Following the discovery of a box marked "old telescope", the Tuhura Otago Museum has become home to New Zealand's oldest telescope, dating back to 1736.
Photo: TŪHURA OTAGO MUSEUM
The telescope is now in the 'Director's Choice' exhibition at the museum having been stashed away for years.
To tell us more about the telescope's re-discovery, Susana Lei'autaua talks to museum director and astronomer Dr Ian Griffin.
