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Discovering New Deep-Sea Species – An Expedition to one of Aotearoa’s Least Explored Places

Te Papa Tory Street 169 Tory Street, Wellington

Earlier this year, Te Papa scientists Andrew Stewart, Thom Linley and Kerry Walton, along with NIWA, were granted a rare opportunity by Ocean Census—a 21-day expedition with the singular goal of discovering as many new species as possible. After pooling their data, there was clearly an area of New Zealand’s marine environment they knew next to nothing about: the Bounty Trough, likely the world's oldest sediment transport system.

$25.00 – $30.00

Back-of-House Botany Collection Tour – Afternoon

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington

**Sold Out**Te Papa Botany Curators Leon Perrie and Carlos Lehnebach will introduce the herbarium collection, showcase its highlights, and discuss how it is used. See plants collected during Cook’s first Pacific voyage, engravings from Joseph Banks’ Florilegium, and other treasures! The Botany Collection comprises some 350,000 dried plant specimens, with about 1500 added annually.  It […]

$25.00 – $30.00

Back-of-House Botany Collection Tour – Evening

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington

**Sold Out**Te Papa Botany Curator Leon Perrie will introduce the herbarium collection, showcase its highlights, and discuss how it is used. See plants collected during Cook’s first Pacific voyage, engravings from Joseph Banks’ Florilegium, and other treasures! The Botany Collection comprises some 350,000 dried plant specimens, with about 1500 added annually.  It is one of Te […]

$25.00 – $30.00

Walking Tour: Geological Curiosities of Wellington CBD

Te Papa Assemble at the Main Entrance Foyer

Join geological expert Hamish Campbell for a fun and fascinating 2-hour walk through the Wellington CBD, where we'll learn about geologically significant sites along the way! Starting at Te Papa, Hamish will tell us about the Dolomite stone used to build Te Papa - find out why it's known as the 'cheese of the rock […]

Back-of-House Botany Collection Tour – Afternoon (ii)

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Te Papa Botany Curator Leon Perrie will introduce the herbarium collection, showcase its highlights, and discuss how it is used. See plants collected during Cook’s first Pacific voyage, engravings from Joseph Banks’ Florilegium, and other treasures! The Botany Collection comprises some 350,000 dried plant specimens, with about 1500 added annually.  It is one of Te Papa’s […]

$25.00 – $30.00

Back-of-House Botany Collection Tour – Evening (ii)

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Te Papa Botany Curator Leon Perrie will introduce the herbarium collection, showcase its highlights, and discuss how it is used. See plants collected during Cook’s first Pacific voyage, engravings from Joseph Banks’ Florilegium, and other treasures! The Botany Collection comprises some 350,000 dried plant specimens, with about 1500 added annually.  It is one of Te Papa’s […]

$25.00 – $30.00

Walking Tour: Geological Curiosities of Wellington CBD (ii)

Te Papa Assemble at the Main Entrance Foyer

Join geologist Hamish Campbell for a fun and fascinating 2-hour walk through the Wellington CBD, where we'll learn about geologically significant sites along the way! Starting at Te Papa, Hamish will tell us about the Dolomite stone used to build Te Papa - find out why it's known as the 'cheese of the rock world'.  […]

$50.00 – $65.00

Forgotten Islands of the South Pacific: Exploring the Sub-Antarctic Islands

28 DEC 2024 – 4 JAN 2025 You won’t find them mentioned in a travel brochure on your high street; you won’t find them in most guidebooks, you probably don’t know anyone that has ever been there and they don’t even appear on some maps of the New Zealand’s South Pacific – these are the ‘forgotten islands’. Despite their low profile, they are among the most remarkable wildlife reserves in the
Southern Ocean, designated UNESCO World Heritage sites and afforded the highest protection of any nature reserves in New Zealand. Remote, uninhabited and on no regular shipping route, access is further restricted by a strict Management Plan which limits the number of people allowed ashore each year.

Summer Day Trip: Wairarapa Fault

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Join us for a day trip this summer under the expert guidance of geologist, paleontologist and Emeritus Scientist Hamish Campbell.  We will take a leisurely drive around the harbour, as Hamish explains the Wellington Harbour, Wellington Fault, and Crustal and Active processes.  We will stop at Featherston, before heading to on Ocean Beach on the Wairarapa coast, examining aspects of the Wairarapa Fault along the way. Next, we'll take a walk along the track to Mukamuka Valley, and then find a nice place to stop and enjoy our lunch.

$120.00

Stonehenge – Old Rocks, New Theories

Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

***SOLD OUT***In this talk archaeologist, author and BBC broadcaster Julian Richards will explore Stonehenge, arguably the most famous stone circle in the world. Starting with an examination of its unique structure he will explore the big questions: how it was built, who built it and, perhaps the most intriguing - why? While exploring past ideas, […]

$25.00 – $35.00