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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.

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 known as mauri (energy). Māori take a holistic view of the environment, believing that all things are interconnected by mauri. The presence of mauri and […]

$20.00 – $25.00

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 Art lecturer and BBC contributor Dr Natalia Murray. In this talk we will take 1910 as a starting point – the year when the term […]

$25.00 – $30.00

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 much-loved faces very soon. Join Dr Rebecca Rice, Curator Historical New Zealand Art, before the gallery closes, to hear about the ideas underpinning the exhibition, […]

$20.00 – $25.00

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 participation in the invasion of Parihaka and the farming of confiscated land in Taranaki. Richard will reflect on the reasons why troubling aspects of our […]

$25.00 – $30.00

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 South Taranaki. Beginning with the original settler iwi descended from the Aotea Waka, Ngati Ruanui and Ruahine, and the Twin Pas – Waimate and Orangi […]

$25.00 – $30.00

Shared Histories, Connected Futures: The Entangled Relationships between Aotearoa New Zealand, Germany and Sāmoa – Morning Session

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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 and Germany. Following the Tripartite Convention in 1899, Sāmoa first became a German protectorate. The German administration, while making German an official language and introducing […]

Free

Shared Histories, Connected Futures: The Entangled Relationships between Aotearoa New Zealand, Germany and Sāmoa – Afternoon Session

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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 and Germany. Following the Tripartite Convention in 1899, Sāmoa first became a German protectorate. The German administration, while making German an official language and introducing […]

Free

Madras Checks: A Global Symbol of Social Equality

Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Let us take you on a colourful adventure on the back of the humble Madras Checks! Our adventure will begin from the tropical shores of South India, where Madras Checks originated. These iconic textiles wove a rich history and captivated the hearts of people across the world—literally, a rags-to-riches story. We will trace the journey of this textile from its humble beginnings as cool, comfortable, hand-dyed and woven cotton daily wear to a global phenomenon being sold through luxury boutiques and gracing haute couture runways to this day.

$20.00 – $25.00

Walking Tour: Geological Curiosities of Wellington CBD

Te Papa Assemble at the Main Entrance Foyer

Join geological expert Hamish Campbell for a fun and fascinating 2-hour walk through the Wellington CBD, where we'll learn about geologically significant sites along the way! Starting at Te Papa, Hamish will tell us about the Dolomite stone used to build Te Papa - find out why it's known as the 'cheese of the rock […]