http://www.tepapa.govt.nz Te Papa experts and guests discuss our collections, exhibtions and events. en-us Copyright 2009 Museum of New Zealand Thur, 26 November 2009 17:00:00 +1200 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/ScienceExpress.November.2009.Large.Hadron.Collider.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressTheLargeHadron5sept.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Thur, 5 November 2009 18:30:00 +1200 Come and listen to physicist Marcus Wilson as he separates the popular myths from the scientific facts. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/ScienceExpress.September.2009.Swine.Flu.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressSwineflu3Sept2009.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Thur, 3 September 2009 18:30:00 +1200 Join Dr Lance Jennings, one of New Zealand’s leading virologists, as he discusses swine flu. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/ScienceExpress.August.2009.Easter.Island.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressCollapseonEasterIslandAug2009.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Thur, 6 August 2009 18:30:00 +1200 Scientist Troy Baisden talks about his time on Easter Island, and discusses how the indigenous people there view recent research into the collapse of civilisations. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/ScienceExpress.July.2009.RocketScience.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/whatson/allevents/pages/scienceexpressjuly2009.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Thur, 2 July 2009 18:00:00 +1200 Peter Beck, the head of local rocket science company Rocket Lab, discusses New Zealand’s role in the global space industry. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/podcasts/Friends/Friends-Audrey.Eagle.02.10.2009.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/FriendsOfTePapa/Gallery/Pages/AudreyEagle2Oct09.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Thur, 26 November 2009 17:00:00 +1200 Te Papa Press Publisher Claire Murdoch talks to botanical artist Audrey Eagle, author of the Montana medal-wining Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand, about her remarkable life and work. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/ScienceExpress.June.2009.DarkEnergy.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/whatson/allevents/pages/scienceexpressjune2009.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Thur, 4 June 2009 18:00:00 +1200 Join Professor Matt Visser for a discussion about dark energy and the acceleration of the universe. How good is the data, and are the alternatives any better? Proudly supported by GNS Science and the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington Branch. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/ScienceExpress.April.2009.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/whatson/allevents/pages/sciencexpressapril09.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Thur, 2 April 2009 18:00:00 +1200 Are we living in an era when we believe everything scientists tell us? How do stories influence science, and vice versa? Explore these issues with award-winning author Bernard Beckett. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/podcasts/nstp/DonnaWilliams-TePapa-25-June-2009.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/NationalServices/Resources/AudioOnDemand/Pages/DonnaWilliamsBroadenyouraudience.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Thur, 25 June 2009 16:00:00 +1200 Find out how to attract a more ethnically diverse audience, with a broader range of ages, to your museum. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/podcasts/ArtAfterDark/ArtAfterDark.Sept.2008.Rita.in.Writing.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/whatson/allevents/pages/artafterdarkritainwriting.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:00:00 +1200 Join Jill Trevelyan, author of Rita Angus: An artist’s life and co-curator of the exhibition, Philip Norman, Montana Award winning biographer of Douglas Lilburn, and Gordon Ogilvie, writer of the acclaimed Denis Glover: his life, in a discussion chaired by Lydia Wevers. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/podcasts/RitaAngus/05.Emeritus.Professor.Michael.Dunn.MP3 http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/exhibitions/ritaangus/Symposium-Michael-Dunn.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:00:00 +1200 This presentation looks into the relationship between Rita Angus and Theo Schoon, focusing especially on the portrait of Theo Schoon that Rita Angus painted in the 1940s. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/podcasts/RitaAngus/03.Professor.Wystan.Curnow.MP3 http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/exhibitions/ritaangus/Symposium-Wystan-Curnow.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:00:00 +1200 In the 1960s, the destiny of modern art in New Zealand art appeared to rest with McCahon, Woollaston and Angus. This paper re-examines that view from the perspective of the present. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/podcasts/RitaAngus/01.Introduction.MP3 http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/exhibitions/ritaangus/Symposium-Introduction.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:00:00 +1200 Te Papa, in association with the Friends of Te Papa, presented a one-day symposium on 13 September 2008, in association with the Rita Angus: Life & Vision exhibition. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/Science.Express.Nov.2008.Critical.Thinking.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressNovember2008.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:00:00 +1200 Vicki Hyde, New Zealand’s keenest con-spotter, explains how critical thinking can protect your mind, body, and wallet from dodgy products, email scams, and psychic ‘exploitainment’ programmes. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/Science.Express.October08.New.Edge.to.NZ.MP3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressOctober2008.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +1200 Where does New Zealand’s official boundary end? The word is now out. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/Science.Express.Sept.2008.-.Youth.Crime.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressSeptember2008.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +1200 Dr Fiona Beals, an Education Studies lecturer at Victoria University, discusses how youth crime is represented by government, the media, and academics. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/ScienceExpress.August.2008.Functional.Foods.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressAugust2008.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +1200 'Functional foods' are foods with added nutritional benefit. But do we need them? Dr Roger Lentle, Associate Professor in Clinical Nutrition at Massey University, discusses the issues. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/Science.Express.-.July.2008.-.Plastic.Bottles.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressJuly2008.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +1200 Reusing plastic bottles can cause chemicals to leach into food and drink. Is this harmful and what are the safe alternatives? Explore the research with Professor Ian Shaw. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/ScienceExpress.June.2008.-.Energy.Solutions.MP3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressJune2008.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +1200 Ralph Sims, Professor of Sustainable Energy at Massey University, discusses New Zealand’s role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/ScienceExpress.May.2008.Colossal.Squid.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressMay2008.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Thu, 1 May 2008 16:00:00 +1200 World-renowned marine biologist Dr Steve O'Shea discusses the findings from the examination of the colossal squid. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/podcasts/whales/Rawiri-Paratene05Feb.mp3 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/04/18/rawiri-paratene-advocate-for-whales/ mail@tepapa.govt.nz Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:00:00 +1200 Listen to Rawiri talk about being a trustee for SPWRC, and his first encounter with a whale “eye to eye”. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/ScienceExpress_2008-04_The.World.Of.Whales.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressApr2008.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:30:00 +1200 What do we really know about whales? Te Papa’s Collection Manager, Marine Mammals, Anton van Helden, takes an in-depth look at current whale research. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/Art.Forgery-Prior-Dutton-March2008.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressMar2008.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:15:00 +1200 Dr Christine Prior (GNS Science) and Denis Dutton (University of Canterbury) discuss the scientific advances that help identify fakes and the response galleries have towards them. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/podcasts/whales/Vili.Iese.6Feb08.mp3 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/03/26/whale-research-in-tuvalu/ mail@tepapa.govt.nz Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:45:00 +1200 Viliamo Iese talks about whale research and cultural attitudes to whales in Tuvalu, in an interview made during the South Pacific Whales Research Group Consortium meeting last February. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/podcasts/whales/Michael.Poole.interview.mp3 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/03/14/michael-poole-%e2%80%93-whale-researcher/ mail@tepapa.govt.nz Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:45:00 +1200 Opening our series of podcasts about whales, Michael Poole of the South Pacific Whales Research Consortium tells us about his whale research on the island of Mo'orea, Tahiti. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/podcasts/podcast-ScotiasHardySons.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/PastEvents/Pages/ScotiasHardySons.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:45:00 +1200 Scotia's Hardy Sons performed their new and traditional Scottish music at Te Papa on the 17 January 2008. They then answered a few of our questions. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/Woodford_Nov2007.MP3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressNov07.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:15:00 +1200 Keith Woodford from Lincoln University presents research about A1 and A2 milk and discusses if they can be harmful. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/Campbell-Gibbs_Oct2007.MP3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressOct07.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:00:00 +1200 Geologist Dr Hamish Campbell and entomologist Dr George Gibbs debate the conflicting theories of New Zealand's origins. http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/exhibitions/thescots/objectmedia/objmedia.mp3?irn=61926 http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/exhibitions/thescots/podcasts.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:00:00 +1200 Sean Brosnahan talks about Dr Donald McNaughton Stuart (1819?-94), a much-loved Presbyterian minister of Knox Church in Dunedin. http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/exhibitions/thescots/objectmedia/objmedia.mp3?irn=61927 http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/exhibitions/thescots/podcasts.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:00:00 +1200 Sean Brosnahan talks about the story behind the Highland chief, Alexander Ranaldson MacDonell, 17th Chief of Glengarry (1834-62), the last of his line who is buried in Dunedin's southern cemetery. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/Gael_Lagadec.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressSept2007Globalisation.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:00:00 +1200 Dr Gael Lagadec from the Uiversity of New Caledonia discuss the issues around Globalisation http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/exhibitions/thescots/objectmedia/objmedia.mp3?irn=61925 http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/exhibitions/thescots/podcasts.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:00:00 +1200 Sean Brosnahan discusses the Scottish roots of their collection and early settler John Buchanan (1804?-80) and his warm and welcoming family. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/tonyTaylor_June.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressJune2007.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:00:00 +1200 Emeritus Professor Tony Taylor discusses whether laws and justice are required in any society to ensure that basic human needs are met, but is justice itself a basic human need? http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ScienceExpress/LloydGeering_May.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpressMay2007.aspx mail@tepapa.govt.nz Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:00:00 +1200 Lloyd Geering discusses the relationship between God and science. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/podcasts/Ahkenaten.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/Egypt/Podcasts.htm mail@tepapa.govt.nz Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:00:00 +1200 In this podcast we explore the history behind the site of El Armana and the significance the Pharoah Ahkenaten had on Egyptian society during his time as ruler. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/podcasts/osiris.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/Egypt/Podcasts.htm mail@tepapa.govt.nz Fri, 2 Feb 2007 08:00:00 +1200 Learn about ancient egyptian myth and the Legend of Osiris http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/podcasts/display_of_human_remains.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/Egypt/Podcasts.htm mail@tepapa.govt.nz Mon, 1 Jan 2007 08:00:00 +1200 Dr Seddon Bennington and Te Taru White, Chief Executive and Kaihautu of Te Papa discuss some of the issues surrounding the display of mummies and other human remains in museums http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/podcasts/EgyptianCollection.mp3 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/Egypt/Podcasts.htm mail@tepapa.govt.nz Sat, 9 Dec 2006 08:00:00 +1200 Ross O'Rourke discusses Te Papa's Egyptian collection and what you will find in our latest exibition Egypt: Beyond the tomb.