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2021 media releases

  • A woman with a top-knot is standing in front of a painting of a woman
    Te Papa displays iconic Rita Angus works in landmark exhibition

    Te Papa displays iconic Rita Angus works in landmark exhibition

    Fri 17 Dec 2021

    Te Papa’s summer exhibition Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist | He Ringatoi Hou o Aotearoa opens to the public on Saturday 18 December, bringing together more than 70 works by one of Aotearoa’s most iconic 20th-century artists, Rita Angus (1908-1970).

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  • Five students stand holding two large posters
    Te Papa marketing campaign developed by Taita College Students

    Te Papa marketing campaign developed by Taita College Students

    Wed 24 Nov 2021

    Eight students from Taita College have created an advertising campaign promoting Te Papa’s Collections Online.

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  • Low shot of Te Papa from the harbour, which dominates the bottom half of the image, with a boat on the right-hand side
    Te Papa to require vaccination for visitors, proposes vaccination requirement for staff

    Te Papa to require vaccination for visitors, proposes vaccination requirement for staff

    Mon 22 Nov 2021

    Te Papa will require its visitors be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

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  • Painting of a rural scene. There are tall mountains and a lake in the distance, with a river running towards a town in the foreground
    Landmark Rita Angus exhibition to open at Te Papa December 18

    Landmark Rita Angus exhibition to open at Te Papa December 18

    Wed 17 Nov 2021

    Te Papa’s summer exhibition Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist | He Ringatoi Hou o Aotearoa opens to the public on Saturday 18 December and runs until 25 April 2022.

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  • Front covers of Whiti: Colossal Squid of the Deep and Lost Gold books
    Two Te Papa Press books win prestigious Whitley Awards for zoological literature

    Two Te Papa Press books win prestigious Whitley Awards for zoological literature

    Mon 15 Nov 2021

    Two books have won Te Papa Press authors and their collaborators accolades from the prestigious Whitley Awards for zoological literature.

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  • A group of young students work on a laptop
    Te Papa’s Raranga Matihiko programme in top 100 global education innovations

    Te Papa’s Raranga Matihiko programme in top 100 global education innovations

    Thu 4 Nov 2021

    Education programme Raranga Matihiko | Weaving Digital Futures which is led by Te Papa, has been recognised as one of the top 100 global education innovations by HundrED.Org – an international not-for-profit organisation, which promotes innovations in education.

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  • Visitors at Gallipoli: The scale of our war, 2015. Photograph by Michael Hall. Te Papa
    Te Papa extends Gallipoli exhibition to Anzac Day 2025

    Te Papa extends Gallipoli exhibition to Anzac Day 2025

    Fri 29 Oct 2021

    Te Papa announced today that its ground-breaking exhibition Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War will remain at the museum and will not close before Anzac Day, 25 April 2025.

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  • The exterior of an oddly shaped building with a lot of different wall angles.
    Te Papa will re-open to the public on Thursday 9 September

    Te Papa will re-open to the public on Thursday 9 September

    Wed 8 Sep 2021

    Te Papa’s co-leaders, Tumu Whakarae | Chief Executive Courtney Johnston and Kaihautū | Māori Co-leader Arapata Hakiwai, are looking forward to welcoming people back to Te Papa.

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  • View of Te Papa building from the side, on a sunny day, showing the green trees of Bush City behind it and people sitting in the marina in front
    Te Papa back to normal after evacuation

    Te Papa back to normal after evacuation

    Thu 29 Jul 2021

    Te Papa will be open as usual tomorrow Friday 30 July after a building evacuation today.

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  • A dispenser for hand sanitiser stands in the entrance foyer of Te Papa
    Te Papa to re-open on Tuesday 29 June after six day closure

    Te Papa to re-open on Tuesday 29 June after six day closure

    Mon 28 Jun 2021

    Te Papa will re-open to the public at 10am on Tuesday 29 June and be open with its regular hours of 10am to 6pm, seven days a week.

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  • A woman signs into Te Papa
    Te Papa closes after becoming a location of interest for Covid-19

    Te Papa closes after becoming a location of interest for Covid-19

    Wed 23 Jun 2021

    Te Papa is closed to the public today to protect the public from the risk of Covid-19.

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  • A girl looks at a plant being given to her
    Te Papa celebrates Matariki with a special focus on te taiao

    Te Papa celebrates Matariki with a special focus on te taiao

    Tue 22 Jun 2021

    Matariki at Te Papa is dedicated to remembering the past, celebrating the present and planning for the future.

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  • A man and a woman, smiling, look beyond the camera with their backs to a mirror. The mirror showing what we see, an impossible view of them looking in the same direction
    Iconic European masterpieces on display at Te Papa’s Surrealist Art exhibition

    Iconic European masterpieces on display at Te Papa’s Surrealist Art exhibition

    Wed 9 Jun 2021

    Te Papa’s winter exhibition Surrealist Art: Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen | He Toi Pohewa: He Toi Marupō o Muhiama o Boijmans Van Beuningen opens to the public on Saturday 12 June and runs until 31 October 2021.

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  • A hand-stitched feather pelerine with a detachable collar, using pheasant feathers
    Te Papa presents Feathermania: Fashion to die for

    Te Papa presents Feathermania: Fashion to die for

    Mon 31 May 2021

    Te Papa’s Feathermania: Fashion to die for | Te mate huruhuru: He kahu matemate opens to the public on Saturday 26 June and runs until April 2022.

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  • A man and a woman, smiling, look beyond the camera with their backs to a mirror. The mirror showing what we see, an impossible view of them looking in the same direction
    World famous collection of Surrealism coming to Te Papa

    World famous collection of Surrealism coming to Te Papa

    Thu 25 Mar 2021

    A unique, world famous collection of Surrealist art is coming to Te Papa this winter.

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    Rita Angus exhibition to open at Te Papa in December

    Rita Angus exhibition to open at Te Papa in December

    Mon 22 Mar 2021

    Around 70 works by one of New Zealand’s most important 20th-century artists, Rita Angus (1908–1970), will be exhibited at Te Papa in December this year.

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