Event Highlight:
After Dark – Neon Nights
Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Vertebrates
Sagittal transection of an Elephant seal skull. This is the left side of the skull, attached to an exhibition base.
Macaque monkey skull, with the jaw tied in place.
Saggital transection of a Leopard seal skull. This is the left side of the skull, attached to an exhibition base.
Arnoux's beaked whale skull, separated into two parts - a skull and an unattached mandible. Three of four teeth are present on the mandible with the front right tooth missing.
Mostly complete articulated skeleton of a Hectors dolphin, mounted on a wooden base. The specimen is in a natural position with its head facing forwards. A couple of ribs from the mid-left side are missing.
Complete articulated skeleton of a Franciscana river dolphin, mounted on a black metal frame and wooden base. The specimen is in a natural position with its vertebrae and tail straight, and its head facing forward.
Small furry cream-coloured seal, mounted in a lying down position with its body in a straight line, its flippers alongside the body, and the head flat on the ground.
One eye of a Blue whale, mounted in a glass historic display jar. The eye takes up most of jar, and the historic label notes the species as humpback whale (but is most likely misidentified).
Wax cast of the brain of a lemur.