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Johanna and Brittany Cosgrove's teenage years went very differently. Johanna's were pretty good, leading her to become a budding (and now award-winning) actress. Brittany says she "went off the rails"… Audio, Gallery

After months of uncertainty and disquiet in the science community Te Papa's restructure is out. Five roles in all have been disestablished across Te Papa, of which two are currently vacant. The… Audio

Dr Rebecca Rice explains the significance of The Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality exhibition that opens at Te Papa on 15 December. The Terracotta Warriors are 2,300 year old artworks of… Audio, Gallery

Feminised or gendered roles in the workforce were carved out in our past and still impact on the lives of women in the workplace today. Find out more in Episode 8 of Beyond Kate. Audio

South Australia is taking cues from Te Papa, using its bicultural model as a guide in turning the region's museum into a national Aboriginal art gallery.  Audio

Is the arts a place where women have equal opportunity? And if not, why not? That's the big question at hand in Episode Six of RNZ podcast, Beyond Kate. Audio

Being a woman of colour in a predominantly white society brings with it a complex set of rules and expectations that are often not spoken about. Episode Four of Beyond Kate looks at some of the Maori… Audio

From crotch-less bloomers and women’s fashion in the late 19^th century to contraception, menstruation and abortion. Episode Four of Beyond Kate explores the politics and double standards around the… Audio

New Zealand art history in 2018 - what's included and what's excluded? Photography is now in it seems, but ceramics not; Contemporary Maori art - in - but traditional Maori arts? Still out. That's at… Audio, Gallery

Tamar Munch reviews a new local show, Get it to Te Papa - The Spinoff's televised quest to get under-appreciated Kiwi treasures into the national museum. She''ll also preview The 2000s, a new series… Audio

In 1998, painters Dick Frizzell and Karl Maughan staged a joint sell-out show at Auckland's Gow Langsford Gallery called Landscapes. Now, 20 years on, for Auckland Art Week, Frizzell and Maughan have… Audio

Claire Regnault is a senior curator at Te Papa, where she specialises in dress. She is researching and writing a history of women's fashionable dress in colonial Aotearoa New Zealand and is on the… Audio

One of Te Papa's most important whale skeletons is being stored in a building that was dirty, and had birds, insects, and possibly rodents living in it. Experts are shocked to hear how the national… Audio

Tony Fomison remains one of the most distinctive New Zealand artists of his generations, almost 30 years after his death. The painter's sister Anna is collecting interviews with people who knew Tony… Audio

The non-fiction book, Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story, took out the top honour at the Children and Young Adult book awards ceremony at Te Papa on Wednesday night. The book is the work of Christchurch… Audio

Te Papa says it will undertake an internal review of the way it manages its collections, and an international external review of its natural history collections. Audio