Auckland Museum forced to shut doors after asbestos care

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Auckland Museum forced to shut doors after asbestos care

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Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand

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Auckland War Memorial Museum is is losing thousands of dollars a day after being forced to close its doors because an asbestos scare. It's been closed since the tenth of May after the asbestos dust was found in Te Marae Atea Maori Court and the Pacific Galleries. Following swab tests it was discovered in the Grand Foyer - which makes things more complicated because that is a major evacuation route. Chief Executive of Auckland Museum, David Reeves spoke to Lisa Owen.

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Date created

19 May 2025

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Checkpoint

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https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018987803/auckland-museum-forced-to-s...

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