The NZAC Pare

Pare is a Māori word for a carved door lintel.

Find the arthropods on the Pare

Move the cursor of your mouse over the Pare. Pause for a short time over each arthropod and you will be shown the name of the arthropod. Click on an arthropod to find information about it.

How many arthropods can you find before you check the list? There are 13 in total.

The Pare, or carved door lintel, that stands over the entrance to the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC) / Ko te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa at Tamaki, Auckland.

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Pare facts

The pare:

is 1.5 x 0.9 m in size;
was carved from recycled kauri wood over 100 years old, salvaged from a former coolstore shed at the Port of Auckland in the 1980s;
was carved in the style of Ngāti Whātua of the Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau region by Mr Denis Conway, a student of the late Henare Toka;
is over the main doorway entrance to the NZAC insect collection, and was dedicated on 13 February 1990; is unusual in having insects and their relatives (arthropods) depicted on it.

An outline drawing of the pare is used on the opening page of all Fauna of New Zealand / Ko te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa publications.

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