Te Papa

This week on Our Changing World RNZ podcast producer, and occasional dinosaur correspondent William Ray visits Ngā Taniwha o Rūpapa Dinosaurs of Patagonia, a special exhibition at Te Papa Museum to… Video, Audio

There's a surprising link between Argentina's dinosaurs and Aotearoa. William Ray visits the new Patagonian dinosaur exhibit at Te Papa museum to find out more. Video, Audio

Wearing a badge or pin can be a representation of your identity, your pride or your outrage. New Zealanders have created badges for almost every cause and endeavour over the years; from protest… Audio, Gallery

It's Te Papa's most successful exhibition ever - so popular in fact, it's been extended twice and will be on display until at least 2025. Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War opened on April 18, 2015, to… Audio

European museums are stacked with cultural treasures taken from their former colonies. New thinking could change that. Audio

Arts commentator Nina Tonga reflects on the role artists have in shaping how we perceive things and associate ourselves with a shifting sense of our place. She'll talk about a few of shows, including… Audio

A boy's father goes missing while at Te Papa - but he's not missing in the building, he's lost in one of the museum's taonga. That's the premise for a new book called Lost in the Museum, a… Audio, Gallery

Multi-disciplinary artist Lisa Reihana (Ngapuhi - Ngati Hine, Ngai Tu-Te Auru) is the Artist In Focus for the upcoming Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts, and will be bringing a series of her… Audio

Arts commentator Nina Tonga joins Lynn to talk about how galleries around the country have reopened their doors at level two - and got creative online. She'll look at Dane Mitchell's installation Post… Audio

Wellington's Museum of New Zealand Te Papa has had to close for two days for a deep clean after a Covid-19 positive tourist from Australia visited the museum and its Surrealist Art Masterpieces … Video, Audio

Nina joins Kathryn to talk about the role art and artists play in voicing stories about the Dawn Raids, ahead of the government's apology this week to Pasifika communities affected by them. She'll… Audio

A massive new exhibition of surrealist art is arriving soon at Te Papa. Works from the 1910s through to the 1960s will span the walls, charting the journey of surrealist art in the 20th century… Audio, Gallery

It's a year since Courtney Johnston took on the role of Te Papa's chief executive. There'd been quite the turnover of people in the role since the nation's museum and art gallery opened in Wellington… Audio

The centenary of one of our most influential design and advertising studios is being celebrated in a very beautiful new book from Te Papa. Railways Studios: How a Government Design Studio Helped Build… Audio, Gallery

Ken Gorbey was instrumental in getting Te Papa Tongarewa, the country's national museum, off the ground. He was then asked to help salvage the Jewish Museum in Berlin - which had run into trouble… Audio

While lockdown has been a period of downtime for some, woodworker and restorer William Cottrell has been hard at work restoring a native wood sideboard from 19th century Aotearoa. It's just as well he… Audio, Gallery