Te Rautaki o Te Papa is Te Papa’s enduring strategy. It will guide our planning and decision-making processes, as well as the way we will work for years to come.
Our purpose
To understand and treasure the past, to enrich the present, and to meet the challenges of the future.
Our impact
Extraordinary experiences, new knowledge, and new connections.
Healing, reconciliation, and empowerment.
A thriving natural environment.
Our priorities
Hāpai ahurea
Transforming museum practice by centring Māori and communities in the care, understanding, and sharing of their taonga
Kia mārama ki te onamata, kia whai hua te inamata, kia tutuki ngā wero o te anamata.
Te pānga
Ngā wheako whakahirahira, ngā mātauranga hou, me ngā hononga hou.
Te whakaora, te houhanga rongo, me te whakakaha.
Te taiao tino ora.
Ngā kaupapa matua
Hāpai ahurea
Te whakawhanake i ngā tikanga whare taonga mā te whakarite ko te Māori me ngā hapori te poutokomanawa ki te manaaki me te mōhio ki ā rātou taonga, ki ō rātou mātauranga, me ā rātou kōrero.
Te hāpai i te mana o ngā ahurea me ngā hapori katoa.
Kia mārama ki te onamata, kia whai hua te inamata, kia tutuki ngā wero o te anamata.
Te pānga
Ngā wheako whakahirahira, ngā mātauranga hou, me ngā hononga hou.
Te whakaora, te houhanga rongo, me te whakakaha.
Te taiao tino ora.
Ngā kaupapa matua
Hāpai ahurea
Te whakawhanake i ngā tikanga whare taonga mā te whakarite ko te Māori me ngā hapori te poutokomanawa ki te manaaki me te mōhio ki ā rātou taonga, ki ō rātou mātauranga, me ā rātou kōrero.
Te hāpai i te mana o ngā ahurea me ngā hapori katoa.
Tūrangawaewae
Te tirotiro i tō tātou hononga ki a tātou anō, hei Tangata Whenua hei Tangata Tiriti hoki, i tēnei wāhi motuhake. Ko te tuku tūrangawaewae ki ngā tangata katoa me tētahi wheako ahurei o Aotearoa.
Te whakapakari i te rongomaiwhiti me te tuakiri o te iwi o Aotearoa.
Papatūānuku
Te torotoro i tō tātou hononga ki a Papatūānuku, ki tō tātou taiao.
Te whakamana i ngā tangata o Aotearoa ki te manaaki, ki te tiaki, ki te whakaora i te taiao me te kanorau koiora o Aotearoa.
Te whakakitenga
He whare taonga tumu Tiriti, kei reira te whakapūmautanga o te katoa ki te Tiriti o Waitangi ā, ka whakamahia e te Māori te tino rangatiratanga.
Tirohia te Pūrongo ā-Tau me ētahi atu tuhinga matua e pā ana ki ngā Pūrongo ā-tau a Te Papa, arā, ko ngā Tauāki Whakapuaki i ngā Whakamaunga atu me ngā Tauāki Whakapuaki i ngā Whāinga kua Whakaritea.