Archive Events Matariki at Te Papa 28/05/2014 0 Every year, approximately 300 senior Māori performing artists pack their bags with their most precious adornments and make the journey from around the country to Te Papa for the annual… READ MORE
Archive Science Tours A Chatham Islands excursion 28/05/2014 0 For the last 10 years this excursion to the Chatham Islands has been offered to, and enjoyed by, Friends of Te Papa, led by Te Papa geologist Hamish Campbell and… READ MORE
Archive History Holding on to Home 28/05/2014 0 Collections from museums, libraries and archives lie at the heart of a new perspective on a very well-known event. Holding on to Home investigates the importance of things in maintaining… READ MORE
Archive Tours Delicious autumn! 28/05/2014 0 As soon as Napier’s new museum complex opened, the Friends of Te Papa were keen to go and take a look. MTG is a neat name for three connected buildings… READ MORE
Archive News The diplomacy of art 16/05/2014 0 A Friends of Te Papa gala event at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China? "How unlikely can that be?" would have been a natural response when I worked… READ MORE
Archive Workshops The CCCRC is thriving 15/05/2014 0 It was gratifying to realise that the CCCRC was really working. It is not static...There was a real air of purpose as the teams of volunteers from the various organisations… READ MORE
Archive Tours Mahara Gallery, Waikanae 14/05/2014 0 In March forty Friends of Te Papa took an Art Lovers Tour to Mahara Gallery in Waikanae. There they were able to see a tiny but exquisite exhibition: Frances Hodgkins… READ MORE
Archive Science Behind the scenes in the botany collection 06/05/2014 0 In February we ran three successful back of house tours which gave the small groups a close up look at the collections that the public never gets to see. Find… READ MORE
Archive Highlights Gala dinner at Chinese Embassy 06/05/2014 0 In early April His Excellency Wang Lutong of the People’s Republic of China hosted members of the Friends of Te Papa at a sparkling gala function to celebrate the opening… READ MORE
Archive History Hilary Kay charmed the crowd 03/05/2014 0 Soundings Theatre at Te Papa was packed with a crowd eager to hear from the famous toy expert. We were in the palm of her hand – oohing and aahing… READ MORE