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MAARTEN HOLL/TE PAPA
Te Papa collections photographer Maarten Holl spent many hours during lockdown traversing Wellington with his camera, capturing empty streets, and messages of fear and hope.
On March 20 last year Courtney Johnston stood in the entrance doors of Te Papa and wiped away a tear as visitors left the building for what was then an unknown period. The Museum of New Zealand had only closed twice before, for two two-day periods after the Kaikōura and Christchurch earthquakes. In the lead-up to 2020’s closure, which would turn out to be a record 68 days, the museum had been watching headlines about the coronavirus worsening as its pandemic response team formed.