Go behind the scenes at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and discover more than 100 treasured items from the Museum's collection. 100 Am...

In this fascinating book Te Papa’s science team of experts showcase 100 collection objects that demonstrate the breadth and depth of the collection...

Botanical artist Audrey Eagle has been painting New Zealand's flora since 1952. Her award-winning Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand ...

Storms, landslides, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami -- all New Zealanders will encounter at least one of these hazards in their lives. Informative,...

Who were the Aztecs, how did they become so powerful, and where did they go? This new book traces the Aztec Empire's 200-year span, from its mythic...

A surprise discovery in the 1980s unearthed the remarkable early twentieth century photographs of Berry & Co., now held in Te Papa's collection...

Elegant, erudite and utterly up to date, this book contains more than 1500 unique New Zealand words and expressions. From afakasi to zespri, the Bo...

By popular demand, this accessible new edition of the award-winning classic Buller's Birds of New Zealand: The Complete Work of JG Keulemans, prese...

The attractive boxed set of notecards contains fifteen cards, featuring five of New Zealand’s most beloved birds . Each card is blank inside, suita...

A major new history of craft that spans three centuries of making and thinking in Aotearoa New Zealand and the wider Moana (Pacific). Paying attent...

Adorable and sometimes surprising historic images of New Zealand dogs and their owners. This entertaining selection of over 100 photos of New Zeala...

When crinolines, bustles and ostrich feathers were the height of colonial fashion. This richly illustrated and lively social history explores the c...

The long-running Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War is one of Te Papa’s most popular exhibitions, attracting over three million visitors since it open...

Fully and exclusively written in Maori language and aimed at Maori and non-Maori children aged seven to eleven, this book’s lively stories tell the...

Māui Shares Stories for Tamariki Based on Taonga from the Te Papa Collection. In a fresh approach to aspects of Aotearoa history, two new children’...

From 1919 to 1923, at Sir Apirana Ngata’s initiative, a team from the Dominion Museum travelled to tribal areas across Te Ika-a-Māui The North Isla...

A powerfully human and emotional illustrated history of New Zealand's war experience, focusing on material culture and social history. From trenche...

The Ko Rongowhakaata: Story of Light and Shadow exhibition at Te Papa is a window into the world of Rongowhakaata, the prominent iwi from the Tūran...

Lāuga or Sāmoan oratory is a premier cultural practice in the fa‘asāmoa (Sāmoan culture), a sacred ritual that embodies all that fa‘asāmoa represen...

This special book-format issue of Birds New Zealand’s journal Notornisis devoted to the birds of the Auckland Islands Maukahuka/Motu Maha, the larg...

A visit to New Zealand’s famous national museum, Te Papa, launches a boy and his whānau on a magical adventure to find Pāpā after he gets lost. He’...

This ground-breaking book explores the revolution that’s transformed New Zealand museums in recent decades, and is influencing how museums worldwid...

A beautiful board book for babies and toddlers, featuring amazing photos of New Zealand bugs in the collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Ton...

Each book in this gorgeous series offers very young readers (0–3 year olds) an immersive experience of New Zealand art and a fun, educational exper...