Tagged: Ngāti Kuri

New era for Ngāti Kuri and Auckland Museum - Mātau Taiao

Guest Author • Nov 18, 2019 •

• Auckland Museum,
• Bioblitz,
• Māori,
• mātauranga māori,
• Museums,
• Ngāti Kuri

Words and images by Jacqui Gibson Gone are Auckland Museum’s days of doing science using a museum-centric academic approach, after Māori land rights holders Ngāti Kuri gave the museum an ultimatum. Tom Trnski holding a fossilised whale tooth from the Far North. Aussie-born Head of Natural Sciences at Auckland Museum Tom Trnski admits his first pepeha at Waiora marae … Read More

Back to the Future in Northland: Fossils illuminate a flight path towards ecosystem restoration - Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives

Nic Rawlence • Apr 18, 2018 •

• Auckland Musuem,
• Bioblitz,
• Biodiversity,
• birds,
• Ecosystem Restoration,
• fossil,
• Kōhatu Shag,
• Moho,
• Ngāti Kuri,
• Northland,
• Sea Lion,
• tuatara

Ground control to Major Tom: The otherworldly Herangi Hill at Motu i Pao/Cape Maria van Dieman where Fred found the ancient Moho skull. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Carol. In the pouring rain, surrounded by flowing sand lava and cascading lahars, Fred Brook gingerly walks towards Matt Rayner and me. He’s sliding across a steep sand dune, his hands carefully … Read More