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Curator’s talk: How to be a Deep-Sea Fish: Tips for Success in the Deep

Te Papa Tory Street 169 Tory Street, Wellington

**Sold Out**The way deep-sea animals are presented in the media, you would think they are trying to look horrible and scary just to upset us, but there are excellent evolutionary reasons for all the strange things about them. Once you get past all the media hype of monsters or alien-like appearances, life in the deep […]

$25.00 – $30.00

Research Vignettes from the Natural History Team

Te Taiao | Nature Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Te Papa's Natural History Team are at the forefront of New Zealand's science research - producing some 40 to 50 published research papers annually!  Join us for a unique opportunity to hear some of their latest research findings while seated in the Te Taiao | Nature exhibiton space on Level Two.  We will hear from four experts, covering a range of topics, before taking a guided look at the recently refreshed Science display in Te Taio. Following the talk, you are warmly invited to mingle with a glass of wine, get to know our Natural History Curators and ask any burning questions you may have.

$25.00 – $30.00

Friends Preview: Dinosaurs of Patagonia

Amokura Gallery, L4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

***All tickets allocated***See it first and see it free! Be the first to see Ngā Taniwha o Rūpapa | Dinosaurs of Patagonia presented by the Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio in Argentina. This exclusive preview is available to Friends of Te Papa members on Friday 15 December, while the exhibition will open to the public on […]

Free

A Special Friends Members Invitation – Ocean Census | NIWA Media Event

Michael Fowler Centre 111 Wakefield Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Friends of Te Papa is pleased to offer you a unique opportunity to join a media briefing event! Ocean Census, in conjunction with NIWA warmly invite you to join us at the Michael Fowler Centre at 10:00 am on Monday, 11 March to hear from the Te Papa science team that has made a series […]

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

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

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