• Sāmoan language activity book pages
    Sāmoan language activity book

    Sāmoan language activity book

    Celebrate Sāmoan Language Week, 27 May – 2 Jun, by learning Sāmoan words through simple activities that kids love – word searches, colouring pages, and stories.

    Education resource

  • A man stands in front of a picture of the night sky
    Watch: How to find the Matariki star cluster

    Watch: How to find the Matariki star cluster

    Educator Martin Langdon shows us how to find the Matariki star cluster during the Māori New Year, which falls in the month of Pipiri (June–July).

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    Talks: Science for Lunch

    Talks: Science for Lunch

    From deep-sea creatures to earthquake hazards, hear about the latest scientific discoveries in and around Aotearoa, straight from the experts.

    Wed 23 May – Wed 27 Jun 2018, 12.15pm–1.30pm

    Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake

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    Audio guide – Kaleidoscope: Abstract Aotearoa

    Audio guide – Kaleidoscope: Abstract Aotearoa

    What do a scientist, an art curator, or a musician see when they look at abstract art?

More from Te Papa Ētahi kaupapa anō

  • Fossilised bone specimens in a variety of different boxes
    Cigarette packets and chocolate boxes: How we used to store our collections

    Cigarette packets and chocolate boxes: How we used to store our collections

    Would you be surprised to see natural history specimens stored in colourful vintage cigarette packets? Curator Alan Tennyson and conservator Robert Clendon shed light on past museum practice.

    Te Papa Blog

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    Lisa Walker, New Zealand’s jeweller provocateur

    Lisa Walker, New Zealand’s jeweller provocateur

    It’s 30 years since Lisa Walker set off on her journey in jewellery. Te Papa marks this achievement with the survey exhibition Lisa Walker: I want to go to my bedroom but I can’t be bothered.

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    Māori kakahu (cloaks): When is a korowai not a korowai?

    Māori kakahu (cloaks): When is a korowai not a korowai?

    There have been many conversations circulating in the media about Jacinda Ardern wearing a kakahu (cloak) at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Kaitiaki Māori Collection Manager Mark Sykes explains the differences between kahu huruhuru, kahu kiwi, kahu kuri, and korowai.

  • Cover of the Matariki activity book
    Matariki activity book

    Matariki activity book

    Learn about Matariki through fun kids' activities. Featuring word searches, colouring pages, games, and stories.

Discover the collections Tūhuratia ngā kohinga

  • Photograph of Ākenehi Pātoka in the 1870s
    Te ao Māori: The synergy between women and the land

    Te ao Māori: The synergy between women and the land

    'If we are to discuss the importance of wāhine, we are also discussing the importance of whenua.' Iwi development manager Migoto Eria looks at the synergy between women and the land.

  • Play School at the Teddy Bears Picnic
    Theresa Healey and the Play School toys

    Theresa Healey and the Play School toys

    Play School host Theresa Healey and history curator Kirstie Ross discuss the toys that belonged to us all... Humpty, Jemima, Big Ted, Little Ted, and of course New Zealand's own Manu.

  • A black and white photograph of a Maori man in a cloak having a tā moko chiseled onto his face
    Tā moko | Māori tattoos: history, practice, and meanings

    Tā moko | Māori tattoos: history, practice, and meanings

    Discover the history and practice of tā moko, and find out why the lines of a moko carved in skin represent much more than a tattoo.

  • A man works on one of the giant model's faces.
    Behind the scenes of Gallipoli

    Behind the scenes of Gallipoli

    Watch as Weta Workshop and Te Papa combine the worlds of movies, model-making, and museums to create an exhibition like no other.

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    Collections Online

    Collections Online

    Browse 800,000 artworks, taonga, photographs, collection objects, and botanical and zoological specimens from Te Papa’s collections.

    Collections Online

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    Highlights from the Pacific Cultures Collection

    Highlights from the Pacific Cultures Collection

    The Pacific Collection has been shaped by changing institutional and curatorial priorities. The nucleus of the collection is a small but important group of items acquired by the Colonial Museum in the 19th century.

    Collections Online

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    Natural Environment at Te Papa

    Natural Environment at Te Papa

    With more than one million collection lots, this is the largest, most comprehensive collection of New Zealand fauna and flora, with most major taxonomic groups of plants and animals in our biota represented.

    Collections Online

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    Art and Photography at Te Papa

    Art and Photography at Te Papa

    Browse our online collection of watercolours, drawings, photographs, and sculptures, spanning landscapes, portraits, and abstract pieces from New Zealand and around the world.

    Collections Online

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