Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Ngā Taniwha o Rūpapa | Dinosaurs of Patagonia

Meet the astonishing dinosaurs of Patagonia, South America – including Patagotitan, one of the most massive creatures ever to walk the planet. Opens 16 Dec.

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.

Hīnaki: Contemplation of a Form

This exhibition shows hīnaki (eel traps) with their sculptural dimensions and intricate designs, photographs from early museum expeditions, Māori relationships with two significant awa, and contemporary artworks related or responding to hīnaki.

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.