Update on our Tour to Golden Bay
Yes, inspecting the footprints of land-based dinosaurs will be a highlight of our visit to Golden Bay this May!
Read more |March 3, 2021
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Nick’s Head Station
Our final excursion was to Nick’s Head Station, a mixed sheep and horticulture farm formed from the amalgamation of three properties, one of which incorporates Young Nick’s Head, named for the seaman who first sighted land from HMS Endeavour. The Māori name is Te Kuri o Pāoa
Read more |January 11, 2021
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Friends’ Visit Te Ohako Marae
With over 45% of Gisborne’s population identifying as Māori there are numerous marae in the area, but visiting Rongowhakaata’s Te Ohako Marae at Manutuke was particularly significant for us given that they are the current iwi in residence at Te Papa. The marae is beautifully
Read more |January 11, 2021
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Visit to Jack Richards’ House & Garden
Fortunately the rain had gone by the time our group arrived at Jack Richard’s house and garden on the hill above Wainui Beach – we could hear the sound of the sea very clearly
Read more |January 11, 2021
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Toko Toru Tapu, Manutuke
For our visit to this beautiful, historic church, we were very fortunate to be accompanied by two individuals closely associated with it: Stan Pardoe, a local historian who has had four generations of his whanau use the church and James Blackburne, the architect who lead its restoration.
Read more |January 11, 2021
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Eastwoodhill Arboretum
Can’t see the wood for the trees? Go to Eastwoodhill Arboretum, 35kms north of Gisborne, it’s all there. Over 135 hectares of trees and shrubs, native and exotic
Read more |January 11, 2021
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Tairawhiti Museum
Tairawhiti Museum and the associated C Company Maori Battalion Memorial House form a must-see Gisborne attraction. Thanks in part to generous local donors, the museum has a variety of interesting galleries
Read more |January 11, 2021
Pacific
Exclusive: Pacific Acquisitions Podcast
This podcast has been specially produced for the Friends of Te Papa and features Rachel Yates Curator Pacific Cultures, who talks about her work in the Pacific collection and the acquisition of three pieces of hiapo (Niue tapa) earlier this year.
Read more |May 5, 2020
Art
Exclusive: Mervyn Taylor and the Mid-Century Easy Chair
Furniture can reveal personal stories that unfold through acquisition history. A particular pair of modernist chairs originally owned by artist E. Mervyn Taylor and his family tell a fascinating story.
Read more |April 28, 2020
Science
Exclusive: Little bird, big country: Searching for nesting storm petrels in Fiordland
Te Papa bird curator Colin Miskelly describes a recent (pre-COVID lockdown!) attempt to solve a mystery that he has pursued in several remote parts of Fiordland over the past four years. The Friends of Te Papa partly supported Colin’s research and we’ll be enjoying a full talk from Colin later in the year on what he discovered.
Read more |April 20, 2020
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