Otago Museum has a new name - Tuhura, meaning to discover, investigate and explore
Otago Museum has a new name - Tuhura, meaning to discover, investigate and explore
28 February 2022
The museum has been gifted the name by local runanga, replacing its previous te reo name - Te Whare Taoka o Otago.
That loosely translates to Otago's place of treasures.
Museum director Ian Griffin says the new name fits the museum better, in a way the previous one didn't.
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