Talking Fashion 

Explore the relationship between design and art in some of America’s major museums, with Justine Olsen, Curator of Decorative Art and Design.

Experience African culture through this vibrant mix of music, dance, and stunning traditional and contemporary fashion.

Here’s your chance to view Te Papa’s treasures through the eyes of a curator, as they discuss their personal favourites from the National Collection. 

Join us for a Friday or Saturday lunchtime concert by Catherine McKay, who plays Michael Parekowhai’s carved grand piano, He kōrero.

Get ready for the opening of Warhol: Immortal next week!

Join us for a Friday or Saturday lunchtime concert by Catherine McKay, who plays Michael Parekowhai’s carved grand piano, He kōrero.

Get ready for the opening of Warhol: Immortal next week!

Celebrate Samoan Language Week with an exclusive look at some of the treasures in Te Papa’s Samoan collection.

Enjoy this free screening of the documentary Partners in Crime, which explores the complex nature of copyright in the age of free downloads.

Here’s your chance to view Te Papa’s treasures through the eyes of a curator, as they discuss their personal favourites from the National Collection. 

Join us for a Friday or Saturday lunchtime concert by Catherine McKay, who plays Michael Parekowhai’s carved grand piano, He kōrero.

Join us for a Friday or Saturday lunchtime concert by Catherine McKay, who plays Michael Parekowhai’s carved grand piano, He kōrero.

Join curator Sarah Farrar for a fascinating introduction to the work of Andy Warhol – the pop art icon who features in our latest major exhibition, Warhol: Immortal. 

Join curator Sarah Farrar for a fascinating introduction to the work of Andy Warhol – the pop art icon who features in our latest major exhibition, Warhol: Immortal. 

 What’s the threat of bird flu in New Zealand this winter? Dispel the myths, and get the facts from expert virologist Dr Sue Huang.

Here’s your chance to view Te Papa’s treasures through the eyes of a curator, as they discuss their personal favourites from the National Collection. 

Join us for a Friday or Saturday lunchtime concert by Catherine McKay, who plays Michael Parekowhai’s carved grand piano, He kōrero.

 What’s the threat of bird flu in New Zealand this winter? Dispel the myths, and get the facts from expert virologist Dr Sue Huang.

Join us for a Friday or Saturday lunchtime concert by Catherine McKay, who plays Michael Parekowhai’s carved grand piano, He kōrero.

 What’s the threat of bird flu in New Zealand this winter? Dispel the myths, and get the facts from expert virologist Dr Sue Huang.

Join curator Sarah Farrar for a fascinating introduction to the work of Andy Warhol – the pop art icon who features in our latest major exhibition, Warhol: Immortal. 

Join writer and industrial designer Michael Smythe in the second instalment of our Talking Design series: Did New Zealand ever do post-modernism – or is modernism still evolving here?

Enjoy performances by seven rising female stars – and award winners – in Māori and Pacific music.

Join us for a Friday or Saturday lunchtime concert by Catherine McKay, who plays Michael Parekowhai’s carved grand piano, He kōrero.

Celebrate Matariki (Māori New Year) with stellar music and dance.

Join us for a Friday or Saturday lunchtime concert by Catherine McKay, who plays Michael Parekowhai’s carved grand piano, He kōrero.

Professor Terry Speed, 2013 Royal Society of New Zealand Distinguished Speaker, discusses the world of epigenomes, the next frontier of DNA research.

Enjoy performances by seven rising male stars – and award winners – in Māori and Pacific music.

Join us for a Friday or Saturday lunchtime concert by Catherine McKay, who plays Michael Parekowhai’s carved grand piano, He kōrero.

Join us for a Friday or Saturday lunchtime concert by Catherine McKay, who plays Michael Parekowhai’s carved grand piano, He kōrero.

This year’s Billy T Award nominees brave the stage for an afternoon of knee-slapping comedy.

Join us for a Friday or Saturday lunchtime concert by Catherine McKay, who plays Michael Parekowhai’s carved grand piano, He kōrero.

Get swept up in a joyful two-day celebration of haka and waiata, performed by Aotearoa New Zealand’s most experienced and revered Māori entertainers.

Join us for a Friday or Saturday lunchtime concert by Catherine McKay, who plays Michael Parekowhai’s carved grand piano, He kōrero.

Get swept up in a joyful two-day celebration of haka and waiata, performed by Aotearoa New Zealand’s most experienced and revered Māori entertainers.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.

Roll up, roll up! This year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is again bringing the best of world cinema straight to Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.