Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
Open every day 10am-6pm
(except Christmas Day)
Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
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!
From 25 Jul 2024 – 27 Apr 2025
Toi Art, Level 4
Free with museum entry
10 minutes
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.
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
Iconoclastic and irreverent, Walker challenges traditional notions about jewellery, and questions what it is and can be.
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.
