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2025 media releases

  • Three people in green shirts and one person is in a black shirt. Two of them are holding another shirt that is yellow and orange.

    New Host uniform updates an icon of Te Papa

    Wed 30 Jul 2025

    From today, Te Papa Hosts will wear a new uniform, made of natural fibres and produced by New Zealand company Little Yellow Bird. The change is the latest evolution for the museum’s Hosts, who themselves are an icon of the Te Papa experience.

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  • Men and women singing and performing on a stage.

    Taikura Kapa Haka returns to Te Papa for Matariki

    Fri 27 Jun 2025

    This weekend, Te Papa will once again come alive with the wairua of over 600 kaumātua as Taikura Kapa Haka 2025 takes centre stage.

    This annual festival celebrating and showcasing kapa haka and kaumātua takes over Aotearoa New Zealand’s national museum on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 June.

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  • Two people are in a dark room looking at several small items of jewellery under a glass dome.

    Vivienne Westwood world-premiere wows audiences

    Thu 17 Apr 2025

    The world-premiere exhibition, Vivienne Westwood & Jewellery is in its final days at Te Papa and has welcomed over 38,000 visitors since opening in January.

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