Explore the history of Wellington’s local iwi, Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Theirs has been a journey of epic migrations, fierce battles, stunning economic successes – and dramatic reversals of fortune.
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Month: May 2014
Matariki at Te Papa
Every year, approximately 300 senior Māori performing artists pack their bags with their most precious adornments and make the journey from around the country to Te Papa for the annual…
A Chatham Islands excursion
For the last 10 years this excursion to the Chatham Islands has been offered to, and enjoyed by, Friends of Te Papa, led by Te Papa geologist Hamish Campbell and…
Holding on to Home
Collections from museums, libraries and archives lie at the heart of a new perspective on a very well-known event. Holding on to Home investigates the importance of things in maintaining…
Delicious autumn!
As soon as Napier’s new museum complex opened, the Friends of Te Papa were keen to go and take a look. MTG is a neat name for three connected buildings…
The diplomacy of art
A Friends of Te Papa gala event at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China? "How unlikely can that be?" would have been a natural response when I worked…
The CCCRC is thriving
It was gratifying to realise that the CCCRC was really working. It is not static...There was a real air of purpose as the teams of volunteers from the various organisations…
Mahara Gallery, Waikanae
In March forty Friends of Te Papa took an Art Lovers Tour to Mahara Gallery in Waikanae. There they were able to see a tiny but exquisite exhibition: Frances Hodgkins…
Behind the scenes in the botany collection
In February we ran three successful back of house tours which gave the small groups a close up look at the collections that the public never gets to see. Find…
Gala dinner at Chinese Embassy
In early April His Excellency Wang Lutong of the People’s Republic of China hosted members of the Friends of Te Papa at a sparkling gala function to celebrate the opening…