10:30 am - 12:00 pm Holding on to Home Friday 8 August 2014, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Holding on to Home The challenge facing Kate Hunter and Kirstie Ross when researching and writing their book, Holding on to Home, was how to provide a new perspective on the Great War... $15.00 – $20.00
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm English Country Houses Sunday 10 August 2014, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm English Country Houses This event is fully booked. Anthony Russell, lecturer and researcher, discusses the history, impact, and changing role of Britain’s magnificent stately homes...It illustrates the most magnificent examples in all their grandeur and beauty, while considering... $20
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Textile Store (i) Thursday 14 August 2014, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Textile Store (i) This event is now fully booked. Join the authors of Holding on to Home and see and hear about some of the objects from Te Papa featured in the book, including the Union Jack flag said to have flown above the NZ HQ on Gallipoli in 1915 – complete with bullet holes. Members only. $15.00
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Textile Store (ii) Thursday 14 August 2014, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Textile Store (ii) This event is now fully booked. Join the authors of Holding on to Home behind the scenes in the textile store... $10.00
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Friends’ Preview: Ngā Toi | Arts Te Papa Thursday 21 August 2014, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Friends’ Preview: Ngā Toi | Arts Te Papa The new Spring Season 2014 of Ngā Toi | Arts Te Papa opens on Friday 22 August. See it first at the Friends’ Preview. There is no need to register to attend. Come anytime between 4pm and 7pm and show your current membership card for admission. Members only. Free - Please show your current membership card for admission.
10:15 am - 12:00 pm The Naturalist Thursday 28 August 2014, 10:15 am - 12:00 pm The Naturalist The compelling story of Dr Ernst Dieffenbach, the charismatic and free-spirited German who was appointed as naturalist on the controversial 1839 expedition to New Zealand to buy land from Maori. He had strong views on colonisation which cut across the thinking at the time... Includes refreshments and free parking