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Friends Preview: Dinosaurs of Patagonia

Amokura Gallery, L4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

***All tickets allocated***See it first and see it free! Be the first to see Ngā Taniwha o Rūpapa | Dinosaurs of Patagonia presented by the Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio in Argentina. This exclusive preview is available to Friends of Te Papa members on Friday 15 December, while the exhibition will open to the public on […]

Free

A Special Friends Members Invitation – Ocean Census | NIWA Media Event

Michael Fowler Centre 111 Wakefield Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Friends of Te Papa is pleased to offer you a unique opportunity to join a media briefing event! Ocean Census, in conjunction with NIWA warmly invite you to join us at the Michael Fowler Centre at 10:00 am on Monday, 11 March to hear from the Te Papa science team that has made a series […]

Discovering New Deep-Sea Species – An Expedition to one of Aotearoa’s Least Explored Places

Te Papa Tory Street 169 Tory Street, Wellington

Earlier this year, Te Papa scientists Andrew Stewart, Thom Linley and Kerry Walton, along with NIWA, were granted a rare opportunity by Ocean Census—a 21-day expedition with the singular goal of discovering as many new species as possible. After pooling their data, there was clearly an area of New Zealand’s marine environment they knew next to nothing about: the Bounty Trough, likely the world's oldest sediment transport system.

$25.00 – $30.00

Back-of-House Botany Collection Tour – Afternoon

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington

**Sold Out**Te Papa Botany Curators Leon Perrie and Carlos Lehnebach will introduce the herbarium collection, showcase its highlights, and discuss how it is used. See plants collected during Cook’s first Pacific voyage, engravings from Joseph Banks’ Florilegium, and other treasures! The Botany Collection comprises some 350,000 dried plant specimens, with about 1500 added annually.  It […]

$25.00 – $30.00

Back-of-House Botany Collection Tour – Evening

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington

**Sold Out**Te Papa Botany Curator Leon Perrie will introduce the herbarium collection, showcase its highlights, and discuss how it is used. See plants collected during Cook’s first Pacific voyage, engravings from Joseph Banks’ Florilegium, and other treasures! The Botany Collection comprises some 350,000 dried plant specimens, with about 1500 added annually.  It is one of Te […]

$25.00 – $30.00

Back-of-House Botany Collection Tour – Afternoon (ii)

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Te Papa Botany Curator Leon Perrie will introduce the herbarium collection, showcase its highlights, and discuss how it is used. See plants collected during Cook’s first Pacific voyage, engravings from Joseph Banks’ Florilegium, and other treasures! The Botany Collection comprises some 350,000 dried plant specimens, with about 1500 added annually.  It is one of Te Papa’s […]

$25.00 – $30.00

Back-of-House Botany Collection Tour – Evening (ii)

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Te Papa Botany Curator Leon Perrie will introduce the herbarium collection, showcase its highlights, and discuss how it is used. See plants collected during Cook’s first Pacific voyage, engravings from Joseph Banks’ Florilegium, and other treasures! The Botany Collection comprises some 350,000 dried plant specimens, with about 1500 added annually.  It is one of Te Papa’s […]

$25.00 – $30.00

Summer Day Trip: Wairarapa Fault

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Join us for a day trip this summer under the expert guidance of geologist, paleontologist and Emeritus Scientist Hamish Campbell.  We will take a leisurely drive around the harbour, as Hamish explains the Wellington Harbour, Wellington Fault, and Crustal and Active processes.  We will stop at Featherston, before heading to on Ocean Beach on the Wairarapa coast, examining aspects of the Wairarapa Fault along the way. Next, we'll take a walk along the track to Mukamuka Valley, and then find a nice place to stop and enjoy our lunch.

$120.00

A Peek Under the Ice: The First Exploration Under the Antarctic Ice Shelf

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

Ever been in the right place at the right time? Te Papa Fish Curator Dr Thom Linley joined an international team aboard the state-of-the-art research vessel Falkor to explore previously uncharted Antarctic areas exposed by retreating sea ice, in summer this year. As luck would have it a section of the ice shelf the size […]

$25.00 – $30.00

A Damaged Earth but Not a Broken One: A Case for ‘Urgent Optimism’

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

Join Dr Dave Lowe as he discusses the latest climate science and its implications, as well as the impact of new technology and his thoughts on ‘urgent optimism’ – including suggestions of actions that we can all take to reduce carbon emissions. In the mid-2020s the climate crisis remains the most significant emergency facing humans. […]

$25.00 – $30.00