Thursday 15 February 2024, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Touring Wellington’s Built Heritage Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Many Friends travel widely to explore areas of historical interest and to enjoy built heritage sites. Our own Wellington neighbourhood has a variety of sites that present a full range of architectural interest and styles. Join Historic Places Wellington Chairperson Felicity Wong as she talks to us about some of her favorite local heritage places. $25.00 – $30.00
Friday 23 February 2024, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Rita Angus, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and New Zealand’s Medieval Modernism Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Rita Angus’s portrait of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams is one of the only portraits she painted of someone she had never met, and perhaps as a result has been less […] $25.00 – $30.00
Sunday 10 March 2024 - Sunday 17 March 2024 Tasmania: History and Heritage Tour ***Fully Booked*** This tour includes some exclusive experiences not open to the general public and expert guides such as an historian, a geologist and an ecologist for a deeper insight into Tasmanian landscape, history and heritage. Come and join us on this amazing one-off adventure limited to 20 participants.
Thursday 21 March 2024, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Museums and Mauri: Who Really Cares? The Tensions Between Kaitiakitanga and Museology Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Join Dr Jamie Metzger to learn about the concept of Mauri in the context of museology. Taonga (treasured ancestral resources) are imbued with many unique elements, one of those is […] $20.00 – $25.00
Sunday 14 April 2024, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Marc Chagall, Paris and the Russian Avant-Garde Soundings Theatre, Level 2 Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand Friends of Te Papa and Te Papa Foundation, in conjunction with Arts Society Wellington, are delighted to offer you this very special opportunity to here from renowned Courtauld Institute of […] $25.00 – $30.00
Thursday 2 May 2024, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Floor Talk: Encounters – The Portrait Room Toi Art, Level 4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand The portrait room, Nga tai whakarongorua | Encounters, has been at the heart of Te Papa’s Toi Art galleries since their opening in 2018. We’ll be saying goodbye to these […] $20.00 – $25.00
Wednesday 8 May 2024, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm The Unsettled: The Forgotten Corners of our Settler-Colonial Histories and What We Can Do About Them Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Join author Richard Shaw as he takes us through his new book, The Unsettled (2024, MUP), which is based on responses he received to an earlier account of his great-grandfather’s […] $25.00 – $30.00
Wednesday 12 June 2024, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm What Happened Down Inaha Road: The Historical Geography of South Taranaki Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Join Richard Willis, Victoria University Senior Associate, School of Geography, Environment, and Earth Sciences, as he gives us fascinating insight into the rich and varied history of Inaha Road, in […] $25.00 – $30.00
Thursday 4 July 2024, 9:00 am - 11:30 am Shared Histories, Connected Futures: The Entangled Relationships between Aotearoa New Zealand, Germany and Sāmoa – Morning Session rangimarie 2 The island nation of Sāmoa is rich in natural resources and cultural heritage, but it also has a turbulent history of colonisation and occupation by foreign powers, primarily New Zealand […] Free
Thursday 4 July 2024, 1:15 pm - 3:45 pm Shared Histories, Connected Futures: The Entangled Relationships between Aotearoa New Zealand, Germany and Sāmoa – Afternoon Session rangimarie 2 The island nation of Sāmoa is rich in natural resources and cultural heritage, but it also has a turbulent history of colonisation and occupation by foreign powers, primarily New Zealand […] Free