Dinosaur fossils and life size models have made their way to Te Papa, with a new family friendly exhibition opening its doors tomorrow. 

Dinosaurs of Patagonia, which includes 150-million-year-old dinosaur remains, has travelled all the way from South America. 

But exhibition curator Florencia Gigena says getting the dinosaurs here from the other side of the world wasn't easy. 

She says their largest dinosaur takes up two whole shipping containers. 

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