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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Open every day 10am—6pm
(except Christmas Day)

Free entry for everyone
Charges apply to some short-term exhibitions and activities

55 Cable Street, Wellington

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Birds of New Zealand

Quiz: How well do you know your New Zealand birds? Quiz: How well do you know your New Zealand birds?
Birds collection
New Zealand Birds Online
Watch: Rediscovering the 'extinct' takahē in 1948
Buller’s Birds of New Zealand book
Ancient colossal penguin bones discovered in Otago
Kingdom of the Birds: An Expedition to Solander Island
Over-looked for a century: Macquarie Island shag added to the New Zealand list
Martinborough’s cave of bones: How thousands of flightless birds met their end
Jigsaw: Kākā feathers
Jigsaw: North Island Kākā egg
Jigsaw: Yellowhead
Jigsaw: Stewart Island Brown Kiwi
In photos: Giant eggs, tiny eggs, and the eggceptionally rare
The global hunt for the original wandering albatross
Expedition to Snares Island
Extinct tiny albatross species discovered in Taranaki
Filming the elusive kiwi in the 1940s Filming the elusive kiwi in the 1940s
Moa vs Superman: Poignant extinction lessons via a 1970s comic

Jigsaw: Kākā feathers

Open every day 10am–6pm (except Christmas Day)

Free entry for everyone.
Charges apply to some short-term exhibitions and activities.

Museum of New Zealand
Te Papa Tongarewa

55 Cable Street
PO Box 467
Wellington, 6011
New Zealand
Phone: +64 (04) 381 7000

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