Introducing Miss Universe

Lorraine Downes is the only Miss New Zealand to be crowned the ‘most beautiful woman in the universe’. Now you can hear her perspective on the pressures on women to be perfect in today’s world, and see the outfit she wore...

$15.00 – $20.

Michael Parekowhai: An insider’s view

Jim Barr and Mary Barr are art commentators and collectors who have known Michael Parekowhai since his last year at art school in 1990. Using photographs, videos and personal recollections they will present an insiders’ view of Michael and his work.

$15.00 – $20.00

Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art and History

THIS TOUR IS NOW FULLY BOOKED

The first tour to Aratoi was fully booked, so to meet demand, we are offering a second chance.
You will travel by bus to Masterton, where, at Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, curator Haami Te Whaiti will lead a tour of Wairarapa Whakaputa Mohio – a fascinating introduction to the region’s rich history.

Free: Numbers limited, so bookings essential

Friends free look – Aztecs: Conquest and glory

Te Papa's current major exhibition, is the extraordinary Aztecs: Conquest and glory.

As a member of the Friends, you are entitled to free entry to the exhibition, all day on Saturday 5th October.

The Aztecs' story is fascinating, dramatic, and ultimately tragic. Aztecs: Conquest and glory presents hundreds of cultural treasures from

Free to attend with your current membership card

Fashion in Katherine Mansfield’s Wellington

Join curator Claire Regnault for an illustrated talk on fashion in Katherine Mansfield's Wellington, in celebration of the 125th anniversary of the writer’s birth.

$15.00 – $20.00

Seabird research live!

In July 2011 New Zealand experienced its largest seabird wreck in history, when hundreds of thousands of Prions died.
Over 800 of the carcasses ended up at Te Papa. Over the past months these carcasses are being examined ...You will have the unique opportunity to view this research at Te Papa, to visit the laboratory in Tory Street, talk to the scientists, see what is happening, and discuss the project

Free, bookings essential

Arts & Crafts in America

American curator Wendy Kaplan presents a lecture on Arts and Crafts – one of the most significant and far-reaching movements in Western design.

$10.00 – $15.00

Katherine Mansfield & the expat experience (i)

Curator Rebecca Rice discusses Anne Estelle Rice’s much-loved portrait of Katherine Mansfield, and works by other artists who, like Mansfield, left New Zealand for Europe.

$5.00

Katherine Mansfield & the expat experience (ii)

Curator Rebecca Rice discusses Anne Estelle Rice’s much-loved portrait of Katherine Mansfield,and works by other artists who, like Mansfield, left New Zealand for Europe.

$5.00

Terry Stringer – exclusive preview

You are invited to join with members of Friends of Pataka to an exclusive preview of Face/Space, an exhibition of bronze sculpture by Terry Stringer.