Watch: Making the Endemic Wall
Collection Manager Antony Kusabs provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how we built the endemic wall – which includes 700 objects into one epic cabinet.
Watch: Making the Haast’s eagle, pouākai
Model maker Jake Yocum and curator vertebrates Alan Tennyson explain the science and process that went into recreating a full-size model of the huge extinct Haast’s eagle | pouākai.
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Watch: Making the moa
Moa are the tallest birds ever known, and were completely unique to Aotearoa New Zealand. See how the team overcame the challenges of putting male and female moa skeletons on display.
Watch: Recreating bird smells
Did you know that many New Zealand manu (birds) have strong odours? Bird expert Colin Miskelly and perfumer Francesco van Eerd describe how they recreated smells for Te Taiao | Nature.