Peter Wellings, Wellington ophthalmologist, who may well have gazed into the eyes of many in the audience, stood beside a large and compelling image of a beautiful garden. It was…
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How could research undertaken on a piece of blank parchment help preserve the Treaty of Waitangi? Friends were intrigued to find out how from Peter Whitehead, National Library Collection Care…
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In their third presentation, ‘Old is New’, in the Friends’ Indian Textiles series, Shani Pillai and Joji Jacob took us on a visual extravaganza looking at how traditional embroidery techniques,…
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This was the second of Shani Pillai and Joji Jacob’s Textile Talks, timed to coincide with the WoW festival. We were to learn the many intricacies of the renowned and…
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Indigo - the colour of sky and sea. Nil, Xigulite, Ali Zome, Aro; India, Japan, China, Nigeria, Vietnam and Indonesia. Cloth dyed with indigo has been traded around the globe…
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Twenty-three friends had a wonderful visit to Piera McArthur’s house and studio in Thorndon. After unexpected refreshments and a brief introduction from Piera about her life, we crossed the Mediterranean-like…
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William Cottrell delighted a large audience of Friends at Te Papa with his illustrated lecture on furniture making in New Zealand in the 19th and early 20th Century...
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As a teenager, I sellotaped a stylized koru print saved from an art calendar to my wardrobe door. Its black and white 'simple' format intrigued me. Was the white in…
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New Zealand's isolation is the key to its staggering success in keeping so many endemic species. Admittedly many of these are microscopic, but we have around 25,000 endemic species (found…
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On a recent sunny day about 25 Friends of Te Papa gathered at one of Wellington’s oldest homes, Crofton House in Ngaio. The house was built in 1857 for William…
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