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Talk: Fifty Shades of Spider

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

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!

$20.00 – $30.00

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

Te Papa. Meet at the Information Desk on Level 2 55 Cable Street, Wellington

***SOLD OUT***

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

$25.00

Sponge City: A guided walk in Waitangi Park

Waitangi Park 107 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

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.

$25.00

Talk: Stories about Wellington’s Curious Geological Heritage

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

***SOLD OUT***Explore some of the highlights of interesting local geology stories in Wellington and surrounds, as recalled through the eyes of someone who has spent the past 45 years 'on task', New Zealand's best-known geologist Hamish Campbell.

$25.00 – $35.00

Curator’s Talk: Rockpools: Life in the Most Extreme Environment on Earth

What is the most extreme environment on the planet? It probably isn’t where you think! Rockpools are places of extreme and rapid changes in temperature, where the living environment can completely change with a single wave!  Join Te Papa Natural History Assistant Curator Andrew Stewart at our Tory Street Facility, as we explore these fascinating, beautiful and unique places, hear about some of the fishes that live there, their endemism and evolution. 

$25.00 – $30.00

Talk: Filling the Gap: 5 Years of Shorebird Surveys in North Korea

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

Join author and New Zealand Order of Merit recipient Keith Woodley as we hear about the work of Pūkorokoro Miranda Naturalists’ Trust conducting five years of shorebird surveys in reclusive North Korea, and the discovery of internationally important sites for shorebirds.  Each year thousands of shorebirds migrate between New Zealand and breeding grounds in Alaska and Siberia. The best known of these are bar-tailed godwits that make the longest non-stop flights of any land bird. Storing fat before they depart our shores in March, they then take a nonstop flight to tidal flats in the Yellow Sea region of China and Korea, where they stage for several weeks replenishing fuel reserves, before resuming the journey to the Alaskan tundra.

$25.00 – $30.00

Behind the Scenes: Te Papa Cyclone Gabrielle Response

Angus Room, L3 Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Join us for a rare opportunity to hear from Te Papa's National Services Head of Sector Victoria Esson and Head of Maturanga Maori Migoto Eria as they give us a moving firsthand account of Te Papa's response to taonga recovery in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle. Te Papa's National Services Te Paerangi offers outreach support to other […]

$25.00