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/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/1993-0029-6.jpg;Three huia (Heteralocha acutirostris), circa 1900, London. Keulemans, J. G. Purchased 1993 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board;'Img - Three huia (Heteralocha acutirostris), circa 1900, London. Keulemans, J. G. Purchased 1993 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=48313
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/2000-0022-1.jpg;Waikato River, 1881, Auckland. Watkins, Kennett. Purchased 2000 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa;'Img - Waikato River, 1881, Auckland. Watkins, Kennett. Purchased 2000 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=493603
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/2003-0016-1.jpg;A fish from New Zealand, circa 1777. Maker unknown, Forster, Georg. Purchased 2003. Te Papa;'Img - A fish from New Zealand, circa 1777. Maker unknown, Forster, Georg. Purchased 2003. Te Papa';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=612528
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/1992-0035-1784.jpg;The country of the Iguanodon, 1837, London. Martin, John. Gift of Mrs Mantell-Harding, 1961. Te Papa;'Img - The country of the Iguanodon, 1837, London. Martin, John. Gift of Mrs Mantell-Harding, 1961. Te Papa';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=229590
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/B.022664.jpg;The order of the bath, 1917, Levin. Adkin, Leslie. Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964. Te Papa;'Img - The order of the bath, 1917, Levin. Adkin, Leslie. Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964. Te Papa';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=113637
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/B.044711.jpg;Mrs Morley, circa 1920, Wellington. Berry & Co. Purchased 1998 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa;'Img - Mrs Morley, circa 1920, Wellington. Berry & Co. Purchased 1998 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=365318
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/C.021244.jpg;Miss P Heal and ballet class, 1938, Wellington. Digby, Spencer. Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection. Gift of Ronald Woolf,;'Img - Miss P Heal and ballet class, 1938, Wellington. Digby, Spencer. Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection. Gift of Ronald Woolf,';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=455057
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/FE000628.jpg;Cloak, circa 1870, Cook Islands. Maker unknown. Gift of Te Aia Mataiapo, 1872. Te Papa;'Img - Cloak, circa 1870, Cook Islands. Maker unknown. Gift of Te Aia Mataiapo, 1872. Te Papa';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=162334
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/FE008654.jpg;Bowl (nima saraa), Solomon Islands. Acquisition history unknown. Te Papa;'Img - Bowl (nima saraa), Solomon Islands. Acquisition history unknown. Te Papa';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=83485
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/FE008655.jpg;Hiapo (tapa cloth), circa 1860, Niue. Maker unknown. Purchased 1988. Te Papa;'Img - Hiapo (tapa cloth), circa 1860, Niue. Maker unknown. Purchased 1988. Te Papa';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=83487
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/ME014336.jpg;Kaitaka aronui/pätea (fine cloak with deep lower täniko border and horizontal aho weft rows), New Zealand. Maker unknown. Purcha;'Img - Kaitaka aronui/pätea (fine cloak with deep lower täniko border and horizontal aho weft rows), New Zealand. Maker unknown. Purcha';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=61151
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/ME023878.jpg;Brooch. Maker unknown. Purchased 2008. Te Papa;'Img - Brooch. Maker unknown. Purchased 2008. Te Papa';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=850834
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/O.000750.jpg;Five Mile Avenue, Forty Mile Bush, circa 1875, Eketahuna. Bragge, James. Acquisition history unknown. Te Papa;'Img - Five Mile Avenue, Forty Mile Bush, circa 1875, Eketahuna. Bragge, James. Acquisition history unknown. Te Papa';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=192972
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/O.000997.jpg;[Cobb and Co. coach, Palmerston, Otago], 1880-1890, Palmerston. Hart, William P. Purchased 1981 with New Zealand Lottery Board f;'Img - [Cobb and Co. coach, Palmerston, Otago], 1880-1890, Palmerston. Hart, William P. Purchased 1981 with New Zealand Lottery Board f';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=195224
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/OL000041.jpg;Paepae pataka (threshold for storehouse), 1800, New Zealand. Maker unknown. Oldman Collection. Gift of the New Zealand Governmen;'Img - Paepae pataka (threshold for storehouse), 1800, New Zealand. Maker unknown. Oldman Collection. Gift of the New Zealand Governmen';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=210321
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/OR.004698.jpg;White-fronted Tern, Sterna striata, collected 16 Feb 1954, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand. Te Papa;'Img - White-fronted Tern, Sterna striata, collected 16 Feb 1954, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand. Te Papa';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=619658
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/OR.025037.jpg;Little Penguin, Eudyptula minor variabilis, collected 24 Nov 1994, Titahi Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. Te Papa;'Img - Little Penguin, Eudyptula minor variabilis, collected 24 Nov 1994, Titahi Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. Te Papa';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=417811
/SiteCollectionImages/Homepage/Collections/P.000456.jpg;Starry toado, Arothron firmamentum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850); syntype of Tetraodon gillbanksii Clarke, 1897, collected 28 Mar ;'Img - Starry toado, Arothron firmamentum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850); syntype of Tetraodon gillbanksii Clarke, 1897, collected 28 Mar ';http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=195438

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