Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
Open every day 10am-6pm
(except Christmas Day)
Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
This medal is the first official state gift given to a Māori chief by a foreign leader. Yet this national treasure vanished from Aotearoa New Zealand for over 200 years.
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Ko te tohutoa tuatahi tēnei a te kāwanatanga ka hoatu ki tētahi rangatira Māori e tētahi amokura nō whenua kē. Heoi, koni atu i te 200 tau ka ngaro atu i Aotearoa.
The sudden reappearance and subsequent sale by Sotheby’s Australia of the Te Pahi medal in April 2014 was a significant numismatic event. The medal is a unique object in early Australasian colonial history.
Watch Tippahee – a documentary about the historic and triumphant homecoming of the Te Pahi medal.
The Te Pahi medal is a taonga of national importance: the first official state gift given to a Māori chief.
