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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

How to… Honour the Past to Enrich the Future

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

Join us for the second in our series of ‘How to…’ session to discover how Te Papa staff members collaborate and research to bring together huge exhibitions containing thousands of objects, facts and stories.

$15.00 – $20.00

Tour: Millers O’Brien Gallery Visit

Level 1 Mibar Building 85 Victoria Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Visit the Millers O’Brien Gallery to see 3 new exhibitions, Always Forever Now, Nobody Believe You (Bad Luck) and Salt Pillars. Painting, photography and stoneware are combined in the exhibition and speak to a collective memory, and the natural and urban landscape of Aotearoa New Zealand. 

$15.00 – $18.00

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

Curator Talk: Queen Victoria revealed; a 200th birthday celebration

Rangimarie, L3, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Mark Stocker, Curator Art at Te Papa, has an interest in this iconic sovereign and woman that dates back several decades. We think we know all about her, right? Not really – probably far less than we think.  

$15.00 – $20.00

Double Preview: Gordon Walters – New Vision & The New Photography – Life in the 60s and 70s

Toi Art, Level 4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Preview these 2 new exhibitions for free before they open to the public on Saturday 15 June. Enjoy time to wander through the classic work of the influential Gordon Walters and take a new perspective of New Zealand in the 60s and 70s with a group who worked in new styles

Free

Tour: Parliament’s Art Collection

Parliament Building Moleswoth Street, Thorndon, Wellington

Experience Parliament’s art collection. This one-hour guided art tour led by Sarah Jacobs, Curator, and Tasha Fernandez, Displays and Collections Assistant, takes in some of the most significant artworks in the Parliamentary Collection. Numbers strictly limited; register early to avoid disappointment.

$15.00 – $18.00

Annual General Meeting 2019

Rangimarie, L3, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Inc will be held Tuesday 18 June 2019 at 6pm, Te Papa.

Friends Takeover: Access All Areas

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

We are thrilled to bring you, for the first time ever, the Te Papa Friends Takeover, in which we the Friends of Te Papa have the whole museum to themselves to stay up late at our place for one night only, along with a host of talks, tours, discounts, live music and chances to contribute to the future of the museum.

Free – $20.00