Reviews

Friends Day Tour to Foxton

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

Review: He Ao Mīharo A World of Wonder

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

Review: Kiwiana lecture

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

Friends Visit to View the Pacific Collection

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

Egypt is the gift of the Nile

In September 2019 the Friends ran two tours to Egypt and Jordan, in association with Innovative Travel, whose Cairo-based director is Elhamy Elzayat MNZM, CEO of Emeco Travel, Egypt’s leading travel and destination management organisation. At all times we felt completely safe, accompanied by Emeco staff, local guides and security, as well as Rene Wilson

Read more |January 27, 2020

Review: Collecting and Exhibiting LGBTQI Fashion and Dress

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

Review: From Enlightened Naturalists to Greta Thunberg

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

Here: Kupe to Cook with Michel Tuffery

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

Review: How to… Connect with Art

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

Review: Colin McCahon and America

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