Puawai Cairns: Te Papa Detective
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by Whiti Hereaka
This article describes the work of Puawai Cairns, a curator at Te Papa Tongarewa. Puawai believes that as a curator, her job is to tell stories about people: “Each one always begins with a taonga.”
by Whiti Hereaka
This article describes the work of Puawai Cairns, a curator at Te Papa Tongarewa. Puawai believes that as a curator, her job is to tell stories about people: “Each one always begins with a taonga.”
Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2016
Learning area: English, Social Sciences
Curriculum level: 3
Reading year level: 6
Category: Non-fiction
Related titles: Listed in TSM
Topics: artefacts, change, culture, curator, detection, history, museums, New Zealand Wars, niu, Pai Mārire, past, stories, taonga, Te Papa Tongarewa, tikanga Māori
In: School Journal Level 3 November 2016
Publication date: November 2016