Please note: we will be closing early on Friday 24 (4:30pm) and Saturday 25 June (5pm).
Come celebrate Matariki with us! View our Mānawatia a Matariki programme
Please note: we will be closing early on Friday 24 (4:30pm) and Saturday 25 June (5pm).
Come celebrate Matariki with us! View our Mānawatia a Matariki programme
Open every day 10am—6pm (except Christmas Day)
Free entry for everyone Charges apply to some short-term exhibitions and activities
Matariki, the Māori New Year, has been a special occasion at Te Papa for over 20 years. On 24 Jun 2022, Matariki will become a new national holiday for Aotearoa – an amazing milestone in our history.
Explore our week-long programme of free, whānau-friendly events. Get to know the Matariki cluster, take time to reflect, celebrate, and look ahead to the future.
More than 50 works from across Dame Robin White’s 50-year career will form what the artist describes as a ‘family reunion’, bringing together works from 22 galleries and living rooms across the country.
See Lisa Reihana’s vast digital wallpaper for the first time in Aotearoa New Zealand since its showing at the 2017 Venice Biennale.
This ground-breaking exhibition tells the story of the Gallipoli campaign in World War I through the eyes and words of eight ordinary New Zealanders who found themselves in extraordinary circumstances.