The little page of RachaelTe iti whārangi ipurangi o Rāhera

Rachael Hockridge jigsaw puzzle

Do the Rachael Hockridge jigsaw puzzle – choose between six and 1,014 pieces! Perfect for nans.

Rachael Hockridge Pukapuka Mahi – free A5 download

So you think you know Rachael? Take a trip down memory lane and explore her time at Te Papa.

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Two women in elegant black evening dresses pose for a photo against a concrete wall

Blogs written by Rachael

An eye for a story, an eye for a photo, and an eye for a headline? A news editor’s holy trinity.

• What we found in Martinborough’s Cave of Bones

• Captain Cook’s 150-year-old kōwhai specimens uncover Rapa Nui (Easter Island) secrets

• A 10-year hunt for a tiny parasitic ghost orchid

• Cigarette packets and chocolate boxes: How we used to store our collections

• Martinborough’s cave of bones: How thousands of flightless birds met their end

• A new microscope: how improved technology is making our work easier

Selected blogs featuring Rachael’s photos

• Shearwaters, Māori archaeology, and ukiyo-e: Inside Te Papa’s journal ‘Tuhinga’ 29

• The largest shark that ever lived – Megalodon (The Meg) in New Zealand

• Crabzilla! Our terrifying coconut crab is watching you

• Māori kākahu (cloaks): When is a korowai not a korowai?

• ‘Frown for the camera’: The unsettling gaze of the New Zealand wars wounded

• Conserving Rongowhakaata’s fragile ‘Iron Man’

• The body as a nursery: a wētā’s grim end

• Putting the pieces back together after the earthquake

Bonus blog featuring Rachael: What’s your favourite kupu?

Videos made by Rachael

• How to celebrate Matariki at home

• How to care for your taonga (six videos)

• Learn te reo Māori with Joan Costello (five videos)

• Behind the scenes: Preparing a hīnaki (eel trap) for an iwi exhibition

• Te Papa art curator shows how to use museum quake wax

Rachael Hockridge presenting at Museums Aotearoa 2019, from MA19, Lightning Talks, Thursday 23 May, afternoon (still), 23 May 2019. Museums Aotearoa

Bonus! Videos featuring Rachael

• ‘How to kill 1.5 million squids’, her presentation at Museums Aotearoa 2019

• A walk-through of Te Taiao | Nature

“Squids hold no mystery for us now thanks @Te_Papa - hoping we can visit and see your colossal squid in the future...loved the workbook and made ourselves a giant squid too...” – leilamckinnon, 10 Apr 2020

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Koia kei a koe, Rachael! Never forget: You are part of the Te Papa whānau.