
Leadership
Our board and executive team.
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Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
Te Rautaki o Te Papa is Te Papa’s enduring strategy. It will guide our planning and decision-making processes, as well as the way we will work for years to come.
To understand and treasure the past, to enrich the present, and to meet the challenges of the future.
Extraordinary experiences, new knowledge, and new connections.
Healing, reconciliation, and empowerment.
A thriving natural environment.
Transforming museum practice by centring Māori and communities in the care, understanding, and sharing of their taonga, mātauranga, and kōrero.
Upholding the mana of all cultures and communities.
Exploring our relationships with each other, as Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiriti, in this unique place. Offering a place to stand and a uniquely Aotearoa New Zealand experience.
Strengthening New Zealanders’ sense of belonging and identity.
Exploring our relationships with Papatūānuku, our environment.
Empowering New Zealanders to care for, protect, and restore Aotearoa’s environment and biodiversity.
A Tiriti-based museum, where a collective commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi is fostered and Māori exercise tino rangatiratanga.
Te Rautaki o Te Papa – Te Papa Strategy (35.81 KB)
See the Annual Report and key documents for Te Papa’s Annual Reports, Statements of Intent, and Statements of Performance Expectations.
Our board and executive team.
Find out how Te Papa is organised internally, and learn about each of our directorate’s responsibilities.