Museums and Cultural Heritage at University of Auckland

01/10/2025

Congratulations to Rachel Aili who has completed the requirements for her MA in MCH with a 20,000 word dissertation on repatriation of her iwi’s human remains from museums in Aotearoa. Here she is embroidering the emblem for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori at the Thursday lunchtime embroidery group she started last year in B201.

23/09/2025

Asbestos has forced the closure of the front of Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Museum with consequent job losses. Jesse Mulligan investigates:

A couple of weeks ago Auckland Museum proposed axing 30 jobs, with chief executive David Reeves calling it "regrettably a necessary step towards securing the financial recovery of the museum". It came after a 10 million dollar price tag was put on the cost of removing asbestos dust detected earlier....

12/09/2025

11/09/2025

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Ki wiwi, ki wawa - Taonga and the power of Māori art history

29/08/2025

Are you a young person interested in sailing on a subsidised voyage to Antarctica from Argentina?

Antarctic Heritage Trust’s vision is Inspiring Explorers. In our mission to conserve, share and encourage the spirit of exploration we aim to recognise

28/08/2025

Displaying human remains stimulates controversy in Philadelphia.

A petition against policy changes garnered over 35,000 signatures.

27/08/2025

Some of the 2025 Museums and Cultural Heritage cohort at the Pikelet Party.

06/08/2025

https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/research/opportunities/sheldon-werner-summer-studentship-programme

We are looking forward to welcoming a new cohort of Summer Scholars at Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Museum for the 2024/2025 summer.  Auckland Museum’s annual Summer Student Programme is open to promising students from a range of disciplines. Students will be part of a cohort with the programme r...

06/08/2025

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Community Wellbeing (Arts, Events, and Culture) Graduate