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 most aspects of museum practice.
We provide training workshops for people volunteering and working in museums in New Zealand. We also hold marae-based workshops for iwi.
A programme that offers internships to recent graduates of museum studies.
A programme that places skilled New Zealand museum personnel from larger museums into smaller, less well-resourced New Zealand museums to enable growth and development throughout the sector.
*The term museum includes: museums, art galleries, whare taonga, tribal museums, cultural centres, historic places, science centres, interpretive centres, and exhibition centres. They usually carry out a range of functions, which include but are not confined to the care of collections, public programmes including exhibitions, education, and community relationships.