• Sāmoan language activity book pages
    Sāmoan language activity book

    Sāmoan language activity book

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

    Education resource

  • A guided tour happening in front of lots of paintings
    Guided tours

    Guided tours

    Join a group or private tour – our friendly and knowledgeable Hosts will bring the stories of New Zealand’s places and people to life.

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    Gallipoli: The scale of our war

    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.

    On now
    Closing Apr 2022

    Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

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    Te Taiao | Nature After Dark

    Te Taiao | Nature After Dark

    Celebrate the return of our natural history zone! Te Taiao | Nature comes alive after dark with talks and tours, music, live science, art-making, food, and drink.

    Fri 7 Jun 2019, 7.30pm–11.00pm

    Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake

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    Matariki: The Māori New Year

    Matariki: The Māori New Year

    Matariki is a time to gather with family and friends to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and plan for the future.

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    What would Māui do? Playing with tough topics in Te Taiao | Nature

    What would Māui do? Playing with tough topics in Te Taiao | Nature

    Experience Developers Jen Craddock and Ralph Upton explain how the Te Taiao | Nature exhibition team used mischief-maker Māui as their guide and inspiration.

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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

  • Foyer set for a banquet
    Venues

    Venues

    Situated on Wellington’s waterfront, Te Papa has multiple conference, convention, and meeting spaces. We can offer dedicated Function Coordinators, quality catering, and AV equipment. Weddings and school balls are also available.

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  • Photograph of moon, Great Melbourne Telescope, 1 September 1873, moon’s age 9.0 days, 1873, Melbourne, by Melbourne Observatory. Te Papa (O.000014)
    The Maramataka

    The Maramataka

    The Māori calendar begins in June with the reappearance of the Matariki star cluster signalling the New Year. Learn the names of the months and nights in the traditional Maramataka.

  • 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 what's important during Matariki.

    Education resource

  • Photograph of a colossal squid
    Colossal squid

    Colossal squid

    All you’d want to know about the colossal squid – from its anatomy, to how it was found.

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    Watch: How to care for your taonga

    Watch: How to care for your taonga

    It’s easy to look after your taonga properly. With a little guidance and the right materials, your taonga should last forever.

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    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.

  • Illustration of a tattooed Māori chief 1784
    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.

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    Te Papa acquires extremely rare historical painting from Captain Cook’s 1772-75 Pacific voyage

    Te Papa acquires extremely rare historical painting from Captain Cook’s 1772-75 Pacific voyage

    Mon 20 May 2019

    Te Papa announced today it has purchased William Hodges’ ‘Waterfall in Dusky Bay with Maori canoe’ for New Zealand’s national art collection.

    Press release He pānui papāho

  • Black and white photograph of a camp beside a lake
    Burton Brothers Studio photographs

    Burton Brothers Studio photographs

    Browse through over five thousand historical photographs by Burton Brothers studio.

    Collections Online

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