'Give a kiwi a good sniff': perfumer recreates the odour of birds for major exhibition - video

As part of Te Papa, a new $12m immersive nature exhibition at New Zealand's national museum, perfumer Francesco van Eerd has distilled the unusually strong scents of the country's native birds. 'I just love smells,' he says. The exhibition, Te Taiao Nature, amounts to the biggest ever investment in a museum exhibition in the country - and also includes a life-like recreation of the now extinct giant Haast eagle and moa bird. Inside the nature zone: New Zealand's major museum investment is an urgent call to action Continue reading...