9:00 am - 4:00 pm Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art and History Thursday 3 October 2013, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm 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
9:00 am - 6:00 pm Friends free look – Aztecs: Conquest and glory Saturday 5 October 2013, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm 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
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Fashion in Katherine Mansfield’s Wellington Monday 21 October 2013, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 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
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm Seabird research live! Tuesday 22 October 2013, 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm 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
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Arts & Crafts in America Wednesday 23 October 2013, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm 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
10:30 am - 11:15 am Katherine Mansfield & the expat experience (i) Thursday 31 October 2013, 10:30 am - 11:15 am 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
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm Katherine Mansfield & the expat experience (ii) Thursday 31 October 2013, 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm 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
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Terry Stringer – exclusive preview Friday 1 November 2013, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm 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.