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Blood Earth Fire Whāngai Whenua Ahi Kā
This is the story of how the forests of Aotearoa were rapidly cleared, the wetlands drained, new species introduced – and others lost for all time. It's also the story of how we have come to love and care for this land.
When | Āhea
Long-term exhibition
Where | Ki hea
Level 3
Cost | Te utu
Free with museum entry
Ages | TE REANGA
All ages
Allow | ME WHAKARITE
40 minutes
Explore the ways that the first people of Aotearoa forged deep connections with this land.
Imagine you’re a quarantine officer, and hunt for dangerous invader species in a container.
See a short film where Kiwis talk about their own tūrangawaewae.
Watch the films on YouTube with captions
These films were made in 2006.
Discover moreKia kitea ake
Exhibition highlights
Taonga whakaatu
Object
Child's knitted jersey, blue with red cats
Una McRae1970sGH017839
Object
Town and country landscape
Marcus Kingcirca 19501989-0013-4
Object
Mt. Sefton, from Hermitage
Charles Nathaniel Worsleycirca 1898-19021965-0003-1
Object
Pā kahawai (trolling lure)
UnknownME004032
Specimen
Strigops habroptila
OR.011109
Object
Taxidermied Jersey cow
Edward Gerrard & Sons1950sGH011802
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