Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Introduction to Nancy Adams

Video | 1 months ago

Senior Curator Art Rebecca Rice talks about Nancy Adams and what her botany work and art means to Te Papa. https://tepapa.nz/rimurimu https://tepapa.nz/NancyAdams

Nancy Adams centenary pop-up exhibition

Short | 1 months ago

Senior Curator Art Rebecca Rice talks about Nancy Adams and what her botany work and art means to Te Papa. https://tepapa.nz/rimurimu

Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui ✨ Taikura Kapa Haka 2026 | Te Papa

Short | 2 months ago

The annual Taikura Kapa Haka event held at Te Papa, celebrating over 700 kaumātua through cultural performances, waiata, and connection.

Day 2: Taikura Kapa Haka

Video | 2 months ago

Taikura brings together regional, marae-based elders from as far north as Ngāti Wai to as far south as Ngāi Tahu/Waitaha. Each year, our kaumātua share traditional waiata​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍...

Day 1: Taikura Kapa Haka 2026

Video | 2 months ago

Taikura brings together regional, marae-based elders from as far north as Ngāti Wai to as far south as Ngāi Tahu/Waitaha. Each year, our kaumātua share traditional waiata​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍...

Professor Rangi Matamua shares the importance of celebrating Matariki, the Māori New Year ✨

Short | 2 months ago

Breathe | Mauri Ora – Interconnected Panel Discussion

Video | 2 months ago

Discover how art, science, nature, and Indigenous knowledge converge. On 20th February 2026, an expert panel explored the relationships between technology, mātauranga Māori, and the natural world, hosted by Miriama Kamo – inspired by the Breathe | Mauri Ora...

Wānanga Matariki: Matariki Herenga Waka

Video | 2 months ago

Ko Matariki Herenga Waka te kaupapa whakanui o tēnei tau, ka toroa te kauae runga tuku iho tērā e kawe ana e ngā waka, mō ngā whakaterenga tumu herenga tāngata. He waka hourua tuku iho a Ngahiraka-Mai-Tawhiti i tāraia rā e Tā Hekenukumai Ngāiwi Busby tērā e...

Taumata Kōrero: Past, Present, and Future of Waka

Stream | 4 months ago

Watch the livestreamed panel talk facilitated by Tamahou Temara with waka knowledge holders Joe Conrad, Stan Conrad, and Robert Gabel, Te Rawhitiroa Bosch, Billy Harrison, and Martin Bercic and learn how they paved the way for waka revival. The panel talk m...

Johanna Mechen talks about her work ‘Last Skye Boat Song’

Video | 6 months ago

Photographers Caroline McQuarrie, Johanna Mechan, Cora-Allen Lafaiki-Twiss, and Natalie Robertson discuss their works showing in Slow Burn | Ahu Tāmau and what the works mean to them. https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/visit/exhibition/slow-burn-women-and-photography

Cora-Allan talking about her 2023 series ‘Mauri’

Video | 6 months ago

Photographers Caroline McQuarrie, Johanna Mechan, Cora-Allen Lafaiki-Twiss, and Natalie Robertson discuss their works showing in Slow Burn | Ahu Tāmau and what the works mean to them. https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/visit/exhibition/slow-burn-women-and-photography

Natalie Robertson talks about her series about the Waiapu River

Video | 6 months ago

Photographers Caroline McQuarrie, Johanna Mechan, Cora-Allen Lafaiki-Twiss, and Natalie Robertson discuss their works showing in Slow Burn | Ahu Tāmau and what the works mean to them. https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/visit/exhibition/slow-burn-women-and-photography