Find out which current and upcoming short-term and long-term exhibitions and events are on at Te Papa, what is coming soon, and access our helpful calendar.
- Events
Lists current events on at Te Papa and all upcoming events at Te Papa.
- Short-term exhibitions
Short-term exhibitions at Te Papa include Antarctic Heroes: The race to the South Pole, Judy Darragh: So...You Made It?, John Kinder's New Zealand, and Te Awa Tupua - the Whanganui Iwi Exhibition.
- Long-term exhibitions
Long-term exhibitions at Te Papa describe New Zealand's landscape, people, and culture. Long-term exhibitions include Awesome Forces, Te Marae, Mountains to Sea, Passports, Made in New Zealand, Mana Whenua, Mana Pasifika, Signs of a Nation | Ngä Tohu Kotahitanga, Bush City, Golden Days, On the Sheep's Back, and a number of stand-alone exhibits.
- Upcoming exhibitions
- Touring exhibitions
- Virtual highlights
A Virtual Highlights tour takes you on a tour of the highlights of Te Papa. Includes highlights of PlaNet Pasifika - Te Papa's Pacific Discovery Centre.
Find out who we are, what's on in the world of exhibitions and events, which services and facilities are available at Te Papa, and how you can easily go about organising visits to Te Papa.
- Access and maps
Find out how to get to Te Papa by bus, taxi, car, and from Wellington Airport - and helpful information on visiting New Zealand.
- Guided tours
Te Papa tour programmes led by skilled guides.
- First-time visitors
Information and highlights for people visiting Te Papa for the first time.
- Services and facilities
Find out about services and facilities at Te Papa including Te Papa Hosts, Parents' Rooms, Parking, Maps, Te Aka Matua Library and Information Centre, and Tai Awatea Knowledge Net - Te Papa's online database resource.
- Special access needs
A helpful guide for visitors to Te Papa with special access needs including information on wheelchair access, lift access, parking, toilets, and services for visitors with impaired vision and impaired hearing.
- Travel trade
- Registered Tour Operators
Tour operators find out about wholesale rates and information for groups visiting Te Papa. Includes pdf files in English, Chinese, Japanese, German, French, and Spanish languages.
- Conditions of entry
- FAQs
Find answers to FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about Te Papa including information about Te Papa's exhibitions and collections.
Access helpful information about what's on for kids at Te Papa, and find out what is going on at StoryPlace and in Te Papa's four Discovery Centres - interactive, hands-on, fun learning places.
- What's on for Kids
A place for parents, guardians, and other grown ups and adults to find out what's on in the Discovery Centres, StoryPlace and what's of special interest for kids in the exhibitions and events at Te Papa.
- Discovery Centres
Find out what's on for kids at Te Papa's four hands-on interactive Discovery Centres - PlaNet Pasifika, Te Huka a Tai, NatureSpace, Inspiration Station. These are all places that make learning fun.
- NatureSpace
NatureSpace is the natural environment Discovery Centre at Te Papa and includes fossils, skeletons, rocks, insects, microscopes, interactive activities, and much more.
- Inspiration Station
Inspiration Station is Te Papa's Art and History Discovery Centre where you can operate a big baby - a puppet from a Peter Jackson movie, draw a giant cartoon from Footrot Flats, explore the world of puppets, and more.
- Planet Pasifika
PlaNet Pasifika is Te Papa's Pacific Discovery Centre where you can enjoy Pacific Island cultures including exploring a Samoan fale, dressing up as a hula dancer, doing Polynesian drumming, and finding out what comes from coconut trees.
- Te Huka a Tai
Te Huka a Tai is Te Papa's Mäori Discovery Centre where you can learn about Mäori culture and weave a cloak, compose a mihimihi (greeting), and swing a poi.
- StoryPlace
Find out some of the key learning experiences at Te Papa including highlights, school programmes, online resources, Discovery Centres, Adult and Tertiary Programmes, Te Papa Library and Information Centre, and Tai Awatea Knowledge Net - our multimedia database.
- What's on for teachers
Current learning highlights include programmes for a number of short-term exhibitions at Te Papa including Te Awa Tupua - The Whanganui Iwi exhibition, the Aainaa Indian community exhibition, and Antarctic Heroes - The race to the South Pole.
- School Programmes
Te Papa has a number of ongoing school programmes linked to the school curriculum including the Arts, Social Studies, English, Science, Mathematics, Technology, and Health and Physical Education-based programmes as well as programmes based on short-term exhibitions at Te Papa including Aainaa and Antarctic Heroes.
- Online Learning Resources
Te Papa has a number of specially designed helpful online learning resources, ideal for school students, based on the Body Odyssey, The Lord of the Rings, Dinosaurs from China, Aainaa, and Henry Moore: Journey through Form exhibitions.
- Adult & Tertiary Programmes
As well as general tours for adults, Te Papa offers programmes for students in tertiary education as well as Professional Development courses for adults including Marae Protocol and the Treaty of Waitangi programmes.
- How to Book
How to book a school programme at Te Papa, including an online booking form, as well as information about contact details, payment options, and cancellations.
- Contact Us
How to contact Te Papa and make a reservation for learning programmes.
Te Papa has comprehensive collections in a variety of disciplines including Art, History, and Mäori as well as a vigorous ongoing research programme.
- Collections and Research areas
- Library & Information Centre
Te Aka Matua Library and Information Centre offers books and magazines, a reference collection of photographs linked to Te Papa’s exhibitions and collections, and Tai Awatea | Knowledge Net - Te Papa’s online multimedia database.
- Research and Museum Papers
Research and museum papers from Te Papa Press including Tuhinga, which contains papers by Te Papa staff on natural sciences and ethnology, covering a range of topics from archaeology to zoology.
- FAQs
Here you will find FAQs (frequently asked questions) and their answers in the fields of natural environment, Mäori, history, and art and visual culture.
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Find out all about new titles at Te Papa Press, see the full catalogue, access museum research papers written by Te Papa staff members. Also find information on how to order a book and make a submission.
Find out about holding your function at Te Papa with information about venue hire, ICON Catering, and other services on offer from our outstanding functions team.
- Venues
Te Papa has a number of excellent dedicated functions venues for hire including the TelstraClear Centre, Air New Zealand Concourse, Soundings Theatre, and ICON. Room capacities and contact details are also listed.
- Special Offers
- Te Papa Icon Catering
Te Papa Icon Catering is dedicated to providing cuisine of the highest standard. See a sample menu and fill out an enquiry form.
- Services
Find out about the standard telecommunications and audio-visual (AV) equipment available for functions at Te Papa, as well as details of Soundings Theatre AV and lighting equipment, theming for functions, and car parking.
- Contact Us
Information and contact details about corporate and private functions and catering at Te Papa.
National Services Te Paerangi works with museums, iwi, and related organisations throughout New Zealand to enhance museum services and support them to become self-sustaining.
- How we help
- Resources
- Resource Guides
- Museum In A Box
- Webcasts and Presentations
Webcasts hosted and supported by National Services Te Paerangi including lectures by Dawn Casey and Sir Neil Cossons, and the launch of the New Zealand Museums Standards Scheme Ngä Kaupapa Whaimana a Ngä Whare Taonga o Aotearoa.
- Standards Scheme
Find out about completing a guided review of your services using the standards scheme through a regional partnership project with Te Papa National Services Te Paerangi; and use the standards scheme manual to review your current service against New Zealand standards for governance, management and planning, care of collections and taonga, public programmes including exhibitions, customer service, and relationships with communities.
- E-Newsletter
- Reports
- How we help Māori / Iwi
- FAQs
Find out more about Te Papa and the partnerships and community relationships we are involved in, read recent media releases, and see what careers and jobs are on offer.
- About Us
Find out what Te Papa does, how it is governed and managed, meet the leadership team, and read recent corporate documents including the Statement of Intent and the Annual Report.
- What We Do
Find out about Te Papa's concept, mission, and corporate principles and download the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Act 1992.
- Te Papa Board
Find out more about the Te Papa board and meet board members.
- Management
Find out about Te Papa's organisational structure, its bicultural partnership, and meet the members of its leadership team.
- Accountability Documents
Download the most recent Te Papa Annual Report and Statement of Intent.
- Community Relationships
Find out about various community relationships Te Papa has throughout New Zealand including iwi relationships, the Repatriation Programme, the Community Gallery, and National Services Te Paerangi.
- Iwi Relationships
Find out about the relationships Te Papa has developed with a broad range of iwi organisations including by way of Te Papa Education | Te Ipu Kahuirangi, the opening of Te Awa Tupua | The Whanganui Iwi Exhibition, Mäori Treasure and Te Papa Joint Tour Product, closing of Tühoe | Children of the Mist exhibition, and the iwi exhibition programme.
- Repatriation
Find out about the formal repatriation programme of kōiwi tangata Māori/Moriori (Māori and Moriori ancestral remains) to New Zealand and communities of origin that is being carried out by Te Papa. Includes contact details and information about the Repatriation Team.
- Community Gallery
Every eighteen months, the Te Papa Community Gallery opens a new exhibition that tells the stories of one of the many communities that make up modern New Zealand.
- National Services Te Paerangi
National Services Te Paerangi works with museums, iwi, and related organisations throughout New Zealand to enhance museum services and support them to become self-sustaining.
- Pacific Communities
- Partnerships
Te Papa is committed to forming effective and rewarding partnerships and sponsorships. Te Papa's partners are central and local government and their agencies, iwi (tribes), corporates, businesses, and sector and service group organisations.
- Media
Access media releases from Te Papa and fill out an enquiry form to receive media kits and other media information from Te Papa.
- Jobs at Te Papa
Find out about careers and current job vacancies at Te Papa and fill out an application form for current or future job vacancies.
- FAQs
Find out the answers to FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about Te Papa and the exhibitions and exhibits within it.
- Contact Us
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