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

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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