Te Manawa and the New Zealand Rugby Museum became a hub of rugby nostalgia, hosting a silent auction of 12 prints from legendary photojournalist Peter Bush.

Stuart Schwartz explores the game of ‘bagatelle’ as a significant predecessor to the well-known pinball machine.

Photographer Peter Bush (second from right) at his Island Bay home with (from left): Te Manawa trustee Evan Greensides; Te Manawa Chief Executive Susanna Shadbolt; Rachel Bush, Peter’s daughter; New...

Kirsty Porter links a Tippco truck to family life on a remote back-country farm.

  New Curatorial and Collections Manager Sian van Dyk, is thrilled to be returning to Palmerston North’s Te Manawa Museum, where she previously worked as Assistant Curator more than a...

It was painted in England by a New Zealander, but depictions of rabbits in art and culture are universal.

This tiny brooch has a much longer story behind it than you might think!

After looking into the Empire Exhibition jigsaw puzzle and why it was made, Russell Poole traces the life of the woman who donated it to Te Manawa.

The "Exhibition Puzzle of the British Empire" is a modest-looking but fascinating item in the Te Manawa collection, dating from 1924, donated by Miss Lenora Coldstream. It's been on show in three different exhibitions since its acquisition. Russell Poole dives into the history of both the puzzle and its creator.

Margaret Tennant takes a journey to "the murder house", examining the history of state-funded dental care in New Zealand

Simon Johnson explores the background of a mechanical zebra toy in the Te Manawa collection. This toy and many like it once dominated European toy markets in the first half of the 20th century - but now they are rare items.

As empires rise, so they too must fall. Simon Johnson follows up on his Mechanics Made Easy post by tracing the history of Meccano from post-war to the present day. One item in the heritage collection at Te Manawa is a landmark for the brand’s struggle to survive in an increasingly crowded market.

Every year Te Manawa adds dozens of items to its collections. Artworks to the art collection; artifacts of our society, past and present, to the heritage collection. Long before anyone had heard of Covid-19, collecting was to be paused during the first six months of 2020. When a community is as generous with its donations as this one, says collections manager Jeff Fox, sometimes you need to stop to get your breath back...

Some people are going to make trouble no matter where they go!