Museums and Galleries / September 2025
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Exist. Resist. Persist.
- Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
- To close An Ethics of Witnessing, Misty Frequency joined us for a one-night-only performance offering a vision of Takatāpui futurism and collective dreaming. Curator Brooke Pou responds to the performance here.
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Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, 211, Left Bank, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A Wairarapa Weekender
- Friends of Te Papa
- 27-28 September 2025 This tour offers visits to Wairarapa gardens at historic homesteads that aren’t usually open to visit as individuals, plus we check out Greytown and Featherston townships with their eclectic shops and historical buildings and have dinner in Masterton with an interesting guest speaker.
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Age Concern Wellington and Te Papa: Sharing Pacific Knowledge Together
- Age Concern Wellington
- Age Concern Wellington is proud to collaborate with Te Papa in offering unique opportunities for our social connection group participants to connect with Pacific heritage. On two recent occasions, Te Papa welcomed groups made up of participants from some of Age Concern’s regular programmes for a very special experience. The visits began in a private ... Read more
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Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Reading Group 24 September 2025: Rakau: The Ancient Forests of Aoearoa
- Friends of Te Papa
- Please note this Reading Group has been moved to Wednesday 24 September 2025 Rākau: The Ancient Forests of Aotearoa by Ned Barrau. We will be joined by two Te Papa Curators […]
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Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Local Gallery Visit: Washday at the Pa, A Survey – Ans Westra
- Friends of Te Papa
- {Suite} and the Ans Westra Estate are pleased to present, for the first time ever, the entire series of photos made by Ans Westra in Ruatoria in 1963 for Washday […]
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d/Deaf and/or Disabled artist development residency 2026 - call for submissions
- Toi Pōneke
- Toi Pōneke Arts Centre is pleased to announce the 2026 residency program for d/Deaf and/or disabled artists, with a call for submissions. Applications close 5pm Monday 17 November 2025
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Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Footscray Avenue, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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In Each Other's Pockets
- Toi Pōneke
- In Each Other’s Pockets opens Friday 24 October 2025 at Toi Pōneke Gallery, Te Aro, Wellington. Through her playful installation, contemporary jeweller Louise Hill interrogates the politics of pockets; the private spaces that shape how we move through the world, investigating what it means for some to be equipped with the tools they need, while others are not.
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Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Footscray Avenue, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Public Artist Talk: In Each Other’s Pockets
- Toi Pōneke
- To coincide with her exhibition In Each Other’s Pockets, Kapeu artist-in-residence Louise Hill will be in conversation with fellow artist Keri-Mei Zagrobelna (Te Ati Awa, Whānau-a-Apanui).
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Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Footscray Avenue, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Carry Me Close: Make a wearable pocket for your phone
- Toi Pōneke
- Join contemporary jeweller Louise Hill for a relaxed, hands-on workshop where you’ll create your own cross-body pocket bag to carry your phone close.
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Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Footscray Avenue, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Open Letter to Hon. Erica Stanford, Minister of Education: Why Art History Matters
- City Gallery
- We write as representatives of Aotearoa New Zealand’s arts and cultural sector to express our shared concern about the suggested removal of Art History from the New Zealand Secondary School Curriculum.
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Wellington City Gallery, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Open Letter to Hon. Erica Stanford, Minister of Education: Why Art History Matters
- City Gallery
- 19 September 2025 We write as representatives of Aotearoa New Zealand’s arts and cultural sector to express our shared concern about the suggested removal of Art History from the New Zealand Secondary School Curriculum.
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Wellington City Gallery, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Te Papa’s Kiwi Collection – Recent Research and Findings
- Friends of Te Papa
- Despite being a reclusive and rarely seen species, kiwi are an important part of our national identity as New Zealanders. There is a long history of kiwi research at Te […]
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Te Papa’s Contribution to Kiwi Research
- Friends of Te Papa
- Despite being a reclusive and rarely seen species, kiwi are an important part of our national identity as New Zealanders. There is a long history of kiwi research at Te […]
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Reading Group 18 September 2025: Marsden Books – cancelled
- Friends of Te Papa
- This Reading Group has been cancelled. Join us on 16 October for the next installment with Bryony Hogg of Marsden Books, who will share her top picks for the month.
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Human Godwits: on John Ward Knox
- City Gallery
- By Megan Dunn I’m no bird watcher but I’ve had my eyes on John Ward Knox’s ducks. I first saw them online. Gosh, they are so bloody beautiful. How I covet those wooden ducks, like decoys, but so much more. Ward Knox’s elegant sensibility is always, at least for me, a little bit elegiac, almost […] The post Human Godwits: on John Ward Knox appeared first on City Gallery.
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Wellington City Gallery, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Walking Tour
- MuseumsWellington
- The post Wellington Walking Tour appeared first on Museums Wellington.
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Wellington Cable Car, Salamanca Road, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Human Godwits: on John Ward Knox
- City Gallery
- I’m no bird watcher but I’ve had my eyes on John Ward Knox’s ducks. I first saw them online. Gosh, they are so bloody beautiful. How I coveted those wooden ducks, like decoys, but so much more. Ward Knox’s elegant sensibility is always, at least for me, a little bit elegiac, almost unbearably poignant. Last […] The post Human Godwits: on John Ward Knox appeared first on City Gallery.
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Wellington City Gallery, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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2025 Sonic Artist in Residence Announcement
- Toi Pōneke
- Toi Pōneke Arts Centre and Victoria University’s New Zealand School of Music —Te Kōkī (NZSM) are delighted to announce Daniel Beban as the 2025 Toi Pōneke/ NZSM Sonic Artist-in -Residence.
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Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Footscray Avenue, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Waitangi Exhibition “Significant for every New Zealander”
- MuseumsWellington
- The post Waitangi Exhibition “Significant for every New Zealander” appeared first on Museums Wellington.
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2025 Chatham Islands Excursions
- Friends of Te Papa
- Since 2002 these excursions to the Chatham Islands has been offered to, and enjoyed by, many Friends of Te Papa. Touring with Hamish and Chris is a rare opportunity to visit the Chathams in a safe and convivial context. The plan is to visit Chatham and Pitt Island, sea and air conditions permitting.
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Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Pike River: Crafting Authenticity
- Toi Pōneke
- Toi Pōneke Art Centre, WIFT and Massey University are proud to host a special presentation from director Rob Sarkies (Out of the Blue, Pike River, Scarfies) and screenwriter Fiona Samuel (Piece of My Heart, Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story, Pike River) to launch the Wellington Write Room Screenwriter's Residency for 2026.
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Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Footscray Avenue, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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