Māori story of creation, experience a gravity well and examine the possibility of life on other planets!
Travel through Carter's very own Black Hole into our Solar System. You will learn all about the planets that surround us, New Zealand's astronomy community and our Southern Skies. You can even handle an actual space rock, encounter an interactive digital solar system, Launch Rockets on Video, watch video stories and learn at your own pace.
Matariki and the role of the stars in Māori New Year is explained, alongside Polynesian and Māori astronavigation. Become absorbed in the journey of Māori from Hawaii to Aotearoa New Zealand, and learn how Maui caught the Sun.
European aspects of early navigation, particularly the astronomical aspects of Captain Cook's visits, including early time keeping and astronomy in New Zealand are displayed in our stunning library that also houses a treasure trove of books and materials from across centuries and around the world.
Tararua Scenic Daylight train with Da loco, Wairarapa NZ part 2
Steam Incorporated's Tararua Scenic Daylight excursion train, hauled by 'Da' 1431 on 30 April 2011. First shot departing Masterton heading north, and second just north of Mauriceville, Wairarapa, New Zealand.
Paekakariki Steamtrain New Zealand
Steamtrain of the Steam incorporated organisation leaves from Paekakariki Station New Zealand.
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Kosuke joined College Rifles Rugby Team while he studied English at Dominion English School May to July 2010.
Learn English, make friends and have fun at two of New Zealand's most established language schools, located in Auckland and Christchurch. Last year 1361 students from 32 countries became part of the Dominion family and we'd like you to join too!
With over 30 courses to choose from, there is something for everyone at Dominion. For those interested in examination courses, why not join one of our Cambridge programmes (FCE, CAE, CPE or IELTS)? Alternatively, study 25hrs, 20hrs or 12.5hrs a week on our popular General English programme. Whatever your requirements, we're here to help.
Our professional team is here to look after you and welcome you to the Dominion family.
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L508 Shantytown New Zealand
In this video we see ex PWD L508 working a full train up 1 in 26 grade on the Infants Creek Tramway At Shantytown, on the west coast of New Zealand.
Sorry about the sound, for some reason it went a bit ratty when I converted the video file, I'll see if I can improve it.....
Video taken on the 23rd March 2009
3News on Auckland's Motutapu Island Farm
Farming and conservation go hand in glove on Auckland's Motutapu Island