Hello everyone, my name is Richard Dean and, following the AGM held on July 27th, I have assumed the role of President of the Friends of Te Papa, following in…
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Once a year, the Friends of Te Papa hold an Annual General Meeting. It’s a meeting for all of you to receive a report from the executive committee on what…
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This is a story about an artist. His name is Ken Hopper. No, not the famous Edward Hopper. No relation. We met Ken and his wife Nancy when they were…
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Ann Walker, one of your executive committee members, has been creating contacts with other New Zealand Friends organizations of which there are a very large number. This contact has been…
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Most people have a picture or two on the interior walls of their house. Hilda Ogden had her mural of the three ducks on the living room wall in her…
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This column has good news and bad news. First, it’s hard to fully comprehend, all the photos, videos and talk notwithstanding, what a massive disaster we have seen in our…
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It’s the school holidays and Te Papa opens at ten. There are already a few hundred parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents waiting with young people who will soon be back…
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May at least some of the encumberances of the last two years lift; families move a little more freely; grandchildren and children be visited or come to visit; parents celebrate…
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Public galleries which allow public access to viewing art works are quite recent.
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In the late 18th century German philosophers started thinking anew about what it means to belong to a nation. Language was one of the characteristics they hit on.
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