National Services Te Paerangi works in partnership with museums, galleries and iwi (tribes) in New Zealand, offering a range of practical and strategic programmes aimed at strengthening the sector.
Training and skill development
National Services Te Paerangi is committed to building the skills of everybody volunteering or working in museums and improving opportunities for professional development. Our services and programmes cover all aspects of museum practice, and we provide training at both regional and national levels.
Development Officer service
Our friendly Development Officers provide support to museums, art galleries and iwi to help them access the information and services they need, and to provide face-to-face support and advice on a variety of museum issues. This service is free.
New Zealand Museums Standards Scheme
The New Zealand Museums Standards Scheme helps you assess how your museum is currently doing, by reviewing your practices against a set of standards. You can see where you’re doing well, and identify areas you’d like to improve on.
Strategic Project Grants
Strategic Project Grants about thinking strategically and working collaboratively, and have been developed to support projects with long-term outcomes that benefit museums, galleries, iwi groups, their taonga, and their communities.
Helping Hands Grants
The Helping Hands Grants Programme is a new programme from National Services Te Paerangi that aims to help small museums carry out their responsibilities. These responsibilities may include:
- purchasing conservation materials
- contracting consultants
- accessing training or professional development opportunities.
- Helping Hands Grants
NZMuseums Website project
The NZMuseums website features nearly 400 New Zealand museums and related culture and heritage organisations. As well as being an online collection management system for small museums it is also a fantastic promotional tool for museums, and features what's on and news sections as well as a blog.
Museum Graduate Internship Programme
National Services Te Paerangi offers internships to recent graduates of museum studies as part of the Museum Graduate Internship Programme (MGIP). The internships are for up to three months to work on a specific project in a small, professionally staffed museum.
Expert Knowledge Exchange
The Expert Knowledge Exchange offers a museum, art gallery, iwi or other cultural organisation the opportunity to host an expert from another organisation. The exchange involves placements for intensive one-on-one advice or workshopping for the organisation and its staff.
TelstraClear Freephone 0508 NSTP HELP
In partnership with TelstraClear, National Services Te Paerangi provides a freephone helpline service - 0508 NSTP HELP. The first of its kind, the purpose of this service is to provide improved access to information and advice to museums beyond the Wellington region at no cost to the caller.