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Haurongo: Rukupō, Raharuhi

Moving Te Hau-ki-Tūranga wharenui

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This clip from Getting to our place, a documentary by Anna Cottrell and Gaylene Preston on setting up the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, records the involvement of Rongowhakaata with the dismantling of Te Hau-ki-Tūranga wharenui, to move it from the old Dominion Museum to the new Te Papa building on Wellington's waterfront.

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Gaylene Preston Productions

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Pakariki Harrison rāua ko Steven Oliver. 'Rukupō, Raharuhi', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993, whakahou July 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/47340/moving-te-hau-ki-turanga-wharenui (accessed 4 June 2026).