History

  1. Events
  2. History

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

The Great War Exhibition

A wide and chronological look at the Great War – at all forces and countries involved. The artefacts, ranging from a full-size tank to tiny figurines engaged in trench warfare, depict the trials and horrors of war...

$12.00 – $40.00

The Egypt of the Pharaohs

Soundings Theatre, Level 2 Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Cairo based expert in Ancient Egypt, Elhamy Elzayat MNZM writes and lectures worldwide, in particular on peace through tourism. In Wellington on a short stopover we are thrilled that Elhamy will present a lecture on Pharaonic Egypt, a fascinating period in world history.

$10.00

Pataka Revival Tour

Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua Cnr Norrie and Parumoana Streets, Porirua, New Zealand

Join the Friends’ tour of the new exhibitions showing at the refurbished galleries at Pataka Art + Museum. Mark Hutchins-Pond, Contemporary Art Curator at Pataka, and Alice Masters, Social History Curator at Pataka will lead the tour. We will see work by Damie Mellor, Owen Mapp, and exhibitions Whiti Te Ra and and Puiaki...

$15.00

Book Launch – Tatau: A Cultural History of Samoan Tattooing

Te Papa Store, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Join us in the Te Papa Store, surrounded by books for this exclusive Friends launch of 'Tatau: A Cultural History of Samoan Tattooing'. A beautifully designed and richly illustrated retelling of the unique and powerful social history of Samoan tattooing, from 3000 years ago to modern practices.

$8.00 – $15.00

Insights into Ko Rongowhakaata ii

Te Papa. Meet at the Information Desk on Level 2 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Following on from a very successful first tour of the exhibition with Thelma Karaitiana we are thrilled to come back with Taharakau Stewart, Te Papa’s Rongowhakaata iwi representative. Starting at the Te Wharoa (wooden gateway).

$18.00 – $25.00

Celebrating Women: Suffrage 125

Te Papa. Meet at the Information Desk on Level 2 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Join Katie and Bronwyn to learn about the women who have been, and are, part of the fight for gender equality.

$15.00 – $20.00

Historic Far North tour

Around Waitangi and the Bay of Islands

Paihia, Russell, Waitangi, Kerikeri all conjure up memories of early European history in New Zealand. As well as visiting the Waitangi Treaty grounds with Treaty expert Dame Claudia Orange, you will visit Waimate North for a tour of the Te Waimate Mission...

Historic Canterbury tour

In and around Canterbury, Christchurch and Governor's Bay

Highlights will include travel to visit Terrace Station the home of Sir John Hall, and to Governors Bay to view Ohinetahi, home and notable garden of Sir Miles Warren.  Art galleries and museums...

Science for Lunch: A Social History of the Fern

Reading Room, Mezzanine, L4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Part of our Science for Lunch series, join us to look at the role of the fern in the social history of New Zealand, and some of the reasons it has achieved iconic status.

$10.00 – $15.00

Beyond Te Papa: Bitten by Witch Fever

Icon, Level 2, Te Papa Cable Street, Wellington

Kicking off 2019 with a bang, author and broadcaster Lucinda Hawksley joins us from the UK to talk about how death by arsenic became a constant topic in Victorian newspapers. Had you lived in the 19th-century, your home would have been fraught with arsenical dangers: from the wallpaper that hung in your bedroom, the lampshades used to cover your reading lights, and the clothes worn by you and your children, to the food served at your dinner parties

$20.00 – $25.00