Tuhinga, our research journalTuhinga: te moheni rangahau a Te Papa

Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is Te Papa’s freely available, annual peer-reviewed academic journal. It publishes original scientific and cultural research by Te Papa staff or about Te Papa’s collections.

Tuhinga is the successor to the Museum of New Zealand Records, the National Museum of New Zealand Records, and the Dominion Museum Records in Ethnology.
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Tuhinga 32, 2021

Our current issue of Tuhinga. Topics include contemporary feminist museology, a newly naturalised tree, Virgin in a Condom, and interactive data visualisation in museums.

Watercolour illustration of Scorpaena cardinalis ( Red Scorpion fish), 1874

Past issues of Tuhinga

Download and read past issues of Tuhinga: Te Papa’s research journal.

Index of Tuhinga issues

Know what you’re looking for and just want to find it? Here’s a list of every article published in Tuhinga since 1995, and its author(s), for searching purposes.

Tuhinga: Information for authors

Find information about key publication dates, our peer review process, guidelines for submission of papers, and directions for in-house authors.