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A black and white photo of a pine forest with several pine trunks on the ground.

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Burnt Corsican pine (Pinus laricio), Balmoral Forest, Canterbury, 1955, by John Johns. Purchased 2003. Crown Copyright. Licensed by Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI). CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (O.027913)
A blue and green abstract painting with the colours crossing over each other.

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Modular 13, series 2, 1970, New Zealand, by Ray Thorburn. Purchased 1971 from Wellington City Council Picture Purchase Fund. © Te Papa. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (1971-0023-2)
A coin with the name Samuel Parnell on it

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New Zealand Industrial Exhibition of Wellington medal, Siegfried Kohn; maker/artist; 1885; New Zealand. Te Papa (NU006842)
A game board covered in squares with snakes and ladders drawn at random across the squares

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Board Game, Snakes and Ladders, 1930s-50s. Gift of the Guard family, 1991. Te Papa (GH003816)
Pieces of a jigsaw in a box

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Jigsaw Puzzle, Unknown; 1940s-50s; England. Gift of the Guard family, 1991. Te Papa (GH003814)
Bark cloth with patterns painted on it on a black background.

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Siapo (tapa cloth), Sāmoa, maker unknown. Purchased 1916. Te Papa (FE001112)
A piece of gummed paper with cutouts of birds and butterflies held together with tabs

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Scraps, 1930s, England, by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. Gift of Joyce Megget, 2006. Te Papa (GH011491)
A photo of the queen in a frame above a toilet

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Kemp House, Kerikeri, John B Turner, photographer, 1975, New Zealand. Purchased 1988 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds. Te Papa (O.003843)
A black and white photo of a large building with very tidy lawns in front of it

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Parliament Buildings, 1921-1922, Wellington, maker unknown. Te Papa (A.016399)
A postcard with a photo of two men on horseback and their dogs rounding up sheep

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Postcard, ‘A New Zealand sheep muster’, by Gladys Goodall, 1960s, Christchurch. Te Papa (PS.003578)
Skull of a Haast’s eagle

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Haast’s eagle, Harpagornis moorei, collected 14 January 1990, Cave 50 209 c.1650m Mt Owen, New Zealand. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (S.027773/2)
Whale tooth with a tall ship engraved on it

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Scrimshaw, about 1840, maker unknown. Bequest of Mrs Dorothy Hunter, 1956. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (GH006340)
A piece of cream material with puhutukawa flowers and huia birds.

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Curtain piece, maker unknown. Gift of Mrs Jo Forbes, 1991. Te Papa (PC004132)
A black and white photo of five people lying on blankets having a picnic in the 1930s, they are surrounded by cars

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Group at picnic, 1930-1931, by Roland Searle. Purchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (A.019799)
A collage comprising of objects from Te Papa’s collections, organised by colour and shape

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Kerry Ann Lee, Knowledge on a beam of starlight, 2014, found images and questions, vinyl, commissioned 2014. Te Papa (MA_I.342631)
A painting of a village scene with people walking with umbrellas

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Rainy day, 1960s, Wellington, by Stewart Maclennan. Gift of the National Bank of New Zealand, 1966. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (1966-0030-1)
A female hei tiki

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Hei tiki (pendant in human form), 1700-1847, New Zealand, maker unknown. Oldman Collection. Gift of the New Zealand Government, 1992. Te Papa (OL001031)
A bright quilt with a design featuring hexagons containing bright patterns

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Quilt, 1950s, England, maker unknown. Gift of R. Miller, 1963. Te Papa (PC000827)
A view of a field of cherry blossoms. A crowd of people are filing through it.

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After Utagawa Hiroshige, Asukayama Hanami (Cherry Blossom Viewing at Asukayama), from the series Kōto meishō (Famous views of the eastern capital), 1950, colour woodcut. Te Papa (1992-0035-G2313/3)
Black and white photograph of a young girl washing the dishes

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Eric-Lee Johnson, untitled, 1937, gelatin silver negatives, England. Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (E.001590)
Painting depicting a series of blue and white horizontal lines with Māori motifs

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Gordon Walters, Makaro, 1969, acrylic and PVA paint on canvas. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (1970-0021-1)
A broad scene of a beach, with a rotunda in the foreground and people out walking

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Beach at Timaru, Timaru, by Burton Brothers studio. Te Papa (O.019251)
A painting of a broad panorama of the Grand Canyon

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The Grand Cañon at the foor of the Toroweap – Looking East, plate 6 from the book Atlas to accompany the monograph on the tertiary history of the Grand Cañon District, 1882, by William Holmes, Julius Bien. Te Papa (RB001314/006a)
Ngatu

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Ngatu (tapa cloth), about 1911, Tonga, maker unknown. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (FE012487)
A taxidermy pukeko, a bird with vibrant blue plumage and black wings, red legs and a large red beak

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Pukeko, Porphyrio melanotus melanotus, collected December 1995, Otaihanga, Horowhenua, New Zealand. Field collection 1978 – 2004. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (OR.025049)
Tapa cloth. The border is a network of orange Xs, while the internal patterns alternate between checkerboards and flowers

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Siapo (tapa cloth), about 1917, Samoa, maker unknown. Gift of Thomas Trood, 1917. Te Papa (FE001423)
A sea turtle climbs over rocks

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Green Turtle lying on rocks, showing carapace, 23 May 1908, Kermadec Islands, by Tom Iredale. Te Papa (B.043232)
A painting of a series of mountains, showing the yellowed grasses of autumn

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William Sutton, The four seasons: autumn, 1968, oil on hardboard. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (1969-0011-1)
A black and white aerial photo of a lot of people marching up a curved road with buildings either side.

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Wellington Harbour, during 1913 "Strike". From the album: Wellington waterfront strike, 1913, 1913, New Zealand, by Zak (Joseph Zachariah). Te Papa (O.030463)
A black and white photo of a woman holding a white cat sitting in the middle of a large fern

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Woman and Cat Among the Tree Ferns, circa 1908, by Fred Brockett. Purchased 1957. Te Papa (B.027954)
Illustrated tourism poster featuring a train in the country with mountains in the background. Text on the poster reads ‘For your holidays travel by train’

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Poster, ‘For Your Holidays’, about 1940, New Zealand, by New Zealand Railways Publicity Branch, E Paul. Te Papa (GH015813)
Painting of a variety of bright flowers

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Sir Cedric Morris, Spring flowers, 1923, oil on canvas. Te Papa (2008-0017-1)
Children sitting on cart being pulled by an ox. A dog is walking alongside

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Maori children, East Cape, by Eric Lee-Johnson, 1950, purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (O.006222/02)
A watercolour of a spray of red flowers with green leaves

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Kowhai-ngutu-kaka. Clianthus puniceus, about 1885, New Zealand, by Sarah Featon. Purchased 1919. Te Papa (1992-0035-2277/71)
A black and white photo of children running down a sand bank

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Children running on the sand, Piha, about 1942, North Island, by Eric Lee-Johnson. Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (O.006819)
View of Oriental Bay, with Wellington Harbour on the left and houses lining the street on the right. A crowd of hundreds is walking along the boardwalk

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Oriental Bay, Wellington, 1920-1935, New Zealand, maker unknown. Purchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (A.030543)
Two circle images on a card. One photo is a geyser and one photo is the white terraces.

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Auld Lang Syne, 1900-1910, New Zealand, maker unknown. Gift of Patricia M. Mitchell, 1989. Te Papa (PS.000813)
Illustration of musical instruments and Christmas baubles

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Christmas, 1950s, by Roundhill Studio. Te Papa (CA000670/001/0005)
Illustration of birds in pear trees on green paper

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Pear tree, 1950s, by Roundhill Studio. Te Papa (CA000670/001/0002)
Illustration of many people surfing

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Surfing, 1950s, by Roundhill Studio. Te Papa (CA000670/001/0004)
An image of stylised blue Christmas decorations and trees on an orange background

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Christmas at Te Papa. Image by Amber Laughton. Te Papa
1920s crazy patchwork quilt created using a wide variety of textiles which reflect the diversity of textiles used in fashion at this time

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Quilt, about 1920, New Zealand, by Frances Broad. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (GH016392)
Embroidery of a large pomegranate tree. Around the edges are a network of twisting branches

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Embroidery, ‘The Pomegranate Tree’, about 1900-1905, London, by Lady Jane Cory. Bequest of Jane, Lady Cory, 1948. Te Papa (PC004116)
An orange cardboard box with Ballot Box written on the side

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Ballot Box, New Zealand Government; 1993, Cardboard and plastic. Gift of the Electoral Commission. Te Papa (GH004193)
A black and white photo of a large stately building in the middle distance

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Parliament Buildings, 1921-1922, Wellington, maker unknown. Te Papa (A.016399)
Overview of Dunedin under a heavy blanket of snow

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Dunedin under snow, August 27, 1886 (the flat), 1886, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. Te Papa (C.011717)
Two women in formal coats and hats stand for a photo in a field covered in snow, beside a fence

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Deep snow and vestiges of the former forest, 2 August 1936, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964. Te Papa (A.007126)
a flax mat with red and green lines on a black background

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Whariki (mat), kiekie (Freycinetia baueriana var. banksii), Unknown. Te Papa (ME015810)
A red stone shaped like an adze on a white background

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Toki pounamu (nephrite adze blade), Unknown, 1500–1820, Te Papa (ME024039)
Close up of a cloak, showing the detail of its design. It is predominantly black with red and earth coloured triangles forming a wave across the cloak

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Detail of kaitaka paepaeroa with ngore (cloak with taaniko borders and vertical aho, weft rows), date unknown, maker unknown. Te Papa (ME015672)
Very rare poi woven in muka (flax fibre) with a technique called knotless netting. It is called a poi awe, due to the presence of the dog-hair awe (tassles) attached as decoration.

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Poi awe (percussive device), 19th century, New Zealand, maker unknown. Te Papa (ME000150)
A piupiu skirt

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Piupiu (skirt), New Zealand, maker unknown. Te Papa (ME006597)
A woman wearing a nurse's cap and a mask

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Nurse, Whangarei Hospital, 1953, Whangarei, by Eric Lee-Johnson. Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (O.006782/01)
A jug, a mug and a plate in sepia tones

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H. Farmer McDonald, Modern Wedgewood, about 1938. Gift of the Fastier family in memory of Gillian Fastier, 2013. Te Papa (O.043711)
Oil painting of a window with its curtains open offering a nighttime view of a street with car lights. In front of the window sits a book and newspaper on a desk

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Victor Pasmore, The window, 1938/47, oil on canvas. Purchased 1957 with Harold Beauchamp Collection funds. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (1957-0013-2)
Abstract oil painting of incredibly rich colours, especially green, of what could be interpreted as a cave

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Evelyn Patterson, The cave, 1966, oil on canvas. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (1966-0037-1)
Four people in cone costumes in a parade. Many people lining the street in the background

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Hay’s procession, Christchurch, by FR Lamb, 1956-1957, colour transparencies. Te Papa (CT.058924)
A panel of flax woven in patterns on wood

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Sonia Snowden, weaver, ‘Matariki’ tukutuku panel, 2011, Otaki, kiekie, raupō, kakaho, pīngao. Te Papa (ME024103)
Watercolour of two angles of a shark on sepia paper.

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Sphyrna zygaena (NZ) – Hammerhead shark, head dorsal aspect, 1898, by Frank Edward Clarke. Te Papa (1992-0035-2278/112)
Red, blue and white Union Jack linen flag with a black and white image of Queen Elizabeth in the centre.

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Union Jack flag, 1963, United Kingdom, maker unknown. Gift of Cathy McColl and Barbara Walters, 2010. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (GH013377)
Black and white photo of Sāmoan people dressed in white in a wooden church with high arches.

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Church at Malua, late 1890s, Sāmoa, by Thomas Andrew. Te Papa (D.000674)
Closeup of orange, brown and white feathers

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North Island Kākā, Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis, collected 24 April 1988, Waiterimu, near Ohinewai, Waikato, New Zealand. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (OR.024148/1)
Aerial view of Christchurch city in the early 20th century, with the cathedral and Hagley Park in view

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Christchurch from the Air, 1920s, Canterbury, maker unknown. Te Papa (LS.008019)
A circular wine or card tabletop with wooden marquetry made from indigenous New Zealand timbers

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Table, with marquetry work top, about 1880, New Zealand, by William Seuffert. Purchased 2011. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (GH021400)
Black and white photo of silica geothermal pools in a terrace formation with dark mountains in background

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White Terrace from the top, 1885, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. Te Papa (O.000744)
A tīvaevae (quilt) with a pattern of blue taro leaves attached by applique (fine stitching) onto a yellow background

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Tīvaevae manu (quilt) and matching pillow cases, about 1980s, maker unknown, Cook Islands. Purchased 1995 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (FE010471)
Several unidentified men are standing on the framework of a partially-thatched faletele, grass in foreground and trees and palms in the background

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House [faletele] building, Samoa, 1890–1910, Sāmoa, by Thomas Andrew. Te Papa (C.001446)
Photograph of a conical-shaped snail shell, of peach colouring

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Marine snail, Micrelenchus burchorum (B. Marshall, 1998). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (M.127017)
Painting depicting two yellowhead birds, with vibrant yellow heads and underside plumage and green back and wing plumage, sitting on a mossy log

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Eileen Mayo, Yellowhead, 1976, gouache on paper. Te Papa (2005-0015-1/11)
Photograph of a kākā egg

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North Island Kākā, Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis, collected 20 November 2001, Whirinaki Forest Park (Map V18), New Zealand. Gift of the Department of Conservation, 1987. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (OR.026927)
Ornamental plate with gold rim and a scene painted on it depicting a cherub and two men with swans

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Dish, 1530–1535, Italy, by Francesco Avelli da Rovigo. Purchased 1983 with Charles Disney Art Trust funds. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (CG001495/a)
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Bernard Roundhill, Original Artwork Auckland 2000, 1956, airbrushed ink and gouache with added brushwork on card. Te Papa (CA000659/001/0001)
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Silver fern, Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (P028868)
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E Mervyn Taylor, Magical wooden head, 1952, wood engraving. Gift of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 1953. Te Papa (1953-0001-4)
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Stewart Island Brown Kiwi, Apteryx australis lawryi. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (OR.026398)
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Three huia (Heteralocha acutirostris), about 1900, London, by Johannes Keulemans. Purchased 1993 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (1993-0029-6)
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Scene in a New Zealand forest near Porirua, Plate 6 from the book The New Zealanders, 1847, by Mr J W Giles after George French Angas. Gift of Charles Rooking Carter. Te Papa (RB001054/022a)
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Sarah Featon, Dolichoglottis lyallii; Dolichoglottis scorzoneroides; (New Zealand snow groundsels), Dolichoglottis lyallii (Hook.f.) B.Nord., Dolichoglottis scorzoneroides (Hook.f.) B.Nord., about 1885, watercolour. Purchased 1919. Te Papa (1992-0035-2277/34)
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Tongariro National Park – August 1925, August 1925, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964. Te Papa (B.022470)
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Frank Craig, Goblin market, 1911, oil on canvas. Purchased 1912 by public subscription. Te Papa (1912-0021-11)
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Cat in a cage, Waimamaku, about 1957, Waimamaku, by Eric Lee-Johnson. Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (O.006827)
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Walter Scarlett Hatton, Auckland, 1900s, watercolour. Te Papa (1992-0035-1653)
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Fossil Iguanodon tooth, about 132–137 million years ago, Cuckfield. Gift of the Mantell Family, 1930. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (GH004839)
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John Drawbridge, Bluescape, 1963, oil on canvas. Purchased 1969 from Wellington City Council Picture Purchase Fund. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (1969-0015-1)
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Kākāpō, Strigops habroptilus, collected June 1992, Codfish Island, Foveaux Strait, New Zealand. Gift of the Department of Conservation, 1987. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (OR.025736)
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Bernard Roundhill, Rangitoto Spaceport II – Auckland 2500 – ‘The Ambassadors’, 1960, airbrushed ink and gouache with added brushwork on card. Te Papa (CA000659/001/0002)