We are Friends of Te Papa which means we are friends of a building as well as what is in it and what goes on within it. Coming in to Wellington Harbour, you see Te Papa from the water, as a set of shapes and colours.
Read more |February 3, 2021
This being the beginning of December and so the last President’s column for the eventful year of 2020, I wish you all and all your whanau very best wishes for the festive season.
Read more |December 2, 2020
As most of you with an interest in the arts will know, the artist Marcel Duchamp once offered a finely sculpted white porcelain urinal for exhibition in an art gallery. The intent seems to have been to challenge what an art object is by changing its context.
Read more |October 30, 2020
As I walk through the Bolton Street cemetery, the daffs are in full bloom.
Read more |September 29, 2020
One of the pleasures about being a Friend of Te Papa is becoming informed about things, objects and, a few days ago, spiders and modern approaches to living in the 1950s.
Read more |August 27, 2020
This being my first President’s Column, I want to pay tribute to Elizabeth Kay, my predecessor, for her many years of service to the Friends and her work as President.
Read more |August 5, 2020
Ngā mihi o te tau hou! Happy New Year! As we emerge from a long autumn hibernation during the Covid.19 lockdown, it is fitting that this year we will celebrate Matariki on Monday 13 July.
Read more |July 7, 2020
It is wonderful that Te Papa is open again after the long lockdown, and we can once again visit our favourite galleries, just as winter arrives.
Read more |June 9, 2020
Kia ora, I hope you have been coping well and finding plenty to keep you amused and busy in your bubble during the Covid 19 lockdown. We are lucky to live in a country that has managed the crisis so well, with everyone doing their best to keep us all safe.
Read more |May 4, 2020
I hope you have had an enjoyable Easter break, and are coping well in your bubbles. These are indeed very strange times. When in November 1918 we marked the centenary of the influenza pandemic that ravaged the world after the First World War
Read more |April 14, 2020
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