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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Terrace Station was the home of Sir John and Rose, Lady Hall, and has remained with his descendants through to the present day. The current owners, Kate and Richard Foster,…
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Talk for Friends of Te Papa by Dr Peter McNeil on Magic Fashion. 9 December. While I was getting my glass of wine before going in, I heard someone saying…
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Following our visit to the Steventon Homestead we stopped at the small Glentunnel Museum. The surprisingly extensive rooms of this museum tell of the early settlers and the industrial history…
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A tour of the Arts Centre, Christchurch, is New Zealand’s largest collection of Category 1 heritage buildings. It demonstrates the complexities of restoration with completed and damaged buildings side by…
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