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EVIDENCE newsletter (Summer 2022)
In this issue:
- He Toa Taumata Rau – the peaks and troughs of project planning in the time of Covid-19
- Welcome Bhavya Shri Srinivasan
- Old King Cole and the Wellington Mounted Division
- Looking For An Exciting Career? We Are Hiring!
- Dangerous collections: managing hazardous objects
- A fortuitous find that led to the repatriation of kōiwi tangata, human remains, from halfway across the globe
- Memorialising a protest
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EVIDENCE newsletter (Spring 2021)In this issue:
- He Toa Taumata Rau, The Place of Many Brave Deeds
- We farewell longtime colleague Solema To'a
- A Bitter Tale, scandal and intrigue aboard the USSCo steamer Talune in 1901.
- Art of the Springbok Tour
- Wellington Heritage Week 2021
- Rememberance Day 2021
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EVIDENCE newsletter (Winter 2021)
In this issue:
- 40 years since the Springbok Tour and Operation Rugby
- Meet more of the Museum team
- Police milestones in bottles
- Local SOCO legend Kerry Morrell
- Love Local Expo 2021
- Touching tributes to the fallen
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EVIDENCE newsletter (Autumn 2021)
In this issue:
- The bravery of Segrean William Shore Hughes
- Meet more of the Museum team.
- The Dame Te Atairangikaahu Cadet Wing
- New exhibits: Forensic Files and the Sinking of the MS Mikhael Lermentov.
- 53 years since the Wahine disaster
- Traffic Officer Russell Coddington
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EVIDENCE newsletter (Summer 2021)
In this issue:
- Police training through the eyes of a 6-year old, by John Hotham.
- Meet more of the Museum team.
- A nostalgic walk through Police training over the years.
- Visit the Museum in 2021!
- A teaser for our new Forensic Files display.
- Momentos of Murder.
- 80 year since Kōwhitirangi.
- The Memorial wall.
Read the Summer Issue(link is external)*EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
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EVIDENCE newsletter (Spring 2020)
In this issue:
- A Floral Tribute to Constable Matthew Hunt.
- Something nautical from our collection.
- A Movember celebration – Handlebar Harry.
- Exploring Police Studies and Wellington Heritage Week.
- Meet more of the Museum team.
- Festive season gifts from the Museum shop!
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EVIDENCE newsletter (Winter 2020)
In this issue:
- Meet the museum K9s.
- The New Zealand Police Recognition Project
- A sneek peak of the Bush whanau Taiaha, carved by Tene Waitere of Ngāti Tarāwhai.
- A focus on the Police National Dive Squad.
- Meet the Curator Collections.
- 100 years since the first murder conviction using fingerprinting in New Zealand.
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EVIDENCE newsletter (Autumn 2020)
In this issue:
- Meet the museum's newest enthusiast.
- Meet the director behind the museum.
- The history of Tug of War in police.
- Our latest "Cabinet of Curiosities" display.
- A selection of virtual museum experiences from around the world.
- What the museum has been up to during the rāhui.
*EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz -
EVIDENCE newsletter (Summer 2020)
In this issue:
- The contribution of the US Navy to Operation Overdue.
- More of the team behind the museum.
- Our new Interactive Photo Booth.
- Our new education programmes for 2020.
- The Police Museum out and about at Creekfest 2020.
- Some good reads on policing history in New Zealand.
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EVIDENCE newsletter (Spring 2019)
In this issue:
- 'Operation Overdue the New Zealand Police story'
- Our new Front of House upgrade
- More of the team behind the museum
- A Wing Patron's gift from the Museum's collection
- A community engagement initiative between a local primary school and the New Zealand Police
- Snippets from a school careers visit to the Museum and the Royal New Zealand Police College
*EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz(link sends e-mail).