Story: Māori and museums – ngā whare taonga
Page 6. External links and sources
More links and websites
Auckland War Memorial Museum
Auckland Museum was New Zealand’s first museum and holds many Māori taonga.
Museums Aotearoa
The professional association for museums and art galleries, and people who work in them.
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Te Papa, in Wellington, is New Zealand’s national museum.
More suggestions and sources
- McCarthy, Conal. Exhibiting Māori: a history of colonial cultures of display. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2007.
- McCarthy, Conal. Museums and Māori: heritage professionals, indigenous collections, current practice. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2011.
- Mead, Sidney Moko, ed. Te Maori: Maori art from New Zealand collections. Auckland: Heinemann, New York: American Federation of Arts, 1984.
- Tapsell, Paul. Maori treasures of New Zealand. Auckland: David Bateman in association with Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2006.
- Tapsell, Paul. Pukaki: a comet returns. Auckland: Reed Books, 2000.
How to cite this page
Paora Tapsell, Māori and museums – ngā whare taonga, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/229645/sources (accessed 26 June 2026).
Story by Paora Tapsell, published 22 October 2014.