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Haurongo: Wiffen, Joan

Extracting fossils

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In this 1989 television appearance, Joan Wiffen demonstrates how fossils are extracted from rocks and casts of them made.

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Reference: F96445 PREHISTORIC LIFE IN NEW ZEALAND [Joan Wiffen] (1989).

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Simon Nathan. 'Wiffen, Joan', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2018. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/node/230919 (accessed 7 June 2026).