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Events Ngā kaupapa motuhake

Our exciting programme of ngā kaupapa motuhake

  ngā kaupapa motuhakeeventsMāori runs all year. Watch song and dance performances, join in with kids activities and cultural days, hear from our experts, and much more.

See our Friends of Te Papa events (non-members can still attend these events, but members get a discounted price).

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    Webinar Series: App Smashing for Beginners

    Multiply the possibilities of using digital tools in the classroom with this webinar series on smashing apps together.


    Weekly on Wednesdays, 27 Oct - 08 Dec at 3:30 pm

    Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake

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  • An oil painting of a pastoral scene and a small village next to a river

    Friends Talk: Rose Valland – Spy in the Museum

    Join us for our final lecture of 2021 when Judge Arthur Tompkins returns with another Art Crime tale – this time about Rose Valland is one of the great unsung heroes of the fight against art crime during World War II when she was a volunteer curator at the Louvre. At her death, she was the most decorated woman in French military history.


    Wed 8 Dec 2021, 5.30pm–7.00pm

    Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake

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    Teachers evening event: Lisa Reihana’s in Pursuit of Venus [infected]

    We are celebrating Lisa Reihana’s amazing artwork, in Pursuit of Venus [infected], at a special evening event for teachers – book in for insightful talks, Pacific taonga, and more!


    Thu 9 Dec 2021, 6.30pm–8.30pm

    Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake

  • three red burger buns with green lettuce appearing to be flying in a galaxy in space

    Space on a Plate: Destination Mars cosmic burger

    Saving Mars is bound to work up an appetite, so complete your ‘out of this world’ experience with our Cosmic burger. Complete with edible soil from Mars (probably) fries (from Earth) and finished with our glittering galaxy desert, this is a true inter-planetary experience.


    11 Dec 2021 – 20 Mar 2022

    Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake

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  • Close up of a hand taking a small cake from a plate

    Rita Angus: High Tea

    Our charming high teas are back, this time immersing you in an experience that is quintessentially Rita.


    11am & 2pm daily, 18 Dec 2021 – 25 Apr 2022

    Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake

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  • Lisa Reihana stands in front of the doors to Te Papa’s marae, made of blue glass with Māori motifs

    Artist talk: Lisa Reihana

    Around the world and back again. Hear artist Lisa Reihana talk about researching and creating her panoramic digital artwork ‘in Pursuit of Venus [infected]’. This talk will have an NZSL interpreter.


    Sat 26 Feb 2022, 2.00pm–3.30pm

    Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake