From Kupe to King Kapisi and bro’Town, Pacific people are putting Pacific cultures – and New Zealand – on the map. Explore their stories past and present, from the battlefield to the sports field and beyond.
Toi Te Papa Art of the Nation showcases more than 300 impressive artworks – both historical and contemporary – from Te Papa’s collections. Experience the richness and diversity of New Zealand’s artistic heritage.
Ngā kōrero mō ngā rū, mō ngā pahūtanga, mō ngā āhua o te rangi i hangaia ai tō tātou taiao.
How was this land turned from forests and wetlands to farms and settlements? Why were thousands of ‘alien’ plants and animals introduced and why did others become extinct? Experience the transformation with Blood, Earth, Fire!
He whakaaturanga e ara ake ana i Pōneke
Ko tēnei whakaaturanga he whakaminamina i te tangata ki te whānui o te rerekētanga o te taiao o Niu Tīreni e kitea i ēnei rākau me ēnei tipu kua poua ki ēnei tūāhua whenua.
Mai i a Rangi ki a Papa
Ko ngā kōrero manawarū me ngā taonga whakahirahira e waitohu ana i te mana o te tangata whenua o Aotearoa.
He kāinga mō tātou katoa
He tauira te marae o Te Papa Tongarewa mō ngā mahi toi Māori o te ao hou – kāore i kō atu, kāore i kō mai.
The colossal squid has caught the world’s attention, and no wonder – since 1925, only nine adult specimens have been reported.
Te maha o ngā momo tipu me ngā momo oranga o Niu Tīreni
Te maha, te tini o ngā momo tipu me ngā momo oranga nō konei ake me tō rātou taiao.
Ētahi tino wā i pā ki tō tātou whenua i tangohia i runga pikitia.
I hangaia tēnei toa otaota hei tū rākai mō tētahi pikitia 12 meneti te roa, hei whakaahua i ētahi kōrero o ngā tau ki muri.
I ahu pēnei mai ō tātou iwi
Ko ngā kōrero mīharo ēnei o ngā iwi i haere mai ki Niu Tīreni noho ai i ngā tau 200 kua hipa.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi – te pukapuka whakaū i a Niu Tīreni
He titiro whānui ki ngā āhuatanga i hainatia ai te Tiriti e te Karauna o Ingarangi me te Māori – ōna māramatanga mai i te tīmatanga tae noa mai ki tēnei rā.
Ngā papa whakawehe o Te Papa Tongarewa.
Heke atu ki raro i te whenua ki reira kite ai i ngā mea e whakarite ana kia haumaru atu a Te Papa mō ngā tāngata me ngā kohinga i roto ina puta mai he rū whenua.
Tērā ētahi tino taonga kāore i roto i ngā whakaaturanga, engari kei waho e whakatūria ana, i te mea he tino tohu nō te āhua me te whanaketanga o Niu Tīreni me ōna iwi.
The new installation by Lisa Reihana called Mai i te aroha, ko te aroha, meaning From love, comes love was commissioned specifically for Te Ara a Hine, internal entrance to Te Papa's Marae.
Kei te whakaatu tēnei whakaaturanga i ētahi tauira whakamere, ahurei hoki nō te rohe o Aotearoa.
Kei Te Papa tētahi hōtaka whakaongaonga mō ngā momo whakaaturanga haupoto. Pāwhiri ki konei kia kite he aha kei te whakaaturia.
