Wear It! | Te Papa

A photo of a space with chairs and a table, and a projection of a piece of jeweelery on the back wall.

Whakamaua! Wear It!

Mōu te toi, māu te kōwhiri

Tirotirohia ngā taonga whakarākei o ngā kohinga a Te Papa – ngā toi, ngā hītori, ngā taonga Māori, me ngā ahurea ā-Kiwa. Ka tuarihia ai tō kōwhiringa ki a Whakamaua!

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Your art, your choice

Browse adornments from Te Papa collections – art, history, taonga Māori, and Pacific cultures. Share your choice to Wear It!

When | Āhea

From 25 Jul 2024 – 27 Apr 2025

Where | Ki hea

Toi Art, Level 4

Cost | Te utu

Free with museum entry

Allow | ME WHAKARITE

10 minutes

Accessibility | E wātea ana ki

Chairs available
Images chosen via touchscreen

Whakamaua! | Wear It! brings together over 190 adornments from Te Papa collections – art, history, taonga Māori, and Pacific cultures.

Choose your favourite, write a comment about why you love it, and see it projected on the wall.

Visit Whakamaua! | Wear It! in Toi Art on Level 4 to choose an adornment to project onto the wall.

Browse the adornments for Whakamaua! | Wear It! from home.

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A long beige banner image with an older woman with bright orange hair, heavy makeup, a tiara and bold jewellery on. She is looking at the camera with a slight sneer.

Vivienne Westwood & Jewellery

Created by Vivienne Westwood Limited and produced by Nomad Exhibitions, this retrospective exhibition celebrates the iconic jewellery of renowned British fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood (1941–2022).

Closed

17 Jan–27 Apr 2025

Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

Lisa Walker sits in her studio, with shelving behind her full of materials

Lisa Walker: Artist and jeweller

Iconoclastic and irreverent, Walker challenges traditional notions about jewellery, and questions what it is and can be.

A pounamu or greenstone pendant in human form.

Looking at Hei Tiki – Wear Patterns

Most hei tiki are made from nephrite pounamu, one of the toughest and most durable natural materials in existence. Curator Mātauranga Māori Dougal Austin found that studying patterns of wear on hei tiki can be quite revealing.

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