Flora

“Every one of the 402 images in this book is a love letter and a testament to human life entangled with the lives of plants. Te Papa’s large curatorial team, who spend their days steeped in this glorious collection, have dug deep to find those stories, and to share them with us. Open Flora on any page and you will be drawn into and immersed in those stories. What pleasure, what joy, what richness, what abundance, what love” – Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books, reviewed by Joyce Campbell

Carlos Lehnebach is Curator Botany at Te Papa. His expertise lies in the native orchids of Aotearoa.

Claire Regnault is Senior Curator New Zealand Histories and Cultures at Te Papa. She is the author of several books. Her most recent, Dressed, won the Illustrated Non-Fiction Award at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

Rebecca Rice is Curator of New Zealand Historical Art at Te Papa and has a special interest in early botanical art. She is working on a book on the taonga associated with the New Zealand Wars held at Te Papa.

Isaac Te Awa is Curator Matauranga Maori at Te Papa. He is a practising weaver and is actively collecting for Te Papa’s contemporary taonga Maori collection.

Rachel Yates is a former Curator Pacific Cultures at Te Papa, where she worked closely with Pacific maker communities. She now works for the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.