**Code**: [WELT](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125389) **Organization**: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa **Department**: Botany Department **Location**: Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand **Total number of specimens**: 248438 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1865 **Taxonomic coverage**: All groups except fungi **Geographic coverage**: New Zealand, Australia, Pacific, Europe, and North and South America **Incorporated herbaria**: OTM (part) of on long-term loan, WELTU (13104 specimens) in 2012 **Important collectors**: B. C. Aston, J. G. Baker, J. Banks, S. Berggren, E. D. W. Brown, F. B. H. Brown, R. Brown, P. Brownsey, J. Buchanan, E. Christophersen, L. Cockayne, W. Colenso, E. B. Copeland, A. Cunningham, J. Dawson, A. Fendler, C. N. Forbes, F. R. Fosberg, H. Groves, J. Groves, W. H. Harvey, W. Hillebrand, J. E. Holloway, T. Kirk, C. Knight, V. W. Lindauer, W. Martin, J. H. McMahon, C. F. O. Nordstedt, W. R. B. Oliver, D. Petrie, J. F. C. Rock, G. O. K. Sainsbury, D. C. Solander, H. St. John, W. Swainson, S. Thompson, J. E. Tilden, T. G. Yuncker **Notes**: New Zealand moved into its COVID traffic light system on Friday 3rd December 2021. This means that all New Zealand herbaria will be open to receive parcels from overseas institutions. WELT's outgoing loan programme will now consider overseas loans on a case by case basis, depending on country and the state of services operational at the time of the request. Incoming parcel reception and outgoing consignments could change if there is an outbreak of a new strain of COVID-19. Please check New Zealand's COVID updates at (https://covid19.govt.nz/alert-levels-and-updates/current-alert-level/). **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2022-09-15 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.