Reviews

Review: A princess and a weaver’s daughter: handloom textiles of India

Indian hand-crafted textiles starting dying out when England started producing its own cotton cloth. However, a revival occurred in the 20th century. 

Read more |November 25, 2021

Review: City Gallery Wellington visit

Two New Zealand artists were the subject of this visit, Maori artist Brett Graham known for his large-scale sculptures and painter Judy Millar.

Read more |November 1, 2021

Review: Toi Koru, Sandy Adsett

Toi Koru is a thought provoking exhibition that sits in our history and across a timeline of significant change in our national artistic development and in particular that of Maori art.

Read more |October 28, 2021

Review: Feathermania floortalk

The shop-window inspired display of feathers in fashion on Te Papa’s 4th floor is a must see.

Read more |October 12, 2021

Review: Coins and the Royal Connection

Dr Mark Stocker said that while researching his upcoming book on the introduction of Britain’s decimal currency he had gained immense respect and affection for Prince Philip.

Read more |August 18, 2021

Review: Dowse visit and curator talks

Friends were treated to two curators’ tours at the Dowse Museum in Lower Hutt – our thanks to Karl and Sian for taking the time to give us such interesting views of these two exhibitions.

Read more |August 18, 2021

Review: Which plant has teeth on it’s leaves?

If we just left thinking how plants are interestingly weird, Leon has done his job!

Read more |August 16, 2021

Review: Lord Rutherford, Russian Physics and the Human Element

“People like Rutherford cease to be the national pride of the countries where they were born and where they worked – they become the pride of all mankind.” – Pyotr Kapitsa, Nobel laureate and Rutherford’s Russian student.

Read more |July 30, 2021

Review: Gisborne Tour -Visit to Pultron Composites

“Lighter than aluminium, stronger than steel”

Read more |July 13, 2021

Review: Exploring the deep unknown

A large gathering of Friends of Te Papa were enthralled by insights into life deep below the ocean surface. Following the inspiring talk from Sally, Sarah and Jess, we had the opportunity to examine fascinating taonga of the deep and study a collection of maps.

Read more |July 7, 2021