Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Mānawatia a Matariki

Celebrate our national holiday! Visit Te Papa’s walk-through experience and discover why Matariki is unique. Journey through three interactive gateways to remember, celebrate, and hope.

Mataaho Collective: Te Puni Aroaro

Experience the ground-breaking artworks of Mataaho Collective – four wāhine Māori artists who have worked together for the last decade.

He Kaupapa Waka

See powerful photos of the waka fleet that gathered on Waitangi Day in 2020 to commemorate the 80-year anniversary of the 1940 launch of Ngātokimatawhāorua – named after the ancestral waka that made the voyage from Hawaiki to Aotearoa.

Hiahia Whenua | Landscape and Desire

This exhibition explores the different ways that artists in Aotearoa have expressed their relationship to the land – to the places we live in.

Ko tēnei whakaaturanga e tūhura ana i ngā āhuatanga rerekē o ngā ringatoi o Aotearoa ki te whakaatu i ō rātou hononga ki te whenua – ki ngā wāhi e noho nei tātou.

Tangata o le Moana: The story of Pacific people in New Zealand

Celebrate the culture and history of the Pacific. Tangata o le Moana tells the story of Pacific people, past and present.

Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War

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.