2021 media releases

Te Papa displays iconic Rita Angus works in landmark exhibition

Fri 17 Dec 2021

Te Papa’s summer exhibition Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist | He Ringatoi Hou o Aotearoa opens to the public on Saturday 18 December, bringing together more than 70 works by one of Aotearoa’s most iconic 20th-century artists, Rita Angus (1908-1970).

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Te Papa marketing campaign developed by Taita College Students

Wed 24 Nov 2021

Eight students from Taita College have created an advertising campaign promoting Te Papa’s Collections Online.

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Te Papa to require vaccination for visitors, proposes vaccination requirement for staff

Mon 22 Nov 2021

Te Papa will require its visitors be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

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Landmark Rita Angus exhibition to open at Te Papa December 18

Wed 17 Nov 2021

Te Papa’s summer exhibition Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist | He Ringatoi Hou o Aotearoa opens to the public on Saturday 18 December and runs until 25 April 2022.

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Two Te Papa Press books win prestigious Whitley Awards for zoological literature

Mon 15 Nov 2021

Two books have won Te Papa Press authors and their collaborators accolades from the prestigious Whitley Awards for zoological literature.

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Te Papa’s Raranga Matihiko programme in top 100 global education innovations

Thu 4 Nov 2021

Education programme Raranga Matihiko | Weaving Digital Futures which is led by Te Papa, has been recognised as one of the top 100 global education innovations by HundrED.Org – an international not-for-profit organisation, which promotes innovations in education.

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Visitors at Gallipoli: The scale of our war, 2015. Photograph by Michael Hall. Te Papa

Te Papa extends Gallipoli exhibition to Anzac Day 2025

Fri 29 Oct 2021

Te Papa announced today that its ground-breaking exhibition Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War will remain at the museum and will not close before Anzac Day, 25 April 2025.

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Te Papa will re-open to the public on Thursday 9 September

Wed 8 Sep 2021

Te Papa’s co-leaders, Tumu Whakarae | Chief Executive Courtney Johnston and Kaihautū | Māori Co-leader Arapata Hakiwai, are looking forward to welcoming people back to Te Papa.

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Te Papa back to normal after evacuation

Thu 29 Jul 2021

Te Papa will be open as usual tomorrow Friday 30 July after a building evacuation today.

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Te Papa to re-open on Tuesday 29 June after six day closure

Mon 28 Jun 2021

Te Papa will re-open to the public at 10am on Tuesday 29 June and be open with its regular hours of 10am to 6pm, seven days a week.

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Te Papa closes after becoming a location of interest for Covid-19

Wed 23 Jun 2021

Te Papa is closed to the public today to protect the public from the risk of Covid-19.

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Te Papa celebrates Matariki with a special focus on te taiao

Tue 22 Jun 2021

Matariki at Te Papa is dedicated to remembering the past, celebrating the present and planning for the future.

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Iconic European masterpieces on display at Te Papa’s Surrealist Art exhibition

Wed 9 Jun 2021

Te Papa’s winter exhibition Surrealist Art: Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen | He Toi Pohewa: He Toi Marupō o Muhiama o Boijmans Van Beuningen opens to the public on Saturday 12 June and runs until 31 October 2021.

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A hand-stitched feather pelerine with a detachable collar, using pheasant feathers

Te Papa presents Feathermania: Fashion to die for

Mon 31 May 2021

Te Papa’s Feathermania: Fashion to die for | Te mate huruhuru: He kahu matemate opens to the public on Saturday 26 June and runs until April 2022.

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World famous collection of Surrealism coming to Te Papa

Thu 25 Mar 2021

A unique, world famous collection of Surrealist art is coming to Te Papa this winter.

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Rita Angus, Cleopatra, 1938, oil on canvas. Purchased 1998 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds © Reproduced courtesy of the Estate of Rita Angus. Te Papa (1998-0028-2)

Rita Angus exhibition to open at Te Papa in December

Mon 22 Mar 2021

Around 70 works by one of New Zealand’s most important 20th-century artists, Rita Angus (1908–1970), will be exhibited at Te Papa in December this year.

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