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Events in week starting Tuesday 4 December 2012

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4 December 2012

  • Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    During December and January, Te Papa will be accepting donations of food for Wellington’s Soup Kitchen.

5 December 2012

  •  </p> <br><p><span><span>Gingerbread house. Photograph by Barbara Rolek, courtesy of About.com</span></span>
    Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    Watch Te Papa chef Bernd Lippmann and his helpers construct the biggest gingerbread house ever baked in Wellington.

  • Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    During December and January, Te Papa will be accepting donations of food for Wellington’s Soup Kitchen.

6 December 2012

  • Eyelights Gallery, Level 4  | 12.15pm–12.45pm | Free entry

    Join curator Puawai Cairns for a floortalk about the Māori content in the Uniformity exhibition, including newly acquired items from Sir Jerry Mateparae, Brian Tamaki, and Tame Iti.

  •  </p> <br><p><span><span>Gingerbread house. Photograph by Barbara Rolek, courtesy of About.com</span></span>
    Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    Watch Te Papa chef Bernd Lippmann and his helpers construct the biggest gingerbread house ever baked in Wellington.

  • Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    During December and January, Te Papa will be accepting donations of food for Wellington’s Soup Kitchen.

  • The Marae, Level 4  | 7pm–8.30pm | Free entry

    Artists Karlo Mila, Teresia Teaiwa, and James Nokise share their responses to the Tangata o le Moana exhibition. This event honours the 50th anniversary of the Pacific History Association.

7 December 2012

  •    <br><p><span lang=EN-AU>Chest, circa 1700, England. Maker unknown. </span><span lang=EN-AU>Bequest of Mrs E.G. Elgar, 1945. Te Papa</span></p>
    Angels & Aristocrats, Level 5  | 12.15pm–12.45pm | Free entry

    Curator Michael Fitzgerald tells the story of the exquisite furniture on display in Angels & Aristocrats.

  •  </p> <br><p><span><span>Gingerbread house. Photograph by Barbara Rolek, courtesy of About.com</span></span>
    Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    Watch Te Papa chef Bernd Lippmann and his helpers construct the biggest gingerbread house ever baked in Wellington.

  • Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    During December and January, Te Papa will be accepting donations of food for Wellington’s Soup Kitchen.

8 December 2012

  • Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | 10am–4pm | Free entry

    Learn more about St John Ambulance and the services they offer to your community.

  • The Marae, Level 4  | 12 noon–1pm | Free entry

    This performance features children from poorer neighbourhoods in the Hutt Valley and Auckland who’ve had the chance to learn the violin and cello. Hear these talented musicians in action.

  • NatureSpace, Level 2  | 11am–12 noon | Free entry

    Connect our land with East Asia by making an awesome mask.

  • Signs of a Nation, Level 4  | 1.30pm–2.45pm | Free entry

    Discover the role of emotions in how the brain works and learn some strategies to reduce emotional stress in this seminar with The Brain Clinic’s Pascal Saker.

  •  </p> <br><p><span><span>Gingerbread house. Photograph by Barbara Rolek, courtesy of About.com</span></span>
    Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    Watch Te Papa chef Bernd Lippmann and his helpers construct the biggest gingerbread house ever baked in Wellington.

  • Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    During December and January, Te Papa will be accepting donations of food for Wellington’s Soup Kitchen.

9 December 2012

  • Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | 10am–4pm | Free entry

    Learn more about St John Ambulance and the services they offer to your community.

  • NatureSpace, Level 2  | 11am–12 noon | Free entry

    Connect our land with East Asia by making an awesome mask.

  • The Marae, Level 4  | 2pm–3pm | Free entry

    Dancer and choreographer Saes Byeol Cha and musicians Rob Thorne and Lorenzo Bühne interweave sounds and movements from South Korea, Italy, and Aotearoa New Zealand.

  •  </p> <br><p><span><span>Gingerbread house. Photograph by Barbara Rolek, courtesy of About.com</span></span>
    Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    Watch Te Papa chef Bernd Lippmann and his helpers construct the biggest gingerbread house ever baked in Wellington.

  • Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    During December and January, Te Papa will be accepting donations of food for Wellington’s Soup Kitchen.

10 December 2012

  •  </p> <br><p><span><span>Gingerbread house. Photograph by Barbara Rolek, courtesy of About.com</span></span>
    Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    Watch Te Papa chef Bernd Lippmann and his helpers construct the biggest gingerbread house ever baked in Wellington.

  • Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    During December and January, Te Papa will be accepting donations of food for Wellington’s Soup Kitchen.

11 December 2012

  • Level 4 Espresso  | 11.30am–12 noon & 1pm–1.30pm | Free entry

    Octogenarian jazz pianist Bill Wollerman plays your favourite Christmas tunes at Te Papa. Come along, drink some tea, nibble some cake, and enjoy!





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