Puawai Cairns - Te Papa Detective
This article describes the work of Puawai Cairns, a curator at Te Papa Tongarewa.
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Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2016
Reading year level: 6
Category: Non-fiction
Topics: artefacts, change, culture, curator, detection, history, museums, New Zealand Wars, niu, Pai Mārire, past, stories, taonga, Te Papa Tongarewa, tikanga Māori
Puawai Cairns - Te Papa Detective
Words by Whiti Hereaka
Puawai believes that as a curator, her job is to tell stories about people: “Each one always begins with a taonga.”
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School Journal Level 3 November 2016
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5 of 7Cancel the Invasion
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