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Southern arts and architecture

Our tour to Dunedin and Oamaru coincides with spring, rhododendrons and the Dunedin Arts Festival. Dunedin and Oamaru are two of the Southern Hemisphere’s best preserved Edwardian and Victorian cities, full of gothic-style architecture and heritage attractions.

$690

East Harbour Geology Day Trip

Hamish Campbell leads this excursion to the Parangarahu Lakes Reserve and Pencarrow Lighthouse on the south east coast. There are two important privileges that

$25

He Tohu: Signatures that shape New Zealand

Join us for a personal tour of 'He Tohu: Signatures that shape New Zealand', an exciting new exhibition recently opened at the National Library. 'He Tohu' features 3 of the documents that have shaped our nation.

$15.

Historic Bay of Islands tour

We are at the early stages of planning a visit to the far north with a focus on early New Zealand history and architecture

$680

Ancient Egypt tour launch

Does a special tour to Egypt, exclusive for Friends of Te Papa sound interesting? On the tour you will hear from experts, tours and lectures, enjoy exclusive access, travel in a small group, and benefit from years of experience from a specialist tour operator – worth finding out more? ...

Free

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

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

Elizabeth Thomson at Page Blackie

Page Blackie Gallery 42 Victoria Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Join the Friends on an early evening visit to Page Blackie Gallery to meet Elizabeth Thomson and view her latest exhibition - “My Titirangi Years”. Elizabeth works at the interface between art and various forms of natural science.

$18.00 – $22.00

Bill Culbert at Hopkinson Mossman

Hopkinson Mossman Gallery Level 2, 22 Garrett Street, Wellington

Join the Friends of Te Papa for a visit to Hopkinson Mossman Gallery to meet and hear artist Bill Culbert talk about his new exhibition Bill Culbert, opening at the gallery on 19 October 2018.

$12.00 – $15.00

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...