The title of this talk by the President of the Friends of Te Papa, Elizabeth Kay, “From Tip Site to Flourishing Forest”, captures in a phrase the dramatic transformation that a group of residents in a new subdivision in Brooklyn, Wellington have achieved over a period of about fifteen years.
Read more |March 31, 2020
For the more than forty people who joined the Friends of Te Papa trip to Foxton that has now changed. It is a place they will visit again with Friends or family
Read more |March 2, 2020
How can a story like Alice in Wonderland, which is so rooted in nineteenth-century England be translated into Te Reo Māori? This was the challenging question tackled by Associate Professor Tom Roa of the University of Waikato in front of an audience of Friends and colleagues from Te Papa and wider Wellington.
Read more |February 26, 2020
Christine Fernyhough knew she had moved from being an interior decorator to a collector when she ran out of shelf space.
Read more |February 10, 2020
Te Papa staff Grace Hutton, Humanities Collection Manager, Sean Mallon, Senior Curator of Pacific Histories & Cultures and Rachel Yates, Curator of Pacific Cultures guided our small group, giving us a privileged insight into some rare items in the Pacific collection collected by early visitors or gifted by families representing many ethnic groups living in […]
Read more |January 31, 2020
Personable, passionate and clearly very involved in his topic Dr. Cole’s talk for the Friends of Te Papa referenced the politics, identities, artists, cultural environment and influences of fashion in apparel both designed by and worn by gay society.
Read more |December 18, 2019
What a privilege to hear from Professor Sörlin from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. The professor works in environmental history and gave us a fascinating insight into some of the early Swedish naturalists that travelled on Cook’s two voyages into this part of the globe.
Read more |December 12, 2019
It was a sold out Friend’s visit to listen to artist Michel Tuffery at Pātaka Art + Museum. Michel asked us to touch the anchor stone on our way into the gallery – this was the first invitation extended by him, in a conversation about having a conversation with the past. The stone, Maungaroa, or Te Huka-a-Tai, came from Eastern Polynesia and was left in Porirua over a thousand years ago by Kupe. When we touch it the past becomes the present, and we too become part of it’s history.
Read more |December 5, 2019
What a delightful evening we had with Laura Jones, Te Papa educator, as she enthusiastically involved us all in how to connect with and appreciate art. We were connected to the child within as we considered a number of works traditional, modern and Pasifika – in the Toi Art Gallery.
Read more |November 8, 2019
As one of the most renowned experts on Colin McCahon’s work, Peter Simpson had the audience at ‘Hello’. He continued to hold everyone’s attention with his fascinating insights into how a mere four months touring USA could have such an impact on McCahon’s development as an artist.
Read more |November 4, 2019
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