Media sales and licensing Te hohoko papāho me te manatā

License images or footage from Te Papa’s vast collections, or request access to films or photographs at the museum.

Please note that Te Papa Media Sales and Licensing will be closed from Friday 13 December 2024. The team will begin processing orders again from Monday 13 January 2025.

Photo of Lake Pukaki, with mirror-like water, and a view or Aoraki Mt Cook in the distance

License images

Order an image licence or contact us to find the image you need.

Andrew Stewart at work in the Fishes lab, 2015. Te Papa

License footage

License our captivating video footage, stock shots, and animations.

Double portrait No. 2 (Katharine and Anthony West), 1937, Tisbury, by Frances Hodgkins. Purchased 1967 from Wellington City Council Picture Purchase Fund. Te Papa (1967-0006-1)

Buy prints

Purchase gallery-quality reproductions of Te Papa’s images.

Filming at the Oddooki exhibition. Photograph by Julie-Ann Larsen. Oddooki, 2008, Auckland, by Seung Yul Oh. Purchased 2009. Te Papa (2009-0025-1/1 to 5)

Commercial photography and filming

Find out what constitutes commercial use of photos and footage taken at Te Papa.

White Terrace, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. Te Papa (C.010633)

Terms and conditions

Read our Image Sales Agreement.

Brian Brake, New Zealand, by Brian Brake. Gift of Mr Raymond Wai-Man Lau, 2001. Te Papa (CT.056017)

Contact media sales and licensing

Make an enquiry.

Movie camera with case, 1928, Germany, by Agfa. Purchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. CC BY-NC-ND licence. Te Papa (GH007814)