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Collection highlights

Hei tiki (pendant in human form)
Object

Hei tiki (pendant in human form)

Unknown1600-1850ME023772
Untitled [Scene from the New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion 'Hui Aroha', Gisborne]
Object

Untitled [Scene from the New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion 'Hui Aroha', Gisborne]

James McDonaldMay 1919MU000523/005/0717
Moreporks (Bird Skins Room #2), Taranaki St, Wellington, 3 October 1995
Object

Moreporks (Bird Skins Room #2), Taranaki St, Wellington, 3 October 1995

Laurence Aberhart1995O.002323
Poster, 'New Zealand Apples'
Object

Poster, 'New Zealand Apples'

Edward Cole1930sGH016664
Car carrier truck
Object

Car carrier truck

Steve RumseyF.009757

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Welcome to Te Papa’s updated Collections Online. Find out more about the new site.

Collections Online has information on over 1,000,000 artworks, objects and specimens from Te Papa’s collections; from dinosaur teeth to contemporary art, & buzzy bee to Xena. Collection areas cover Taonga Māori, Pacific Cultures, History, Photography, Art, Botany and Zoology. These items are complemented by over 190,000 images, with over 60,000 available for high resolution download. There’s also a wealth of information on related people, places, topics, species and research from Te Papa.

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