This is to protect the health of our community from the risk of Covid-19 coronavirus. We will continue to follow the advice of health authorities. Our staff are here taking care of the collections. We’re following guidance to do this in a safe way.
COVID 19: Te Papa is currently closed
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Tour: Mana Island
Mana Island is a scientific reserve administered by the Department of Conservation, and lies about 5 km from the entrance to Porirua Harbour. Access to the reserve is restricted as visitors are required to find their own way to the island. The Friends of Te Papa have chartered a vessel
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Review: Flourishing Forest
The title of this talk by the President of the Friends of Te Papa, Elizabeth Kay, “From Tip Site to Flourishing Forest”, captures in a phrase the dramatic transformation that a group of residents in a new subdivision in Brooklyn, Wellington have achieved over a period of about fifteen years.
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Tour: Botany Behind the Scenes (i)
Get behind the scenes in the museum to experience Te Papa's herbarium of botanical treasures up close. It is one of Te Papa’s biggest collections, with some 300,000 lots.
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Tour: Botany Behind the Scenes (ii)
Get behind the scenes in the museum to experience Te Papa's herbarium of botanical treasures up close. It is one of Te Papa’s biggest collections, with some 300,000 lots.
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Review: He Ao Mīharo A World of Wonder
How can a story like Alice in Wonderland, which is so rooted in nineteenth-century England be translated into Te Reo Māori? This was the challenging …
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President’s column – March 2020
The Friends programme for 2020 is well underway, with some fascinating talks and a wonderful away visit already behind us. We have travelled back in …
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Friends Day Tour to Foxton
For the more than forty people who joined the Friends of Te Papa trip to Foxton that has now changed. It is a place they …
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Ron Brownson on the work of NZ Sculptor Jim Allen
Friends of Te Papa are warmly to hear Ron Brownson's presentation on the work of NZ sculptor Jim Allen. This talk is presented as part of …
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Friends Visit to View the Pacific Collection
Te Papa staff Grace Hutton, Humanities Collection Manager, Sean Mallon, Senior Curator of Pacific Histories & Cultures and Rachel Yates, Curator of Pacific Cultures guided …
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2020 Chatham Islands Excursions
Since 2002 these excursions to the Chatham Islands has been offered to, and enjoyed by, Friends of Te Papa. They are about much more than …
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