Story: Māori and museums – ngā whare taonga

Mana Whenua gallery, Te Papa

Mana Whenua gallery, Te Papa

The Mana Whenua gallery at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington features rotating exhibitions hosted by various iwi. This exhibition, Tūhoe: Children of the Mist, featured in the gallery from late 2001 to late 2003, and received an estimated 777,000 visitors.

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Paora Tapsell, 'Māori and museums – ngā whare taonga - The challenges of the new century, 1997 onwards', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/44120/mana-whenua-gallery-te-papa (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Paora Tapsell, published 22 Oct 2014