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Hinepūtēhue: The peaceful companion
Matariki and her daughters, the healers
Past Matariki festivals

Touring exhibitions
Meridian Lines: Contemporary art from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
E Tū Ake: Standing Strong
Whales | Tohorā
Brian Brake: Lens on the world
Dutch Etchers in a Golden Age: Rembrandt and his peers
Géricault to Gauguin: Printmaking in France 1820–1900
Speed and Colour: British linocuts from the 1930s
Treaty 2 U
Innocents Abroad - Touring the Pacific through a colonial lens
Kupe Sites
Past touring exhibitions

Past touring exhibitions
Painting the View: Constable, Turner, and British Watercolourists 1760 – 1860
Rita Angus: Selected works
Drawn from Italy: Mantegna to Kauffmann
The Poisoners!
Albrecht Dürer and 16th century German printmaking
Mō Tātou - The Ngāi Tahu Whānui Exhibition
Rembrandt – The Experimental Etcher
RITA ANGUS: Life & Vision
LOTR The Exhibition
Jewelled
Body Odyssey
New Zealand, New Thinking
On Location with New Zealand Geographic
New Zealand on Ice

Past events
Past Matariki Festivals
Science Express @ Te Papa
Art After Dark Toi o te Pō
Treaty Debates
Forum at Te Papa: Referendum on the voting system
Te Papa's 10th birthday
Art in Antarctica - April 2008
Tangata o le Moana Opening Festival - Oct. 2007
Servals of Egypt - 14/01/2007
World's Fastest Indian - 2005
Culture Moves! - 10-11/11/2005

Treaty Debates
Treaty Debate Series 2013
Treaty Debate Series 2012
Treaty Debate Series 2011
Treaty Debate Series 2010
Treaty Debate Series 2009
Treaty Debate Series 2008
Treaty Debate Series 2007
Treaty Debates Series 2006
Treaty Debates Series 2005 – Unsettled histories

Treaty Debate Series 2010
28 January – Prof. Paul Spoonley & Dr Ranginui Walker
4 February – Mason Durie & Colin James

Treaty Debate Series 2009
Māori in Parliament and the future of the Maori seats - Claudia Geiringer's summary
Thursday 29 January – Robert McLeod & Roger Kerr
Thursday 5 February – Philip Joseph & Derek Fox

Te Papa's 10th birthday
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Amazon
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Carlos Navarrete
Charlene Tedrow
Didik Nini Thowok
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Niho Taniwha
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Sanjay Dixit
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Te Ahikaaroa
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Whitireia Performing Arts

Tangata o le Moana Opening Festival - Oct. 2007
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FiaFia in the Foyer - 20/10/07
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World's Fastest Indian - 2005
A Bike, a shed , and Burt Munro
Offerings to the God of Speed
The World's Fastest Indian
From the Big Screen
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Culture Moves! - 10-11/11/2005
Culture Moves! Tahi
Culture Moves! Rua
Culture Moves! Dance Flavas of the Pacific

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Māori feather cloak (Kahu huruhuru) welcomed at Te Papa
Whales: Giants of the Deep exhibition centre stage in New York
Game Masters opens
Te Papa celebrates New Zealand rugby
Gingerbread housing boom
Māori ancestral remains return from Canada and USA
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Chairman Mao's Feather Cloak (Kahu Huruhuru)
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Two New Zealand games included in Game Masters at Te Papa
Ancestral remains to be returned from Australia
Te Papa Purchases Iconic Artworks at the Paris Family Auction
Uniformity: Cracking the dress code
New Zealand's Cultural Treasures Heading to China
Contemporary New Zealand art heading to Shanghai
McCahon Painting Gifted to Te Papa
Te Papa's plan for art takes shape
National Book Awards Announced
Red Piano and Bronze Bulls coming to Wellington
Ceramics, glass and metalwork in new exhibition at Te Papa
Te Papa strengthens its commitment to art
A tribute to the art of Māori cloak weaving
People of Aotearoa New Zealand are invited to celebrate Matariki at Te Papa
Supporting Young Musicians for New Zealand Music Month
New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt Welcomed into National Collection
Anzac Commemorations at Te Papa
Te Papa Honours 40 years of New Zealand/Chinese Diplomacy
Te Papa launches Save our Services campaign
Te Papa Demonstrates Impressive Return on Council Investment
The Journey of Tino Rangatiratanga Heads to Mexico
Coolest little capital's Top 40 Museum
Muttonbirds are not radioactive
Busy week of final touches heralds return of kiwi treasures
Canada Welcomes Whales Tohorā
OSNZ DOC and Te Papa: Looking out for Kapiti Island birdlife
Storm (Petrel) in a Teacup
Collecting Contemporary: Building the National Art Collection
2011 media releases

2011 media releases
Remembering Artist Don Driver at Te Papa
Continuing the legacy of Colin McCahon at Te Papa
Te Papa Welcomes Venice Biennale Piano to Collection
Solar Challenge Comes to Te Papa
Forum At Te Papa: Voting System Referendum
Phar Lap preparing to go back on display
Scientists film hagfish anti-shark slime weapon
Thousands share the story of Ka Mate at Te Papa
Auction for Christchurch
Ka Mate - The Exhibition
Tainui children create art for display in Te Papa
Te Papa begins consultation on its proposed vision and strategy for the future
Scholarly research now available online
A Unique Chapter in New Zealand's Fashion History, New Zealand in Vogue
Oceania: An Unprecedented Glimpse into the Soul of the Pacific
Celebrate Māori New Year with the Matariki Festival at Te Papa, 9 June – 26 June 2011
New contemporary art exhibition to open at Te Papa
International Museums Day 18 May 2011
First repatriation of Māori remains from Rouen Museum, France
Experience Te Papa's New Touring Māori Exhibition
Treaty Debates 2011 at Te Papa - New Challenges going forward

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