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Thu 15 Dec 2022
A major new commission by acclaimed New Zealand artists Mataaho Collective will open at Te Papa on Sunday 18 December, alongside five of the collective’s existing artworks, shown together for the first time.
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Thu 8 Dec 2022
Recently-acquired works by New Zealand artists Dane Mitchell and Kate Newby will be shown side-by-side in Toi Art at Te Papa.
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Tue 1 Nov 2022
Friends enjoy benefits and discounts including invitations to previews and private viewings.
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Thu 6 Oct 2022
A new exhibition opening at Te Papa on Saturday 8 October explores how artists past and present have expressed their relationships with the land in Aotearoa.
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Mon 3 Oct 2022
This morning, Te Papa welcomed home Māori and Moriori ancestral remains, repatriated from the Natural History Museum, Vienna. A repatriation pōwhiri marked the return of these ancestors.
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Tue 27 Sep 2022
On Sunday 2 October, Te Papa will welcome home Māori and Moriori ancestral remains being repatriated from the Natural History Museum, Vienna.
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Mon 19 Sep 2022
Te Papa has acquired two paintings at an auction of one of the country’s most important private art collections.
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Fri 8 Jul 2022
This morning, Te Papa welcomed 111 Kōimi T’chakat Moriori (Moriori skeletal remains) and 2 Māori ancestral remains with a hokomaurahiri (repatriation ceremony).
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Tue 5 Jul 2022
Te Papa will welcome 111 Kōimi T’chakat Moriori (Moriori skeletal remains) and 2 Māori ancestral remains when they are repatriated to Aotearoa New Zealand this week.
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Fri 24 Jun 2022
Te Papa hosted a globally significant milestone today with the launch of the country’s first public holiday that acknowledges mātauranga Māori | indigenous knowledge.
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Fri 10 Jun 2022
Ka tū te whakarewanga ake o te hararei ā-motu tuatahi o Matariki ki Te Papa i te atapō o te Rāmere te 24 o Pipiri.
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Fri 10 Jun 2022
Te Papa will host the official launch of Matariki as a public holiday at a pre-dawn ceremony on Friday 24 June.
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Fri 3 Jun 2022
Te Papa and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki are delighted to open the retrospective exhibition of contemporary Aotearoa artist Dame Robin White (b.1946, Ngāti Awa, Pāhekā) on Saturday 4 June.
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Mon 23 May 2022
A new installation by Australian artist Mikala Dwyer has opened in Te Papa’s two-storey threshold gallery.
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Thu 19 May 2022
Te Papa has been allocated $42.9 million in Budget 2022 to create a new storage and research facility that will house part of New Zealand’s natural history collection.
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Tue 5 Apr 2022
In 2022, Te Papa and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki will come together to jointly present a retrospective exhibition of contemporary Aotearoa artist Dame Robin White (b.1946, Ngāti Awa, Pāhekā).
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Thu 10 Mar 2022
One of the richest fossil sites in New Zealand has revealed a new species of large, extinct, duck.
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Tue 22 Feb 2022
Te Papa has acquired a unique collection of rugby jerseys and memorabilia, including a rare jersey from the 1905 ‘Originals’ team.
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