Wanganui Collegiate Chapel opened in 1912 with a single nave and plain internal brick walls. A pupil from that time would hardly recognise it today.
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Visiting the Sarjeant on the Quay we were met by a sparkling chandelier by many artists. While the Sarjeant Gallery is awaiting the redevelopment next year which will restore it…
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This beautiful historical building first opened in 1900, and since celebrating its centenary has been restored and earthquake strengthened and now has a Category 1 listing from Heritage NZ.
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‘Mirrors and Torrents’ was an apt name for Steven Desmond’s one hour tour of water features in historic gardens. Through a beautifully photographed presentation ebbing and flowing over 2000 years…
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It was a night full of fun, intense concentration, and ending with the delight of being able to take their artistic work home for others to admire.
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Last week, at a fully-booked event, Friends were privileged to be given insight to the traditions surrounding Chinese New Year. It was impossible not to get caught up in the…
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Last Saturday afternoon the Icon venue was packed with people like me intrigued by the title of Lucinda Hawksley’s talk on the prevalence and effects of arsenic in Victorian times.…
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I was entranced from the moment I entered the first shadowy room. A huge pair of Chinese metal doors with geometrical grating guarded the entrance behind me. Ghostly heads with…
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A warm balmy evening enabled Friends to gather in the courtyard of College House to admire this striking example of modernist architecture. Opened in 1966 College House, a residence for…
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Which plants help relieve medical conditions? What compounds from natural sources make effective medicines? A gathering of Friends of Te Papa found out about the processes of medical conditions from…
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