Te Taiao | Nature
E446881
Te Taiao | Nature is a major long-term exhibition at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa that explores Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural world and the deep relationships between people and the environment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Te Taiao | Nature canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4493325 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Te Taiao | Nature Context triple: [Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, hasExhibition, Te Taiao | Nature]
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A.
Te Kā
Te Kā is the fiery lava demon and corrupted form of the goddess Te Fiti who serves as the main antagonist in Disney's animated film "Moana."
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B.
Kāwana-Tianara o Aotearoa
Kāwana-Tianara o Aotearoa is the Māori-language title for the Governor-General of New Zealand, the King's representative and de facto head of state in the country.
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C.
Kaiwharawhara
Kaiwharawhara is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located on the city’s northern waterfront and known for its industrial areas, transport links, and proximity to the harbour.
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D.
Mokuʻāweoweo
Mokuʻāweoweo is the large summit caldera atop Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii Island, known as the central feature of one of the world’s most massive active volcanoes.
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E.
Te Kowhai
Te Kowhai is a small rural settlement in the Waikato region of New Zealand, located just northwest of Hamilton.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Te Taiao | Nature Target entity description: Te Taiao | Nature is a major long-term exhibition at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa that explores Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural world and the deep relationships between people and the environment.
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A.
Te Kā
Te Kā is the fiery lava demon and corrupted form of the goddess Te Fiti who serves as the main antagonist in Disney's animated film "Moana."
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B.
Kāwana-Tianara o Aotearoa
Kāwana-Tianara o Aotearoa is the Māori-language title for the Governor-General of New Zealand, the King's representative and de facto head of state in the country.
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C.
Kaiwharawhara
Kaiwharawhara is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located on the city’s northern waterfront and known for its industrial areas, transport links, and proximity to the harbour.
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D.
Mokuʻāweoweo
Mokuʻāweoweo is the large summit caldera atop Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii Island, known as the central feature of one of the world’s most massive active volcanoes.
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E.
Te Kowhai
Te Kowhai is a small rural settlement in the Waikato region of New Zealand, located just northwest of Hamilton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
long-term exhibition
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museum exhibition ⓘ natural history exhibition ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
connect visitors with the natural world of Aotearoa New Zealand
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encourage environmental stewardship ⓘ highlight the impact of humans on ecosystems ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| curatedBy | Te Papa curatorial team ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Te Papa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
Māori knowledge of the environment
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stories of environmental change ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural world
ⓘ
relationships between people and the environment ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Te Ika a Māui | Unique NZ
NERFINISHED
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Te Kōhanga | Nest NERFINISHED ⓘ Te Moana | The Ocean ⓘ Te Taiao | Nature Central NERFINISHED ⓘ Te Whenua | The Land ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
families
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general public ⓘ school groups ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Māori perspectives on nature
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biodiversity ⓘ climate change ⓘ geology ⓘ human–environment relationships ⓘ kaitiakitanga ⓘ nature ⓘ |
| includes |
audio-visual installations
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bilingual interpretation ⓘ digital experiences ⓘ geological specimens ⓘ immersive environments ⓘ interactive exhibits ⓘ specimens of native species ⓘ |
| languageContext | Māori and English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Te Taiao | Nature ⓘ |
| openingYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| operator | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | permanent exhibitions at Te Papa ⓘ |
| replacedExhibition |
Awesome Forces
NERFINISHED
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Mountains to Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectHeading |
Māori environmental perspectives
ⓘ
environmental education ⓘ natural history of New Zealand ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Te Taiao | Nature Description of subject: Te Taiao | Nature is a major long-term exhibition at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa that explores Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural world and the deep relationships between people and the environment.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.