Science

See plant specimens collected during Cook’s first voyage, engravings from Joseph Banks’ Florilegium, and other treasures from Te Papa’s Botany Collection with curator Leon Perrie.

In response to the growing interest in bees, urban beekeeping, honey and the impact of monoculture and pollination ...

Would you like to learn how to use the NatureWatch NZ citizen science website and help document New Zealand’s biodiversity? Science Curator Leon Perrie will take you through how

NatureWatch NZ where you can record what you see in nature, meet other nature watchers and learn about the natural world.

Why does the Westland Petrel breed slowly and live long? What secrets are uncovered when you analyse ancient DNA from the museum's collections? How and why did a crab eater seal from Antarctica end up in Island Bay?

Forget-me-nots: how many New Zealand species are there and how do they relate to each other? The fascination of New Zealand spiders and the challenges of natural history photography...

You will hear the inside stories on what surprises were found in a kahu kiwi, how the Banks and Solander florilegium is still a benchmark for understanding NZ flora, and how and why land crustaceans copy hermit crabs.

Have you ever looked at a Wikipedia article and thought you would like to correct it or add more information? Come to our Edit-a-thon and find out how.