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• • From Rural to Urban: How Indian Textile Artists Adapted and Flourished During Covid-19

    • 15 Jun 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • In pre-Covid days, Friends of Te Papa enjoyed some delightful presentations from Joji and Shani covering the textile artists of India, from hand weavers in the villages to the creation […]
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • TALK: Digby/Woolf Photographic Digitisation Project

    • 9 Jun 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • With an estimated quarter of a million negatives, the Spencer Digby / Ronald D. Woolf Collection is a treasure trove of images of faces and moments from Wellington’s past. The collection ranges from the 1930s to the 1980s and includes studio portraits, wedding photographs, and shots from community events like wrestling tournaments and cat shows among many other things.
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• • Sponge City: A guided walk in Waitangi Park

    • 14 May 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • On 15 May, join Nicole Thompson of Wraight and Associates Landscape Architects and John Hardwick-Smith of Athfield Architects for a guided walk around Waitangi Park, next door to Te Papa. We will explore the unique features of the Park that have contributed to its award-winning status.
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    Waitangi Park, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Local Art Tour: Artists on Artists – Twentysix Gallery Visit

    • 4 May 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • We are delighted to invite you to join us for a personally guided tour of the Artists on Artists exhibition led by curator and exhibiting artist, Lindsey Horne. Artists on […]
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• • Visit: Enduring friendships: A Hei Tiki Talk

    • 2 May 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • Join Dougal Austin (Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu, Waitaha) Kura Pounamu Senior Curator Mātauranga Māori from Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand in a korero and kapu tī. You will learn about the various forms and features of our most ubiquitous taonga
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Original Fine Art Prints: Part Two

    • 27 Apr 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • In part two, David focuses on later printmaking techniques - aquatint, mezzotint, wood engraving and linocut illustrated with a selection of works from his collection.
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• • Original Fine Art Prints: Part Two

    • 27 Apr 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • In part two, David focuses on later printmaking techniques - aquatint, mezzotint, wood engraving and linocut illustrated with a selection of works from his collection.
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• • Guided Tour: The Hidden Corners of the Museum (iiii)

    • 21 Apr 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • In response to demand – we are thrilled to offer you another opportunity to join us for a third Back of House tour of Te Papa Cable Street’s facilities
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Bush City: The big stories of New Zealand’s plants

    • 19 Apr 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • Join Curator of Botany Leon Perrie to explore the plants of Te Papa’s Bush City.  We’ll discuss the distinctive features of New Zealand’s flora: high rates of species endemism; unusually common gender separation
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• • Bush City: The big stories of New Zealand’s plants

    • 19 Apr 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • Join Curator of Botany Leon Perrie to explore the plants of Te Papa’s Bush City.  We’ll discuss the distinctive features of New Zealand’s flora: high rates of species endemism; unusually common gender separation
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• • Book Talk: A History of New Zealand in 100 Objects

    • 17 Apr 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    •  With his recently published “A History of New Zealand in 100 objects”,[1] Jock Phillips creates powerful stories about exhibits in museums, including 24 objects held by Te Papa.
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• • Book Talk: A History of New Zealand in 100 Objects

    • 17 Apr 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    •  With his recently published “A History of New Zealand in 100 objects”,[1] Jock Phillips creates powerful stories about exhibits in museums, including 24 objects held by Te Papa.
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• • Talk: What Isabella wanted: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Boston’s Gilded Age

    • 29 Mar 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • Hear about the self-assembled collection of art and objects created by Isabella Stewart Gardner, from her first purchase of Johannes Vermeer's The Concert.
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• • Talk: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Boston’s Gilded Age 

    • 29 Mar 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • Hear about the self-assembled collection of art and objects created by Isabella Stewart Gardner, from her first purchase of Johannes Vermeer's The Concert.
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• • Talk: The BBC Antiques Roadshow

    • 26 Mar 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • Marc Allum shares his personal insight and experience of Antiques Roadshow and it's many great discoveries, drawing upon his knowledge of the world of art and antiques.
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• • Talk: The BBC Antiques Roadshow

    • 26 Mar 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • Marc Allum shares his personal insight and experience of Antiques Roadshow and it's many great discoveries, drawing upon his knowledge of the world of art and antiques.
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• • Talk: Fifty Shades of Spider

    • 16 Mar 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • With over 50000 species (and counting!) of spider known so far, it’s not surprising that their mating and courtship is often entertaining and sometimes mildly disturbing!
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• • Talk: Fifty Shades of Spider

    • 16 Mar 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • With over 50000 species (and counting!) of spider known so far, it’s not surprising that their mating and courtship is often entertaining and sometimes mildly disturbing!
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    Mana taonga in action: Cyclone Gabrielle recovery in Ngāti Kahungunu

    • 16 Mar 2023
    • Te Papa's blog
    • Iwi and hapū in regions affected by Cyclone Gabrielle suffered damage to marae, urupā, and taonga – some irrevocable – causing long-term impacts on these communities. Te Papa staff had their boots on the ground to help out at four marae in Ngāti Kahungunu. Here, they share their kōrero.Read more
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • High Tea: Celebrating Katherine Mansfield

    • 9 Mar 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • In 1940 the National Art Gallery acquired a striking portrait of Katherine Mansfield, by the American artist Anne Estelle Rice. It is a bold, modern painting, full of colour and pattern, and alive with the rhythm of early 20th-century modernism.
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• • High Tea: Celebrating Katherine Mansfield

    • 9 Mar 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • In 1940 the National Art Gallery acquired a striking portrait of Katherine Mansfield, by the American artist Anne Estelle Rice. It is a bold, modern painting, full of colour and pattern, and alive with the rhythm of early 20th-century modernism.
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• • Guided Tour: The Hidden Corners of the Museum (iii)

    • 2 Mar 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • In response to demand – we are thrilled to offer you another opportunity to join us for a third Back of House tour of Te Papa Cable Street’s facilities with Head of Property, Facilities & Security, Pete Cunninghame.
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• • Guided Tour: The Hidden Corners of the Museum (iii)

    • 2 Mar 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • In response to demand – we are thrilled to offer you another opportunity to join us for a third Back of House tour of Te Papa Cable Street’s facilities with Head of Property, Facilities & Security, Pete Cunninghame.
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• • Prophet without perceptible honour: Margaret Butler, sculptor

    • 20 Feb 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • Join us for an illustrated lecture by Dr Mark Stocker as he reveals the story of sculptor Margaret Butler (1883–1947). Margaret Butler occupies a unique place in the art history of her native Aotearoa New Zealand.
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• • Studio Visit: Virginia Woods-Jack, Rachel Black and Juliet Weeber

    • 16 Feb 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • Virginia is looking forward to meeting the Friend's again and to giving you an in-depth talk. Artists will be in the studio to answer your questions - with such a variety of work this promises to be a very interesting time! 
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    Growing up with Te Papa – celebrating 25 years of Te Papa Tongarewa

    • 13 Feb 2023
    • Te Papa's blog
    • Thousands of people have worked at Te Papa – while it was being designed, then constructed, and since it opened to the people of Aotearoa New Zealand on 14 February 1998.
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Guided Tour: The Hidden Corners of the Museum (ii)

    • 9 Feb 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • In response to demand - we are thrilled to offer you another opportunity to join us for a second Back of House tour of Te Papa Cable Street’s facilities with Head of Property, Facilities & Security, Pete Cunninghame.
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Free concerts! - Te Papa is celebrating Māori language music

    • 29 Jan 2023
    • INNER-CITY WELLINGTON
    • From Te Papa Nau mai, haere mai! Welcome! Minaaka Music invites you to celebrate Māori language music during Waitangi weekend 2023.
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Guided Tour: The Hidden Corners of the Museum (i)

    • 26 Jan 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • Join us for a rare glimpse of Te Papa Cable Street's facilities.
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Guided Tour: Joanna Margaret Paul

    • 25 Jan 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    •  Paul’s intimate explorations of domestic life pushed the boundaries of artistic practice through an experimental, multi-disciplinary practice spanning drawing, painting, poetry, photography and film.
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