Museum of New Zealand

Te Papa Tongarewa

Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand

International visitor tickets

Damon Salesa

Damon Salesa is the author of a number of works in Sāmoan and Pacific, New Zealand and colonial history. He is Associate Professor of Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland.

Head and shoulders of a man looking at the camera.

Damon Salesa

Books

Tangata o le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific
Discover a millennium of exploration, encounter, and cultural exchange in this beautifully illustrated history of Pacific peoples in New Zealand.