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Geological highlights of Wellington (ii)

In response to popular demand, we are pleased to offer members another opportunity to join Dr Hamish Campbell on a field excursion of the Wellington peninsula exploring geological highlights.

$40

Friends’ Preview of ‘Bug Lab’

See it first, see it free! See the unbelievable. We bugs are built for success. What would your future look like if you could match our brilliance?

Free entry on showing your current membership card

Geological highlights of Wellington

The event is now fully booked. If you are coming, please meet at Te Papa on Friday 24th March in time for a 9:30am departure by bus. The 4-5 hour tour will include a stop for refreshments...

$40

Science for Lunch: The Botany Session

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

Part of our Science for Lunch series, join us for a plant fest with Te Papa's very own botany curator and botany researcher. Bring your lunch along and explore with our experts!

$10.00 – $15.00

Science for Lunch: Medical Conditions and Helpful Plants

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 a range of medical conditions in humans, and research-based plant therapies used to help ameliorate them.

$10.00 – $15.00

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

Exhibition Preview: Te Taiao | Nature

Te Taiao | Nature Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Te Taiao | Nature exhibition is the biggest change since Te Papa opened in 1998, creating a bold and immersive journey through the natural world of Aotearoa New Zealand. Show your current membership card/s for admission.

Workshop: Sustainable Beeswax Wraps

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

Everyday, small actions can make a big difference to the impact we have on our environment. Te Taiao | Nature celebrates our unique environment and asks us to think more about what actions we can take to create a positive impact. We at the Friends agree with these principles and so have teamed up with the Sustainability Trust to bring Friends members a workshop to create your own beeswax wraps.

$40.00 – $80.00

Beyond Te Papa: The Give & Take of Biodiversity

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

How and why has this life developed? What were the great explosions of biodiversity that launched the living world? And what are the Earth-crunching crises that nearly ended it all? Palaeontologists from Victoria University of Wellington and GNS Science will explore these questions, whilst looking at our own stunning fossil record found on the wobbly nugget of rock known as Aotearoa that sits atop the drowned continent of Zealandia.

$10.00 – $15.00

Book Launch: 100 Natural History Treasures of Te Papa

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

Open to friends members only, join us to celebrate the launch of this book to coincide with opening of Te Papa’s new permanent Natural History galleries Te Taiao | Nature. We’ll hear from a variety of speakers involved in the book’s creation, what their role in bringing it together was and what their favourite object out of the 100 presented is.

$20.00 – $25.00