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Workshop: Adornment and Identity

Toi Art, Level 4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

To continue celebrating Te Papa’s awe-inspiring Vivienne Westood & Jewellery exhibition, Museum Education Specialist Laura Jones will lead us through a fun and engaging session to explore identity through adornment.

$30.00 – $35.00

Day Trip: War in the Wellington Landscape

Join New Zealand's best-known historian, Jock Phillips for a special day trip around Wellington's war memorials. This guided tour is intended to highlight the visible evidence of the substantial impact of war on the Wellington region. The tour will begin with a visit to the major sites of war in the Hutt Valley from 1846, […]

$150.00

Reading Group: 17 April 2025 – Cancelled

Reading Room, Mezzanine, L4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Our Reading Group takes place on the third and fourth Thursday of the month. Thursday 17 April: This Reading Group is CANCELLED.

Free

Reading Group 24 April 2025: Whiti – Colossal Squid of the Deep

Reading Room, Mezzanine, L4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Our Reading Group takes place on the third and fourth Thursday of the month. Thursday 24 April: Whiti: Colossal Squid of the Deep - By Victoria Cleal, illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White. Especially for the school holidays, bring along your children and grandchildren and dive into the mysterious world of the Colossal Squid, joined by author […]

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Hills Hats Tour – 30 April

**SOLD OUT** Join us for an exclusive tour of Hills Hats, a Wellington institution since 1875, personally guided by Rosie Smuts-Kennedy, and a unique opportunity to be fitted for your own hat! Our tour will start with a brief introduction of Hills hats, established in 1875 and its history. We'll then see and learn about […]

Sold Out $20.00 – $25.00

What Lies Beneath – Archaeological Walk

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Mary O’Keeffe is a professional archaeologist who has been lurking about digging around under Wellington for about 30 years.  In this walk and talk she’ll take you to some of the inner-city sites she’s worked on, tell the stories of the sites, and talk about what this archaeological data can tell us about the development […]

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Hills Hats Tour – 7 May

Join us for an exclusive tour of Hills Hats, a Wellington institution since 1875, personally guided by Rosie Smuts-Kennedy, and a unique opportunity to be fitted for your own hat! Our tour will start with a brief introduction of Hills hats, and its history. We'll then see and learn about the creative process from cutting, […]

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Japan’s National Parks, Art and Culture Tour

14 – 29 May 2025 Heritage Expeditions, pioneers in authentic small ship expedition cruising, invite you to join them on an unforgettable circumnavigation of Japan’s main island Honshu and exploration of its wilderness, arts, culture and rich history with special guest and renowned multi-disciplinary artist, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit and New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate Lisa Reihana. Currently offering a 15% discount until 28 February.  This voyage has been specially designed to explore and experience Japan’s seamless blend of ancient customs with ultramodern living, incredible wilderness, wildlife and renowned arts as we cruise from iconic cities to remote coastlines and islands.

A Waikato Pilgrimage

5-8 June 2025 This tour offers an insight into the role of the church and the early settlement of the Waikato region. Led by Sir David Moxon; a former Archbishop of the Anglican Church of New Zealand and Anglican representative to the Roman Catholic Church in Rome between 2013-2017. David is well qualified to share […]

Australia Top End Adventure

1 – 11 August 2025
Immerse yourself in Aboriginal culture and learn from indigenous guides about ancient rock art and their way of life and
experience the remote natural beauty of the “Top End” of Australia.

Starting and ending in Darwin, a city rich in Aboriginal Art and culture, this tour will take you deep into the vast wilderness of Arnhemland, defined by rocky escarpments, gorges, rivers and waterfalls. You will be staying 2 nights at a Safari Lodge at Mt Borradaile, a registered sacred site to explore rock shelters with stunning rock art, savannah woodlands, pristine waterways and observe wildlife, before heading to the World Heritage listed Kakadu National Park. Here you will experience a guided tour through Ubirr Aboriginal rock art and a cruise on Yellow Water, a tranquil wetland which is home to a diversity of flora and fauna. Then the tour will take you to Katherine for a visit of Nitmiluk Cultural Center and to experience the Nabilil Dreaming Sunset cruise. Discover the stories of the Jawoyn people against the magnificent backdrop of Nitmiluk Gorge. You will also visit Cutta Cutta Caves and Edith Falls before returning back to Darwin. Another highlight of this tour is a visit to Tiwi Islands, meet and engage with an aboriginal community famous for their traditional lifestyle, stunning artwork, vibrant fabrics and textiles. This amazing tour also includes a full day trip from Darwin to Lichtfield National Park, an area of jaw dropping beauty, spectacular water falls and enormous Magnetic Termite mounds. An historic walking tour of Darwin on the last day concludes this tour.
Are you ready for your Top End Adventure?