Ngā mihi o te tau hou! Happy New Year! The Māori New Year, when the seven sisters of the Matariki star cluster appear in our southern skies, marks the turning point of winter in Aotearoa. This year Matariki will be observed from Tuesday 25 June to Wednesday 3 July.
Read more |June 4, 2019
Thank you to all those members who have now renewed their subscriptions and congratulations to the winners of our membership draw. The last few months have been very busy for the Friends and Te Papa, with constant long queues for the fabulous summer exhibition, Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality.
Read more |May 7, 2019
We will forever remember 15 March 2019 as one of New Zealand’s darkest days. Pride in our country is usually a response to our beautiful landscape, or a magnificent win by the All Blacks, but these past weeks we have had reason to be proud of ourselves as a people of compassion, tolerance and diversity.
Read more |April 1, 2019
Kia ora, The Friends programme for 2019 is well underway. In February many of you had such a fabulous night with Paintvine on Valentine’s Day, we hope this will be an annual event. Steven Desmond’s talk Mirrors and Torrents, was simply fascinating, (keep Sunday 12 May free for our next exciting talk in partnership with […]
Read more |March 4, 2019
We hope you have had a wonderful summer break and are now refreshed and looking forward another exciting year at Te Papa with the Friends. 2019 has begun on a high note, with Lucinda Hawksley’s captivating talk, Bitten by Witch Fever. Who knew that arsenic played such a colourful and deadly role in 19th century Britain?
Read more |January 29, 2019
Tēnā koutou, Ngā mihi. It was lovely to see so many of you at the Friends shopping night. December is going to be the start of new exciting year at Te Papa. The warriors are safely arrived and the art team busy working on Terracotta Warriors – Guardians of Immortality, which will run to 22 April.
Read more |December 4, 2018
The wonderful exhibitions on level four are about to close as Te Papa prepares for the stunning summer exhibition Terracotta Warriors – Guardians of Immortality, which opens on 15 December until 22 April. Don’t miss the Friends preview on Friday 14 December from 3pm-6pm.
Read more |November 9, 2018
September was a very busy month for the Friends, with a wealth of fascinating floor talks and visits, many with a female history theme. On 19 September we marked 125 years since women gained the vote in this country, so far ahead of the rest of the world.
Read more |October 10, 2018
Spring has brought a wealth of art treats for Friends to enjoy. We are still talking about the evening with Dame Robin White who gave insights into the collaborative creation of the three exquisitely beautiful tapa cloth or masi works which the Foundation is seeking help for Te Papa to acquire for the national collection.
Read more |August 28, 2018
Like me, you will be excited to hear that this summer we will be able to view some of China’s most ancient treasures in Te Papa’s summer exhibition, Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality. This amazing 2,300-year-old underground army, hidden from view for more than 2,000 years and only re-discovered in 1974, will be in the new level four Toi Art galleries.
Read more |August 6, 2018
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