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Parliament Tours, Talk and Heritage Lunch

Get a bite of history and join in for a Heritage Lunch at Bellamys by Logan Brown.

Read more |October 10, 2018

Beyond the Garden: A Botanical Science Perspective

Victoria University’s Centre for Lifelong Learning will be hosting a lecture series in November, Beyond the Garden: A Botanical Science Perspective. This is a 4 session course including a final outdoor lab session at Wellington’s Botanical Gardens. We’ve teamed up with botanical commentator Reg Harris to bring one of the sessions especially to the Friends in Te […]

Read more |September 28, 2018

University of Melbourne seeks participants

Longer lives bring opportunities to prolong careers, participate in new activities, explore interests and contribute to society. Lena Gan, a PhD. Student at the University of Melbourne, is undertaking research to better understand the potential of this link and is seeking Friends of Te Papa members aged between 45 – 95 years to participate.

Read more |September 24, 2018

Tour to Italy 2019

Join art historian and former Victoria University lecturer Phyllis Mossman on a Renaissance art and architecture tour to Italy in 2019.

Read more |September 24, 2018

New Caledonia with Hamish Campbell

Te Papa geologist Hamish Campbell is expanding his annual trips to embrace not only Eastern Zealandia (Chatham Islands) but Northern Zealandia (New Caledonia). In July 2019 Hamish will lead a New Caledonia geology adventure. Limited to 15 participants, this small geological sampling party promises to be a unique experience.

Read more |September 10, 2018

Encounters with portraits

Encounters is not a direct translation as the Māori title carries meanings of multiple perspectives. Portraits inevitably involve an encounter: between the sitter, the artist and the viewer. The archived labels from previous exhibitions in Te Papa illustrate how our perceptions and understandings of these encounters have changed over time.

Read more |September 10, 2018

Modern Girls in Bed

Circa Theatre offers Friends of Te Papa a discount to Modern Girls in Bed an irreverent comedy about sisters, strength, and what happens when two young women come face-to-face with five trailblazing wāhine from Aotearoa’s history.

Read more |August 28, 2018

Call for writers

We are looking for some experienced writers/journalists to volunteer in helping us write short web stories about The Friends of Te Papa events.

Read more |August 15, 2018

A Floral Preview

Curator Claire Regnault kindly took us into the textiles store to give us a sneak peek at some of the items Dr Peter McNeil may reference during the second upcoming talk in our fashion series. We were greeted with stunning colours, embroidery and silks in what is truly a wonderful collection here at Te Papa. […]

Read more |August 6, 2018

Travel with friends to Egypt ii

Exclusive highlights include seamless travel in Egypt, being met inside immigration for fast tracking visa applications, a special welcome cocktail party ‘in the shadow of the pyramids’, and admission to additional sites that require a special licence to enter. ..

Read more |July 20, 2018