Te Papa Tongarewa aka TePapa

This is the National Museum of NZ and the famous of all the country's museums.-it is centrally located on the waterfront and only a little more than 10 years old. So much to see...we went twice.





We had a delightful French gal as our guide.


Large, carved Maori welcoming gate.



Maori storehouse for food,


-central meeting house


In addition there was art and natural history displays including birds and mammals. the strangest item to us was a giant squid over 30' long caught in Antarctica and preserved and floating in a large tub.

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