Post researched and prepared by Jacinta Beckwith, Kaitiaki Mātauranga Māori. We are getting ready for Māori New Year with a little foyer display celebrating Matariki. Down south we also celebrate Puaka (known as Puanga up north). Matariki atua ka eke mai i te rangi e roa, e Whāngainga iho ki te mata o te tau […]

The 1882 transit of Venus, attracted widespread interest as it has in 2012. Two official observatories were designated in Otago: at Dunedin (with observers R. Gillies, A. Beverley and Henry Skey), and at Clyde (Dr James Hector, Director of the Colonial Museum in Wellington). We are fortunate that the Hocken Collections include a letter written […]