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Talk: Museum of the Everyday

Te Marae Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

At this one off event join Christine in discussion with Bronwyn Labrum, Head of New Zealand and Pacific Cultures at Te Papa, to journey through Christine’s collection, take a look at memorabilia from New Zealand’s golden era and explore ideas of collecting and preserving our nation’s history through two very different perspectives...

$22.50 – $30.00

Wonderland Wednesdays: A History of Animation

Te Marae Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Mariya Kalachova, Lead Animator at Weta, will take us through how animators have attempted to share the magic of Alice's story on the big screen throughout the ages. Why is this story, written in 1865, an undoubtedly bizarre and complicated tale, so extremely popular to adapt to film?

$35.00 – $50.00

Wonderland Wednesdays: Language & Ideas

Te Marae Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Join translator and academic Tom Roa to delve into the topic of translators as co-authors with original storytellers. Tom translated Alice's Adventures in Wonderland into Te Reo and faced some interesting challenges in the process.

$26.25 – $37.50

Tour: Day at Foxton

Foxton city , New Zealand

Join us for a special Friends tour to historic Foxton in the Horowhenua. We will travel from Wellington to visit the town’s exciting new museum and cultural complex, Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom, a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to telling the story of Foxton and its people.

$50.00 – $95.00

Talk: From Tip-Site to Flourishing Forest

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

Come and hear Friends President, Elizabeth Kay, describe how one small community group decided to take up the fight and what they have achieved in little more than a decade.

$15.00 – $20.00

Tour: Behind the Scenes, William Hodges in Toi Art

Tamatea Exhibition, Toi Art, L4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Join Art Historian, David Maskill and Rebecca Rice, Curator Historical NZ Art, for a close encounter with paintings and prints by William Hodges, artist on board Captain Cook’s second voyage to Aotearoa and the Pacific from 1772-75.

$30.00

Tour: Behind the Scenes, William Hodges in Toi Art ii

Tamatea exhibition, Toi Art, L4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Join Art Historian, David Maskill and Rebecca Rice, Curator Historical NZ Art, for a close encounter with paintings and prints by William Hodges, artist on board Captain Cook’s second voyage to Aotearoa and the Pacific from 1772-75.

$30.00

Tour: Behind the Scenes, William Hodges in Toi Art (iii)

Tamatea Exhibition, Toi Art, L4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Join Art Historian, David Maskill and Rebecca Rice, Curator Historical NZ Art, for a close encounter with paintings and prints by William Hodges, artist on board Captain Cook’s second voyage to Aotearoa and the Pacific from 1772-75. The tour will begin in the exhibition Tamatea: Legacies of encounter, which showcases Te Papa’s recent acquisition of Hodges

$30.00

Tour: Behind the Scenes, William Hodges in Toi Art (iv)

Tamatea Exhibition, Toi Art, L4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Join Art Historian, David Maskill and Rebecca Rice, Curator Historical NZ Art, for a close encounter with paintings and prints by William Hodges, artist on board Captain Cook’s second voyage to Aotearoa and the Pacific from 1772-75.

$30.00

Welcome Back to Toi Art!

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

As a celebration of the reopening of Te Papa we would like to welcome a small group of Friends to view 2 exhibitions in Toi Art on guided tours with our curators that you may not have got the chance to see before lockdown.

$15.00 – $25.00