2024-04-29 Otago Heritage Tour Otago Heritage Tour Monday 29 April 2024 - Sunday 5 May 2024 Otago Heritage Tour 29 APRIL – 5 MAY 2024 Explore the richly historic and scenic Otago region, from its former gold rush towns to its alpine mountains and gorges, then across to the city streets, wild coasts, and heritage architecture of Dunedin, all with knowledgeable local guides. Highlights include a vintage steamer cruise on Lake Wakatipu, a 4WD tour to abandoned mining towns, lunches at a number of historic hotels and a guided walking tour of Dunedin as well as a truly memorable formal farewell dinner at a perfectly preserved Edwardian home, Olveston house.
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Floor Talk: Encounters – The Portrait Room Thursday 2 May 2024, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Floor Talk: Encounters – The Portrait Room The portrait room, Nga tai whakarongorua | Encounters, has been at the heart of Te Papa’s Toi Art galleries since their opening in 2018. We’ll be saying goodbye to these much-loved faces very soon. Join Dr Rebecca Rice, Curator Historical New Zealand Art, before the gallery closes, to hear about the ideas underpinning the exhibition, […] $20.00 – $25.00
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm The Unsettled: The Forgotten Corners of our Settler-Colonial Histories and What We Can Do About Them Wednesday 8 May 2024, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm The Unsettled: The Forgotten Corners of our Settler-Colonial Histories and What We Can Do About Them Join author Richard Shaw as he takes us through his new book, The Unsettled (2024, MUP), which is based on responses he received to an earlier account of his great-grandfather’s participation in the invasion of Parihaka and the farming of confiscated land in Taranaki. Richard will reflect on the reasons why troubling aspects of our […] $25.00 – $30.00
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Exclusive Charter Members Event: New Acquisitions Tour Thursday 16 May 2024, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Exclusive Charter Members Event: New Acquisitions Tour By invitation to our Charter Members only, join Te Papa’s art curators for an exclusive look at new acquisitions into the national art collection. Starting in the Toi Art galleries, visitors will then be taken to two back-of-house arts storerooms to see recently acquired artworks, photographs and design objects. Hear the stories behind these exciting and important works, and enjoy a close-up view of them in the collection stores.
Wednesday 8 May 2024, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm The Unsettled: The Forgotten Corners of our Settler-Colonial Histories and What We Can Do About Them