Te Papa enjoys mutually rewarding relationships with a range of partners, including government agencies, iwiiwi tribes, businesses, and other public and private organisations.

Become a partner

Te Papa is New Zealand’s national museum, renowned for being bicultural, scholarly, innovative and fun.  At Te Papa we love to work with likeminded individuals and organisations that share our passion and commitment to delivering world class exhibitions and innovative experiences.

We have a flexible approach to creating strong and enduring partnerships and work with a wide range of businesses. We create collaborative partnerships which integrate our sponsors goods and services and give visitors something they will remember. Prestigious and diverse partnership opportunities include our major exhibitions, international and national touring exhibitions, education programmes, live events, galleries and installations. We would love the opportunity to discuss how a partnership with Te Papa could work for you too.

Official Partner Opportunities

We realise that each company has differing strategic objectives and target markets and want to work with you to create a tailored package of benefits to deliver a valuable return on investment.

• Stand out from the crowd by aligning your brand with one of the world’s most prestigious institutions
• Target key audiences through innovative marketing and promotional campaigns
• Gain extensive brand visibility and credits through Te Papa’s advertising, marketing and public relations activity
• Benefit from exclusive entertainment access to the Museums galleries and spaces
• Build client and employee relationships and loyalty through exclusive partnership benefits including complimentary tickets to exhibitions, guided exhibition, gallery and behind the scenes tours
• Receive VIP invitations to opening functions and much more.

To discuss partnership opportunities with Te Papa in more detail, please contact:

Ian Crowe, Director Commercial
Email: Ian.Crowe@tepapa.govt.nz

Our partners

Current partners

Te Papa thanks the people of New Zealand and many organisations, iwi and individuals for their generous support. Te Papa’s primary funding is from the New Zealand Government via the Ministry of Culture and Heritage. We also value the support of the following organisations:

Principal funder
Founding partner and destination partner
Founding corporate partner
Founding research partner

Education and public programme partners

Matariki Wellington
Iwi development partner
Gallipoli: The scale of our war primary education programme for low-decile schools
Earthquake Encounters education programme
Cultural partner
Innovation partner, Hīnātore | Learning Lab

Temporary exhibition partners

Gallipoli: The scale of our war
Exhibition made possible by the generous support of
A creative partnership between Te Papa and Weta Workshop
Projector partner
Poppies
Travel partner
Airline partner
Te Papa acknowledges the contribution of
Ko Rongowhakaata: The Story of Light and Shadow
Iwi in residence	Rongowhakaata
Iwi development partner
Media partner
Flooring partner
Paint partner

Our membership programme

Friends of Te Papa

Founding donors

Iwi partnerships