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Four hand-crafted banners made by the people for the people at community events in Maraenui will become part of a display at ...
Raewynne Kingi and one of the banners made for community events in Maraenui but which have gravitated from Napier to Te Papa after being spotted by museum staff in the hīkoi in Wellington last ...
Te Papa Kaihautu Dr Arapata Hakiwai said the museum was committed to working with Rongowhakaata iwi to assist with the restoration of the wharenui.VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON / The ...
Students from Mount Cook School appear captivated by a moa egg inside the exhibition. TE PAPA / Sunday-Star-Times This is the newest permanent exhibition to feature at Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of ...
Matariki Ahi Kā is an immersive self-led walking journey including fire, performances, projections, a ceremony each night to ...
Everywhere and everyone other than our national museum seems to have noticed Dick Frizzell and his singular contribution to the art of Aotearoa. C’mon Te Papa - give Dick the retrospective he deserves ...
The Honourable Sir Mark Cooper (Ngāti Mahanga, Waikato-Tainui). Former President of the Court of Appeal from April 2022 to ...
A three-day course at Te Papa in Wellington is bringing together te reo and the environment. Kura Reo Taiao began with a pōwhiri on Monday at Rongomaraeroa, the marae of Te Papa, and will wrap up its ...
Dick Frizzell, Barcelona, 2021 “International Modernism hit ILAM like a meteorite in 1961, and I was directly in the path of ...
William John (W.J.) Phillipps was born in Oamaru in 1893. In 1915, he joined the staff of the Dominion Museum (now Te Papa Tongarewa), Wellington, where he worked as an ethnologist, ichthyologist, ...
Te Whaea Witika, lead weaver, says: “Now in its second year, PAPA – Papatūānuku | Whakapapa is more ... We are building on our Wellington.Scoop and Scoop offering with thedig.nz our new In-depth ...
Let one of Te Papa’s experienced guides take you on a journey through New Zealand’s rich history, cultures, wildlife, and landscapes. While you’re there, head down the road to check out Wellington ...