Watch: Art curator Mark Stocker shows how to use museum quake wax

Mark Stocker, Curator Historical International Art, shows how to use museum quake wax to protect your taonga at home.

Halting the jolts: How Te Papa resists earthquakes

How did Te Papa survive the Kaikoura earthquake nearly unscathed?

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Active land: Natural events in Aotearoa New Zealand

Restless whenua, strong people. Rūaumoko, god of earthquakes and volcanoes, lays his challenge – his restless rumblings present us with taonga as well as hazards. A country where colliding and subducting plates cause quakes, volcanoes, tsunami, and landslides.

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Faultlines: Earthquakes in Aotearoa New Zealand

Around 20,000 shakes are measured every year in Aotearoa New Zealand – about 55 a day – our whenua (land) never stops shaking. Plates collide. Pressure builds. The land ruptures. How do we cope with living on such shaky ground?

Watch: Art curator Mark Stocker shows how to use museum quake wax

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