Our members give Te Papa real support, both financially and by raising awareness of Te Papa, its collections, and staff.
Through the Gifting Programme, the Friends have given gifts to the collection which include jewellery Bone Stone Shell and works by artists Colin McCahon, Frances Hodgkins and Gordon Walters.
Read all about the collection items gifted by the Friends to the museum
Below is a chronological list:
1981 Piet Mondrian Haystack c1898 (contributed towards purchase)
1983 Colin McCahon French Bay 1956
Raymond McIntyre Girl in a peasant blouse c1923
1984 Michael Smither Big Occity 1970
Richard Killeen Social Document 1984
1987 Toss Woollaston Above Wellington 1986
1988 Frances Hodgkins Jug of Flowers c1929
1989 Muka Portfolio New Zealand 1990 (Sesqui-centennial gift)
Philippa Blair Aeroplane angel 1989
Gavin Chilcott Opiated wine jars and heart pot 1989
Jenny Dolezel Love picture 1990
Robert Ellis Kuparu 1989
Fatu Feu’u Pale auro 1989
Dick Frizzell Just outside Taumarunui 1989
Pat Hanly Butterfly vacation 1989
Christine Hellyar Germinal 1990
Ralph Hotere A Union Jack? 1990
Robyn Kahukiwa Waitangi 1990
Para Matchitt Taumatakahawai 1990
Mary McIntyre Moa Summer I 1989-1990
Richard McWhannell Untitled Not stated
Selwyn Muru Tuupuna o te Whenua 1990
John Reynolds Blind Prophet 1990
Kura Te Waru Rewiri Whakapapa 1989
Barbara Tuck Repetitions 1990
Denys Watkins Parkinson’s study Not Stated
Ruth Watson An introduction to gaming 1989
Jane Zusters Stepping off the planet (for Marcus) 1990
1991 Gordon Walters Poet 1947
Gordon Walters New Zealand Landscape 1947
Philip Clairmont Lampshade 1971
1993 Bone Stone Shell (42 items)
1996 Framing of Muka Print Portfolio
1998 Jacqueline Fraser Te Ara a Hine 1998 (Gift to commemorate the opening of Te Papa)
2005 Lyndsay Patterson Assemblage from his ‘Token' Series c2004
2006 Rata Lovell-Smith Spring in the foothills c1935.
2007 Winning garments from Westfield Style Pasifika 2006
- Corrine Te Whata Sunday Best aka Desperate Housewives 2007
- James Feuii, dress Bambi goes to Siva 2007
2009 Humphrey Ikin lectern 2009 (10th birthday commemorative gift)
2009 Lewis Gardiner Waitaiki 2009