Projects

NZ Fossils: Dead Precious!

A major exhibition on New Zealand fossils - some dating back 500 million years - developed to undertake a three-year tour of New Zealand museums this week. The exhibition showcases New Zealand fossils as indicators and predictors of climate change, evolution, natural disasters, and resources such as mineral deposits and oil and gas.
The exhibition was developed with Benson and Associates and GNS Science with principal partner Shell New Zealand.

GNS Science chief executive Alex Malahoff said "It's not just about showing beautiful objects that are extraordinarily old. It underlines the significance of fossils to our daily lives and to our economy. The exhibition sets out to make science accessible and transparent and to show the contribution that science makes to New Zealand."

The exhibition is expected to be seen by about 450,000 people during its three-year tour of New Zealand. By the end of its tour it will have shown in museums at New Plymouth, Rotorua, Napier, Invercargill, Otago, Christchurch, Nelson, Palmerston North and at Te Papa in Wellington. The exhibition was supported by Joule, the University of Otago, and International Year of Planet Earth.