Thursday 7 November 2013, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Conservation Research and Māori Textiles Discover new research in the conservation of Te Papa’s Māori textiles with our specialist Rangi Te Kanawa in this exclusive back-of-house event for Friends of Te Papa members. $10.00
Wednesday 20 November 2013, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Nature, Nurture, or Neither? The more we know about genetics, the more important environment seems to be. The Friends of Te Papa have been offered a discounted ticket price to hear “one of the world’s leading thinkers in the exciting and powerful field of human genetics.”
Thursday 13 February 2014, 10:30 am - 11:30 am Back-of-House Botany Tour (i) See plant specimens collected during Cook’s first voyage, engravings from Joseph Banks’ Florilegium, and other treasures from Te Papa’s Botany Collection with curator Leon Perrie. $10
Thursday 13 February 2014, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Back-of-House Botany Tour (iii) See plant specimens collected during Cook’s first voyage, engravings from Joseph Banks’ Florilegium, and other treasures from Te Papa’s Botany Collection with curator Leon Perrie. $10.00
Thursday 13 February 2014, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Back-of-House Botany Tour (ii) See plant specimens collected during Cook’s first voyage, engravings from Joseph Banks’ Florilegium, and other treasures from Te Papa’s Botany Collection with curator Leon Perrie. $10.00
Friday 11 July 2014, 10:30 am - 11:30 am The Importance of Bees In response to the growing interest in bees, urban beekeeping, honey and the impact of monoculture and pollination ... $10.00 – $20
Thursday 23 April 2015, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm NatureWatch NZ – Friends’ Tutorial (i) Would you like to learn how to use the NatureWatch NZ citizen science website and help document New Zealand’s biodiversity? Science Curator Leon Perrie will take you through how $10
Thursday 23 April 2015, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm NatureWatch NZ – Friends’ Tutorial (ii) NatureWatch NZ where you can record what you see in nature, meet other nature watchers and learn about the natural world. $10
Tuesday 18 August 2015, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Why breed slowly and live long? Why does the Westland Petrel breed slowly and live long? What secrets are uncovered when you analyse ancient DNA from the museum's collections? How and why did a crab eater seal from Antarctica end up in Island Bay? $15
Sunday 23 August 2015, 4:00 pm - Wednesday 23 September 2015, 5:30 pm Forget-me-nots, spiders and fabulous photography Forget-me-nots: how many New Zealand species are there and how do they relate to each other? The fascination of New Zealand spiders and the challenges of natural history photography... $15