Bug of the Year 2026 and why you should vote for Apsona, the sapphire spider fly.

Bug of the Year was created to celebrate the spectacular and often overlooked invertebrates of New Zealand. Te Papa, Collection Technician Invertebrates Shaun Thomson talks about one of this year’s nominees – a tiny fly with a jewel-like shimmer and a life cycle that borders on the unbelievable.

https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2026/01/27/bug-of-the-year-2026-and-why-you-should-vote-for-apsona-the-sapphire-spider-fly/ #globalmuseum #insects #TePapa #museums

Te Papa has some of NZ’s greatest artworks, so why won’t our national museum let us see them?

Imagine going to the National Gallery in London and not seeing anything by Turner, Constable or Gainsborough.
The names below are those of New... Zealand artists whose paintings are listed on the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa’s website but which are not on display.

https://archive.ph/EnuKm #globalmuseum #TePapa #museums #art

Caring for the Te Papa palaeontology collection

How the fossils are cared for, so they are available for research and display, both now and long into the future.

https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2026/01/16/palaeo-introductions-3-caring-for-the-palaeontology-collection/ #globalmuseum #museums #TePapa #collections #fossils

Q&A: Dr Thom Linley, Curator of Fishes at Te Papa.

Dr Thom Linley is the Curator of Fishes at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

https://www.aa.co.nz/membership/aa-directions/features/thom-linley-te-papa-curator-interview/ #globalmuseum #museums #TePapa #fish #Ichthyology