Gifts to the nation: The National Art Collection at Te Papa.

The Colonial Museum was founded in Wellington in 1865. Its first director, the geologist James Hector, was not particularly interested in forming an art collection – although the museum did acquire and commission many wonderful artworks as part of its scientific research

https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2026/03/13/gifts-to-the-nation-the-national-art-collection-at-te-papa/ #globalmuseum #museums #art #TePapa

Bug of the Year 2026 and why you should vote for Apsona, the sapphire spider fly.

Bug of the Year was created to celebrate the spectacular and often overlooked invertebrates of New Zealand. Te Papa, Collection Technician Invertebrates Shaun Thomson talks about one of this year’s nominees – a tiny fly with a jewel-like shimmer and a life cycle that borders on the unbelievable.

https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2026/01/27/bug-of-the-year-2026-and-why-you-should-vote-for-apsona-the-sapphire-spider-fly/ #globalmuseum #insects #TePapa #museums

Te Papa has some of NZ’s greatest artworks, so why won’t our national museum let us see them?

Imagine going to the National Gallery in London and not seeing anything by Turner, Constable or Gainsborough.
The names below are those of New... Zealand artists whose paintings are listed on the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa’s website but which are not on display.

https://archive.ph/EnuKm #globalmuseum #TePapa #museums #art

Caring for the Te Papa palaeontology collection

How the fossils are cared for, so they are available for research and display, both now and long into the future.

https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2026/01/16/palaeo-introductions-3-caring-for-the-palaeontology-collection/ #globalmuseum #museums #TePapa #collections #fossils

Q&A: Dr Thom Linley, Curator of Fishes at Te Papa.

Dr Thom Linley is the Curator of Fishes at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

https://www.aa.co.nz/membership/aa-directions/features/thom-linley-te-papa-curator-interview/ #globalmuseum #museums #TePapa #fish #Ichthyology

Taranaki Street Wharf
Dock workers (aka, 'Wharfies') stop for a chat on Taranaki Wharf. The location where they were photographed would likely be within the site of Te Papa today. The copyright of this image continues to be held by the estate of Ans Westra. Please forward all requests for copies, permission use and reproduction to Ans Westra's ag...

#Wharfies #TaranakiWharf #TePapa #AnsWestra #AnsWestras #FarewellMaestro #undefined

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/49229428/source

Entre vertige, lumière et légendes vivantes

Un réveil tardif et involontaire abrège les rêves encore tièdes de Flavien.

L'aventurier du bout du monde s’élance vers Te Papa, ce temple des trésors maoris où l’histoire se mêle à la mer. Une ascension en Cable-Car vers un concert au sommet du jardin botanique. Jusqu'ici tout va bien…

Mais la journée, qu’il croyait tranquille, bascule : une chute de deux mètres, un weta géant, des vers luisants comme des étoiles tombées dans la forêt… La peur, la beauté, la vie — tout se confond, se répond.

Et dans la nuit néo-zélandaise, Flavien comprend qu’un voyage n’est jamais une suite d’étapes : c’est un roman que la nature écrit à travers nous.

https://librexpression.fr/une-journee-a-parcourir-te-papa-35-55

#cablecar #checkout #concert #France #glowworm #kaka #librexpression #museum #newzealand #palmernorth #phobie #pizza #spider #tepapa #Wellington #newplymouth #naturelovers #naturephotography #maori

(Crédits : Flavien saboureau)