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Te Papa

April 10, 2024

The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. Usually known as Te Papa (Māori for 'the treasure box'), it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery.[3] An average of more than 1.5 million people visit every year, making it the 26th-most-visited art gallery in the world. Te Papa operates under a bicultural philosophy, and emphasises the living stories behind its cultural treasures.[4]

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Front side with entrance in 2009
Interactive fullscreen map
Former name
Dominion Museum and National Art Gallery
Established1992
LocationWellington, New Zealand
Coordinates41°17′26″S 174°46′55″E / 41.29056°S 174.78194°E / -41.29056; 174.78194
Visitors1.5 million (2017)[1]
KaihautūArapata Hakiwai[2]
DirectorCourtney Johnston
WebsiteOfficial website

History edit

 
Sir James Hector
 
Entrance to the Dominion Museum previously Colonial Museum in Museum Street, Thorndon
 
Dominion Museum

Colonial Museum edit

The first predecessor to Te Papa was the Colonial Museum, founded in 1865, with Sir James Hector as founding director. The museum was built on Museum Street, roughly in the location of the present day Defence House Office Building.[5] The museum prioritised scientific collections but also acquired a range of other items, often by donation, including prints and paintings, ethnographic curiosities, and items of antiquity.[6] In 1907, the Colonial Museum was renamed the Dominion Museum and took on a broader focus. The idea of developing a public art gallery in Wellington was gathering support, and the Science and Art Act of 1913 paved the way for a national art gallery in the same building.

Co-location with National Art Gallery edit

Following the passing of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Act in 1930, the two institutions shared a single board of trustees. In 1934, the National Art Gallery moved into the Dominion Museum building and incorporated the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, which sold its land and donated the proceeds to the new organisation together with an initial collection.[7] The early holding consisted largely of donations and bequests, including those from Harold Beauchamp, T. Lindsay Buick, Archdeacon Smythe, N. Chevalier, J. C. Richmond, William Swainson, Bishop Monrad, John Ilott and Rex Nan Kivell.[8] In 1936, a new building to house both the collections opened in Buckle Street as a part of the newly built National War Memorial. In 1985 a temporary exhibition space venue was added to the National Art Gallery. Shed 11 the Temporary/Contemporary was situated on the Wellington waterfront in a converted industrial warehouse built in 1905[9] and exhibited contemporary art, both local and international, until 1992.

Eru D. Gore was secretary-manager from 1936 until his death in 1948 when Stewart Maclennan was appointed the first director. This was the first appointment in New Zealand of a full-time art gallery director. Other past directors of the gallery include:

Te Papa edit

Te Papa was established in 1992 by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Act 1992.[10] Part of the remit for Te Papa was to explore the national identity of New Zealand.[11] Te Papa Tongarewa translates literally to 'container of treasures' or in full 'container of treasured things and people that spring from mother Earth here in New Zealand'.[12] The official opening took place on 14 February 1998, in a ceremony led by Prime Minister Jenny Shipley, Sir Peter Blake, and two children. Māori traditional instrumentalist Richard Nunns co-led the musicians at a dawn ceremony on opening day.[13] The museum had one million visitors in the first five months of operation, and between 1 and 1.3 million visits have been made in each subsequent year. In 2004, more space was devoted to exhibiting works from the New Zealand art collection in a long-term exhibition called Toi Te Papa: Art of the Nation.[14] Filmmakers Gaylene Preston and Anna Cottrell documented the development of Te Papa in their film Getting to Our Place.[15]

Current building edit

 
South-western view

The main Te Papa building is built on former Wellington Harbour Board land, on the waterfront in Wellington, on Cable Street. The site was previously occupied by a modern five-storey hotel. This was jacked off its foundations onto numerous rail bogies and transported 200 metres (660 ft) down and across the road to a new site,[when?] where it is now the Museum Hotel.[16]

Te Papa was designed by Jasmax Architects[17] and built by Fletcher Construction.[18] The 36,000-square-metre (390,000 sq ft) building had cost NZ$300 million by its opening in 1998. Earthquake strengthening of the Cable Street building was achieved through the New Zealand-developed technology of base isolation.[19][20] The building contains six floors of exhibitions, cafés and gift shops dedicated to New Zealand's culture, history and environment. The museum also incorporates outdoor areas with artificial caves, native bushes and wetlands. A second building on Tory Street is a scientific research facility and storage area, and is not open to the public.[citation needed]

The design process of the building followed bicultural principles based on the Treaty of Waitangi. This process was led by Cliff Whiting working alongside Cheryll Sotheran and Ken Gorbey.[21]

Governance and leadership edit

The museum is run by a board appointed by the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage. Board members have included: Wira Gardiner, Fiona Campbell, Sue Piper, Judith Tizard, John Judge, Miria Pomare, Michael Bassett, Christopher Parkin, Sandra Lee, Ngātata Love, Ron Trotter, Glenys Coughlan, Judith Binney, Philip Carter, Wendy Lai[22] and Api Mahuika.[23]

Directors of the museum include:

CEOs of Te Papa include:

Collections edit

The History Collection includes many dresses and textiles, the oldest of which date back to the sixteenth century. The History Collection also includes the New Zealand Post Archive with around 20,000 stamps and related objects, and the Pacific Collection with about 13,000 historic and contemporary items from the Pacific Islands.

There are significant collections of fossils and archaeozoology; a herbarium of about 250,000 dried specimens (Index Herbariorum code WELT[36]); a collection of about 70,000 specimen of New Zealand birds; significant amphibians, reptiles and mammals.

The museum has the world's largest specimen of the rare colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni). It weighs 495 kilograms (1,091 lb) and is 4.2 metres (14 ft) long.[37] The squid arrived at the museum in March 2007 after being captured by New Zealand fishers in the Ross Sea off Antarctica.[38] The cultural collections include collections on photography, Māori taonga (cultural treasures), and Pacific cultures.

The Museum of New Zealand is also home to the Elgar Collection, a valuable collection of English and French furniture and paintings, the oldest of which date back to the seventeenth century. In 1946 the Dominion Museum received a bequest of some of Fernside Homestead's finest antiques from Ella Elgar's will. Until 1992 these antiques were displayed in period rooms at the Dominion Museum, and objects from the Elgar Collection are currently exhibited throughout Te Papa.[39]

Archives edit

The archives are located in a separate building on 169 Tory Street and are open for researchers by appointment. There are two categories of archive collections: the Museum Archive and the Collected Archives.

The Museum Archive goes back to the founding of the Colonial Museum in 1865 and comprises the archives of James Hector. The archives of the National Art Gallery of New Zealand are also part of these archives. The Collected Archives fall into two groups:

  1. Art-related records and other archival papers in specialist areas; for instance the archives of Toss Woollaston, Lois White and Leonard Mitchell
  2. A wide variety of archival material, that includes the diary of Felton Mathew, Surveyor General at the time of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, and battle plans and correspondences related to World War I; for instance the Gallipoli diary of Captain E.P. Cox.[40]

Exhibitions edit

Te Papa's exhibits range from long-term exhibitions on New Zealand's natural environment and social history, to cultural spaces and touring/temporary exhibitions. Most are hands-on and interactive.[41] The long term exhibitions of cultural objects focus on New Zealand history, Māori culture and New Zealand's natural world. The hands-on and interactive exhibitions focus on engaging young visitors and include out-door areas built and planted for Te Papa. The key cultural space is the Rongomaraeroa marae with unusual whakairo in its wharenui, Te Hono ki Hawaiki.[42]

All permanent exhibitions are free for all visitors. Many of the temporary exhibitions are ticketed, but may have occasional free days.[43]

In 2018, the Mountains to Sea and Awesome Forces exhibits were closed, with Te Taiao Nature taking their place. This new exhibit opened on 11 May 2019, with a 1,400 square-metre exhibition focusing on New Zealand's natural environment.[44] The exhibition retains several features of the old exhibits, such as an earthquake house simulation and a 495 kilogram (1,091 lb) Colossal squid.

In 2022, the Manu Rere Moana exhibition was renewed to reflect the developments in traditional navigation since its initial installation. [45]

A full list of exhibitions can be found here.

Library edit

Te Aka Matua Library, previously a publicly accessible library, is now open only to researchers by appointment between 10am-5pm, Monday-Friday. The library is a major research and reference resource, with particular strengths in New Zealand, Māori, natural history, art, photography and museum studies. It is located on the fourth floor of the main building.[46]

Mahuki Innovation Accelerator edit

Mahuki[47] was Te Papa's innovation accelerator. It was an in-residence programme in which 10 teams developed solutions to challenges facing cultural institutions.[48]

Controversies edit

The museum has sometimes been the centre of controversy. The siting of significant collections at the water's edge on reclaimed land next to one of the world's most active faults has resulted in concern by some people. There has been criticism of the "sideshow" nature of some exhibits, primarily the Time Warp section, which has closed. There has also been criticism that some exhibits were not given due reverence. For example, a major work by Colin McCahon was at one stage juxtaposed with a 1950s refrigerator in a New Zealand culture exhibition.[49]

The Māori name of the museum has caused controversy. In 1989 the Māori iwi Te Āti Awa, located near Wellington, requested that the Ngāti Whakaue iwi grant a name to the museum, which resulted in the Ngāti Whakaue bestowing the name Kuru Tongarerewa, an ancient ceremonial name important to the iwi evoking spiritual, historical, and cultural importance. However, the name eventually adopted by the museum caused offense by being a modification in the form of Te Papa Tongarewa. Meetings between the museum's board and the Ngāti Whakaue led to promises that the name would be changed to Te Papa Kuru Tongererewa, but the change did not occur. [50]

New Zealand art commentator Hamish Keith, a member of the board that set up the Museum of New Zealand and a member of its interim board,[51] has been a consistent critic of Te Papa at different times referring to it as a "theme park", the "cultural equivalent to a fast-food outlet" and "not even a de facto national gallery",[52] but seemed to moderate his opinion later when making a case for exhibition space on the Auckland waterfront.[53]

Staff restructuring at Te Papa since 2012 has generated significant controversy.[54][55][56] In October 2018, Te Papa management promised to review restructuring plans, indicating that plans would be scaled back.[57] In February 2019, the Collection Manager of Fishes Andrew Stewart and the Collection Manager of Molluscs Bruce Marshall were made redundant.[58][59][60] Numerous museum experts and scientists in New Zealand and worldwide criticised the move, with researchers including Steve O'Shea advocating a boycott.[61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69] In March 2019, the redundancies were delayed.[70] In April 2019, the museum reversed the decision for Andrew Stewart, offering him an alternative job.[71][72][73] Between April and May 2019, Te Papa advertised a research position for a molluscan curator and awarded the job to an alternative candidate to Bruce Marshall.[70][74][75] The advertisement and decision to not offer the job to Bruce Marshall was criticised harshly by outside experts,[70][74] prompting moa expert Trevor Worthy to end his 30-year research association with the museum in protest.[76]

Virgin Mary artwork controversy edit

British artist Tania Kovats' exhibition, Pictura Britannica, particularly the piece Virgin in a Condom, infuriated many in the Christian community and sparked protests and counter protests a month after Te Papa opened its doors in 1998.[77] A nationwide petition was circulated calling for the work's removal. Protesters congregated on the forecourt outside, increasing in number after The Christian Action group took out a full-page advertisement in The Dominion newspaper inviting people to join their protest. They threatened to take Te Papa to court on the grounds of "blasphemous libel", a 1961 Crimes Act offence against "religion, morality and public welfare". Te Papa staff also became the target of abusive and threatening phone calls and letters. The exhibit was guarded after being physically attacked, and following that, a guard working at the site was assaulted.

Te Papa responded by refusing to remove the offending artwork. The museum welcomed protestors back, stating that the museum's aim was not to offend, but to stimulate debate as a forum. However, they stipulated that debate would not concern the removal of the artwork, but only its meanings and interpretation, claiming that, "the people of New Zealand would want the museum to take a strong position on this, not to succumb to intimidation as some other museums have". The move sought to align Te Papa with other art museums that have taken the side of artistic freedom in spite of well publicised protest (the statuette was banned in Adelaide, stolen in Sydney, and dropped from its British tour).

The leader of the Christian Heritage Party claimed that the sacrilegious display of the statuette was hypocritical, given that the museum is careful not to offend sensitivities about Māori spirituality.

Behind the scenes tour advice for women edit

Advice for pregnant and menstruating women to avoid a behind-the-scenes tour of some of Te Papa's collections in 2010 had some questioning if this was appropriate inclusiveness for a national museum. A Te Papa spokeswoman at the time said the policy was in place because of Māori beliefs surrounding the taonga collection included in the tour "for their own safety".[78] This generated outrage, with claims that Te Papa was overbearing in terms of political correctness.[77]

William Strutt painting dispute edit

Taranaki tribal elders raised objections to a 19th-century Te Papa-owned painting that the museum planned to lend to the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth in 2019. Te Papa said it hoped the piece, View of Mt Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand, taken from New Plymouth, with Maoris driving off settlers' cattle, painted by William Strutt, would spark a conversation about historical perspectives.[79][80][81]

Te Taiao water quality falsification edit

In 2019, the museum faced criticism from farmers, and National Party MP Todd Muller over a container of brown dyed water which was part of a display in the museum's Te Taiao Nature exhibition. This water was labelled as "water from a typical farm stream" with an image of a cow defecating in a waterway, and was classed as undrinkable.[82] Te Papa spokeswoman Kate Camp also told Stuff that the bottles had been created for display purposes only and were not samples. Camp stated that, "this display is about telling the story of New Zealand waterways. It's based on robust research that shows that many waterways in New Zealand—in urban and rural areas—aren't fit to drink or to swim in".[82]

Exposure of adult content to children edit

In 2020, several children were exposed to mature content without sufficient warning messages. Te Papa head of art Charlotte Davy said the museum would be making warning signs more obvious and installing new ones.[83]

Te Tiriti o Waitangi exhibition protest edit

 
Ngā tohu kotahitanga Signs of a Nation display in December 2023

On 11 December 2023, a wooden display panel showing an English version of the Treaty of Waitangi at the museum's Signs of a Nation Te Tiriti o Waitangi exhibition was damaged and partially blacked out with spray paint and an angle grinder by protesters from a group calling itself Te Waka Hourua. The group had demanded the panel's removal from display for allegedly misleading visitors into thinking that it was a translation of the document. Twelve people were arrested. Museum officials said that they acknowledged the group's message and said that they were renewing the display, adding that the damaged panel would remain on display in its current form over the 2023–2024 summer.[84]

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Further reading edit

  • 'The designing of Te Papa'. Architecture New Zealand. Special edition, February 1998.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Collections online
  • Te Papa within Google Arts & Culture
  •   Media related to Te Papa Tongarewa at Wikimedia Commons

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The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand s national museum and is located in Wellington Usually known as Te Papa Maori for the treasure box it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery 3 An average of more than 1 5 million people visit every year making it the 26th most visited art gallery in the world Te Papa operates under a bicultural philosophy and emphasises the living stories behind its cultural treasures 4 Museum of New Zealand Te Papa TongarewaFront side with entrance in 2009Interactive fullscreen mapFormer nameDominion Museum and National Art GalleryEstablished1992LocationWellington New ZealandCoordinates41 17 26 S 174 46 55 E 41 29056 S 174 78194 E 41 29056 174 78194Visitors1 5 million 2017 1 KaihautuArapata Hakiwai 2 DirectorCourtney JohnstonWebsiteOfficial website Contents 1 History 1 1 Colonial Museum 1 2 Co location with National Art Gallery 1 3 Te Papa 1 4 Current building 2 Governance and leadership 3 Collections 4 Archives 5 Exhibitions 6 Library 7 Mahuki Innovation Accelerator 8 Controversies 8 1 Virgin Mary artwork controversy 8 2 Behind the scenes tour advice for women 8 3 William Strutt painting dispute 8 4 Te Taiao water quality falsification 8 5 Exposure of adult content to children 8 6 Te Tiriti o Waitangi exhibition protest 9 See also 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External linksHistory edit nbsp Sir James Hector nbsp Entrance to the Dominion Museum previously Colonial Museum in Museum Street Thorndon nbsp Dominion MuseumColonial Museum edit The first predecessor to Te Papa was the Colonial Museum founded in 1865 with Sir James Hector as founding director The museum was built on Museum Street roughly in the location of the present day Defence House Office Building 5 The museum prioritised scientific collections but also acquired a range of other items often by donation including prints and paintings ethnographic curiosities and items of antiquity 6 In 1907 the Colonial Museum was renamed the Dominion Museum and took on a broader focus The idea of developing a public art gallery in Wellington was gathering support and the Science and Art Act of 1913 paved the way for a national art gallery in the same building Co location with National Art Gallery edit Following the passing of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Act in 1930 the two institutions shared a single board of trustees In 1934 the National Art Gallery moved into the Dominion Museum building and incorporated the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts which sold its land and donated the proceeds to the new organisation together with an initial collection 7 The early holding consisted largely of donations and bequests including those from Harold Beauchamp T Lindsay Buick Archdeacon Smythe N Chevalier J C Richmond William Swainson Bishop Monrad John Ilott and Rex Nan Kivell 8 In 1936 a new building to house both the collections opened in Buckle Street as a part of the newly built National War Memorial In 1985 a temporary exhibition space venue was added to the National Art Gallery Shed 11 the Temporary Contemporary was situated on the Wellington waterfront in a converted industrial warehouse built in 1905 9 and exhibited contemporary art both local and international until 1992 Eru D Gore was secretary manager from 1936 until his death in 1948 when Stewart Maclennan was appointed the first director This was the first appointment in New Zealand of a full time art gallery director Other past directors of the gallery include Stewart Maclennan 1948 68 Melvin Day 1968 78 Luit Bieringa 1979 89 Jenny Harper 1990 92 Te Papa edit Te Papa was established in 1992 by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Act 1992 10 Part of the remit for Te Papa was to explore the national identity of New Zealand 11 Te Papa Tongarewa translates literally to container of treasures or in full container of treasured things and people that spring from mother Earth here in New Zealand 12 The official opening took place on 14 February 1998 in a ceremony led by Prime Minister Jenny Shipley Sir Peter Blake and two children Maori traditional instrumentalist Richard Nunns co led the musicians at a dawn ceremony on opening day 13 The museum had one million visitors in the first five months of operation and between 1 and 1 3 million visits have been made in each subsequent year In 2004 more space was devoted to exhibiting works from the New Zealand art collection in a long term exhibition called Toi Te Papa Art of the Nation 14 Filmmakers Gaylene Preston and Anna Cottrell documented the development of Te Papa in their film Getting to Our Place 15 Current building edit nbsp South western viewThe main Te Papa building is built on former Wellington Harbour Board land on the waterfront in Wellington on Cable Street The site was previously occupied by a modern five storey hotel This was jacked off its foundations onto numerous rail bogies and transported 200 metres 660 ft down and across the road to a new site when where it is now the Museum Hotel 16 Te Papa was designed by Jasmax Architects 17 and built by Fletcher Construction 18 The 36 000 square metre 390 000 sq ft building had cost NZ 300 million by its opening in 1998 Earthquake strengthening of the Cable Street building was achieved through the New Zealand developed technology of base isolation 19 20 The building contains six floors of exhibitions cafes and gift shops dedicated to New Zealand s culture history and environment The museum also incorporates outdoor areas with artificial caves native bushes and wetlands A second building on Tory Street is a scientific research facility and storage area and is not open to the public citation needed The design process of the building followed bicultural principles based on the Treaty of Waitangi This process was led by Cliff Whiting working alongside Cheryll Sotheran and Ken Gorbey 21 Governance and leadership editThe museum is run by a board appointed by the Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage Board members have included Wira Gardiner Fiona Campbell Sue Piper Judith Tizard John Judge Miria Pomare Michael Bassett Christopher Parkin Sandra Lee Ngatata Love Ron Trotter Glenys Coughlan Judith Binney Philip Carter Wendy Lai 22 and Api Mahuika 23 Directors of the museum include James Hector 1865 1903 24 Augustus Hamilton 1903 1913 25 James Allan Thomson 1914 1928 26 Walter Oliver 1928 1947 27 Robert Falla 1947 1966 28 CEOs of Te Papa include Cheryll Sotheran 1992 2002 Cliff Whiting 1995 joint CEO or kaihautu 23 Seddon Bennington 2003 July 2009 Michael Houlihan Aug 2010 May 2014 29 Rick Ellis Nov 2014 May 2017 30 31 Geraint Martin May 2017 2019 32 31 Courtney Johnston 2019 present 33 and Arapata Hakiwai Kaihautu Maori co leader 2014 present 34 35 Collections editThe History Collection includes many dresses and textiles the oldest of which date back to the sixteenth century The History Collection also includes the New Zealand Post Archive with around 20 000 stamps and related objects and the Pacific Collection with about 13 000 historic and contemporary items from the Pacific Islands There are significant collections of fossils and archaeozoology a herbarium of about 250 000 dried specimens Index Herbariorum code WELT 36 a collection of about 70 000 specimen of New Zealand birds significant amphibians reptiles and mammals The museum has the world s largest specimen of the rare colossal squid Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni It weighs 495 kilograms 1 091 lb and is 4 2 metres 14 ft long 37 The squid arrived at the museum in March 2007 after being captured by New Zealand fishers in the Ross Sea off Antarctica 38 The cultural collections include collections on photography Maori taonga cultural treasures and Pacific cultures The Museum of New Zealand is also home to the Elgar Collection a valuable collection of English and French furniture and paintings the oldest of which date back to the seventeenth century In 1946 the Dominion Museum received a bequest of some of Fernside Homestead s finest antiques from Ella Elgar s will Until 1992 these antiques were displayed in period rooms at the Dominion Museum and objects from the Elgar Collection are currently exhibited throughout Te Papa 39 Archives editThe archives are located in a separate building on 169 Tory Street and are open for researchers by appointment There are two categories of archive collections the Museum Archive and the Collected Archives The Museum Archive goes back to the founding of the Colonial Museum in 1865 and comprises the archives of James Hector The archives of the National Art Gallery of New Zealand are also part of these archives The Collected Archives fall into two groups Art related records and other archival papers in specialist areas for instance the archives of Toss Woollaston Lois White and Leonard Mitchell A wide variety of archival material that includes the diary of Felton Mathew Surveyor General at the time of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and battle plans and correspondences related to World War I for instance the Gallipoli diary of Captain E P Cox 40 Exhibitions editTe Papa s exhibits range from long term exhibitions on New Zealand s natural environment and social history to cultural spaces and touring temporary exhibitions Most are hands on and interactive 41 The long term exhibitions of cultural objects focus on New Zealand history Maori culture and New Zealand s natural world The hands on and interactive exhibitions focus on engaging young visitors and include out door areas built and planted for Te Papa The key cultural space is the Rongomaraeroa marae with unusual whakairo in its wharenui Te Hono ki Hawaiki 42 All permanent exhibitions are free for all visitors Many of the temporary exhibitions are ticketed but may have occasional free days 43 In 2018 the Mountains to Sea and Awesome Forces exhibits were closed with Te Taiao Nature taking their place This new exhibit opened on 11 May 2019 with a 1 400 square metre exhibition focusing on New Zealand s natural environment 44 The exhibition retains several features of the old exhibits such as an earthquake house simulation and a 495 kilogram 1 091 lb Colossal squid In 2022 the Manu Rere Moana exhibition was renewed to reflect the developments in traditional navigation since its initial installation 45 A full list of exhibitions can be found here Library editTe Aka Matua Library previously a publicly accessible library is now open only to researchers by appointment between 10am 5pm Monday Friday The library is a major research and reference resource with particular strengths in New Zealand Maori natural history art photography and museum studies It is located on the fourth floor of the main building 46 Mahuki Innovation Accelerator editMahuki 47 was Te Papa s innovation accelerator It was an in residence programme in which 10 teams developed solutions to challenges facing cultural institutions 48 Controversies editThe museum has sometimes been the centre of controversy The siting of significant collections at the water s edge on reclaimed land next to one of the world s most active faults has resulted in concern by some people There has been criticism of the sideshow nature of some exhibits primarily the Time Warp section which has closed There has also been criticism that some exhibits were not given due reverence For example a major work by Colin McCahon was at one stage juxtaposed with a 1950s refrigerator in a New Zealand culture exhibition 49 The Maori name of the museum has caused controversy In 1989 the Maori iwi Te Ati Awa located near Wellington requested that the Ngati Whakaue iwi grant a name to the museum which resulted in the Ngati Whakaue bestowing the name Kuru Tongarerewa an ancient ceremonial name important to the iwi evoking spiritual historical and cultural importance However the name eventually adopted by the museum caused offense by being a modification in the form of Te Papa Tongarewa Meetings between the museum s board and the Ngati Whakaue led to promises that the name would be changed to Te Papa Kuru Tongererewa but the change did not occur 50 New Zealand art commentator Hamish Keith a member of the board that set up the Museum of New Zealand and a member of its interim board 51 has been a consistent critic of Te Papa at different times referring to it as a theme park the cultural equivalent to a fast food outlet and not even a de facto national gallery 52 but seemed to moderate his opinion later when making a case for exhibition space on the Auckland waterfront 53 Staff restructuring at Te Papa since 2012 has generated significant controversy 54 55 56 In October 2018 Te Papa management promised to review restructuring plans indicating that plans would be scaled back 57 In February 2019 the Collection Manager of Fishes Andrew Stewart and the Collection Manager of Molluscs Bruce Marshall were made redundant 58 59 60 Numerous museum experts and scientists in New Zealand and worldwide criticised the move with researchers including Steve O Shea advocating a boycott 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 In March 2019 the redundancies were delayed 70 In April 2019 the museum reversed the decision for Andrew Stewart offering him an alternative job 71 72 73 Between April and May 2019 Te Papa advertised a research position for a molluscan curator and awarded the job to an alternative candidate to Bruce Marshall 70 74 75 The advertisement and decision to not offer the job to Bruce Marshall was criticised harshly by outside experts 70 74 prompting moa expert Trevor Worthy to end his 30 year research association with the museum in protest 76 Virgin Mary artwork controversy edit This Section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this Section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Te Papa news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message British artist Tania Kovats exhibition Pictura Britannica particularly the piece Virgin in a Condom infuriated many in the Christian community and sparked protests and counter protests a month after Te Papa opened its doors in 1998 77 A nationwide petition was circulated calling for the work s removal Protesters congregated on the forecourt outside increasing in number after The Christian Action group took out a full page advertisement in The Dominion newspaper inviting people to join their protest They threatened to take Te Papa to court on the grounds of blasphemous libel a 1961 Crimes Act offence against religion morality and public welfare Te Papa staff also became the target of abusive and threatening phone calls and letters The exhibit was guarded after being physically attacked and following that a guard working at the site was assaulted Te Papa responded by refusing to remove the offending artwork The museum welcomed protestors back stating that the museum s aim was not to offend but to stimulate debate as a forum However they stipulated that debate would not concern the removal of the artwork but only its meanings and interpretation claiming that the people of New Zealand would want the museum to take a strong position on this not to succumb to intimidation as some other museums have The move sought to align Te Papa with other art museums that have taken the side of artistic freedom in spite of well publicised protest the statuette was banned in Adelaide stolen in Sydney and dropped from its British tour The leader of the Christian Heritage Party claimed that the sacrilegious display of the statuette was hypocritical given that the museum is careful not to offend sensitivities about Maori spirituality Behind the scenes tour advice for women edit Advice for pregnant and menstruating women to avoid a behind the scenes tour of some of Te Papa s collections in 2010 had some questioning if this was appropriate inclusiveness for a national museum A Te Papa spokeswoman at the time said the policy was in place because of Maori beliefs surrounding the taonga collection included in the tour for their own safety 78 This generated outrage with claims that Te Papa was overbearing in terms of political correctness 77 William Strutt painting dispute edit Taranaki tribal elders raised objections to a 19th century Te Papa owned painting that the museum planned to lend to the Govett Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth in 2019 Te Papa said it hoped the piece View of Mt Egmont Taranaki New Zealand taken from New Plymouth with Maoris driving off settlers cattle painted by William Strutt would spark a conversation about historical perspectives 79 80 81 Te Taiao water quality falsification edit In 2019 the museum faced criticism from farmers and National Party MP Todd Muller over a container of brown dyed water which was part of a display in the museum s Te Taiao Nature exhibition This water was labelled as water from a typical farm stream with an image of a cow defecating in a waterway and was classed as undrinkable 82 Te Papa spokeswoman Kate Camp also told Stuff that the bottles had been created for display purposes only and were not samples Camp stated that this display is about telling the story of New Zealand waterways It s based on robust research that shows that many waterways in New Zealand in urban and rural areas aren t fit to drink or to swim in 82 Exposure of adult content to children edit In 2020 several children were exposed to mature content without sufficient warning messages Te Papa head of art Charlotte Davy said the museum would be making warning signs more obvious and installing new ones 83 Te Tiriti o Waitangi exhibition protest edit nbsp Nga tohu kotahitanga Signs of a Nation display in December 2023On 11 December 2023 a wooden display panel showing an English version of the Treaty of Waitangi at the museum s Signs of a Nation Te Tiriti o Waitangi exhibition was damaged and partially blacked out with spray paint and an angle grinder by protesters from a group calling itself Te Waka Hourua The group had demanded the panel s removal from display for allegedly misleading visitors into thinking that it was a translation of the document Twelve people were arrested Museum officials said that they acknowledged the group s message and said that they were renewing the display adding that the damaged panel would remain on display in its current form over the 2023 2024 summer 84 See also editList of national galleries Rongomaraeroa the contemporary marae of Te Papa Tales from Te Papa a television series about objects from the collectionReferences edit Cultural sector overviews history Manatu Taonga 12 January 2018 Retrieved 23 March 2018 Executive team Te kei o te waka Te Papa 10 February 2016 Retrieved 2 March 2023 Te Papa founding chief executive Dame Cheryll Sotheran dies after long illness Stuff 31 December 2017 Retrieved 14 February 2018 Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Souvenir Guide Wellington New Zealand Te Papa Press 2017 pp 6 7 ISBN 9780994136220 Object Colonial Museum Collections Online Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa collections tepapa govt nz Archived from the original on 18 June 2015 Retrieved 18 June 2015 Our history Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Wellington NZ 10 February 2016 Retrieved 8 January 2021 National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum The Governor General of New Zealand Te Kawana Tianara o Aotearoa gg govt nz 1934 Archived from the original on 22 May 2010 Retrieved 18 October 2011 14 Apr 1934 National Art Gallery Wellington Te Ara The Encyclopedia of New Zealand teara govt nz 2011 Archived from the original on 23 October 2012 Retrieved 18 October 2011 Reporter s diary The Press Christchurch 11 September 1985 p 2 Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Act 1992 No 19 as at 25 January 2005 Public Act New Zealand Legislation legislation govt nz 2011 Archived from the original on 27 January 2012 Retrieved 28 July 2011 Tramposch William J January 1998 Te Papa Reinventing the Museum Museum Management and Curatorship 17 4 339 350 doi 10 1080 09647779800201704 Our history Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Wellington NZ 10 February 2016 Retrieved 19 September 2021 Biography The Arts Foundation Archived from the original on 20 March 2012 Retrieved 24 September 2011 Toi Te Papa International and New Zealand Art from Te Papa s collection www tepapa govt nz Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 18 June 2015 Getting to Our Place 17 July 2011 Archived from the original on 17 July 2011 Retrieved 18 June 2015 Stewart Matt 24 November 2015 Museum Hotel rides the rails 150 Years of News Stuff Retrieved 3 October 2022 Jasmax Archived from the original on 9 December 2017 Retrieved 8 December 2017 Building Fletcher Construction Archived from the original on 25 May 2010 Retrieved 28 April 2010 Base Isolation PDF Archived from the original PDF on 19 March 2013 Retrieved 10 April 2013 Cheshire Pip February 1998 Robust framework Architecture New Zealand Special edition 89 90 French Anne February 1998 Setting standards Architecture New Zealand Special edition 69 72 New Te Papa chair and board member appointed scoop co nz 2010 Archived from the original on 2 February 2014 Retrieved 17 October 2011 Appointment to the Board of Te Papa Tongarewa scoop co nz 2008 Archived from the original on 2 February 2014 Retrieved 17 October 2011 New appointments to Te Papa board announced scoop co nz 2009 Archived from the original on 2 February 2014 Retrieved 17 October 2011 Lee and Love appointed to Te Papa Board scoop co nz 2007 Archived from the original on 2 February 2014 Retrieved 17 October 2011 Appointments to Te Papa Tongarewa Board scoop co nz 2006 Archived from the original on 3 February 2014 Retrieved 17 October 2011 New appointments to Te Papa Board scoop co nz 2010 Archived from the original on 6 August 2010 Retrieved 17 October 2011 a b French Anne February 1998 Setting standards Architecture New Zealand Special edition 72 Hector James Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Te Ara Hamilton Augustus Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Te Ara Thomson James Allan Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Te Ara Oliver Walter Reginald Brook Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Te Ara Falla Robert Alexander Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Te Ara Burgess Doug 27 November 2014 Te Papa lifts lid on ex CEO Stuff Retrieved 9 September 2019 Te Papa appoints new Chief Executive Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 10 November 2014 Retrieved 9 September 2019 a b Macdonald Nikki 19 October 2019 Who should Te Papa choose to lead the national museum Stuff Retrieved 19 October 2019 Te Papa chief executive Geraint Martin quits after controversial restructure New Zealand Herald 9 September 2019 Retrieved 9 September 2019 New Chief Executive Courtney Johnston will lead Te Papa into a new era Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 13 December 2019 Retrieved 14 December 2019 Victoria PhD student appointed as Te Papa s Kaihautu Victoria University of Wellington Victoria ac nz 9 October 2013 Retrieved 17 July 2014 Executive team Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Wellington NZ Tepapa govt nz Retrieved 17 July 2014 Herbarium List The William amp Lynda Steere Herbarium Te Papa Tongarewa sweetgum nybg org Retrieved 9 November 2020 Atkinson Kent 1 May 2008 Size matters on squid row The New Zealand Herald Retrieved 25 September 2011 Colossal squid may be headed for oven USA Today AP 22 March 2007 Retrieved 17 January 2015 Fernside the Elgar homestead Te Papa Collections online Object Diary Gallipoli Collections Online Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa collections tepapa govt nz Archived from the original on 10 October 2015 Retrieved 18 June 2015 Exhibitions Nga whakaaturanga Te Papa 22 January 2016 Meeting house Te Papa Tongarewa First peoples in Maori tradition Te Ara The Encyclopedia of New Zealand teara govt nz 2011 Archived from the original on 18 March 2012 Retrieved 17 October 2011 These carvings are on Te Hono ki Hawaiki wharenui meeting house in Te Papa museum They show links to Hawaiki the spiritual homeland from which the first arrivals to New Zealand came See Te Papa s masterpieces for free scoop co nz 2011 Archived from the original on 27 January 2011 Retrieved 17 October 2011 Wellingtonians have the opportunity to see Te Papa s latest temporary exhibition The European Masters on Thursday 3 February for free thanks to Wellington City Council s sponsorship of the museum Ground breaking nature zone opens in May Te Papa 18 February 2019 Retrieved 29 May 2019 Manu Rere Moana Te Papa 11 October 2022 Research library and reading rooms Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 10 February 2016 Archived from the original on 27 March 2018 Retrieved 28 March 2018 Murphy Oonagh 1 January 2018 Coworking Spaces Accelerators and Incubators Emerging Forms of Museum Practice in an Increasingly Digital World PDF Museum International 70 1 2 62 75 doi 10 1111 muse 12193 ISSN 1350 0775 S2CID 166015542 Open Minds Open Markets Mahuki Retrieved 29 May 2019 Williams Paul May 2001 Parade Reformulating Art and Identity at Te Papa Museum of New Zealand PDF Open Museum Journal Volume 3 Policy and Practice Archived from the original PDF on 10 April 2008 Retrieved 27 March 2008 Tapsell Paul 31 July 2017 Being pre Indigenous The Routledge Companion to Cultural Property Abingdon Oxon Routledge pp 351 372 doi 10 4324 9781315641034 22 ISBN 9781315641034 retrieved 16 September 2021 Hamish Keith Retrieved 9 June 2023 Keith Hamish 22 March 2008 Te solution Cultural Curmudgeon New Zealand Listener 213 3541 Archived from the original on 10 August 2012 Retrieved 28 September 2012 Keith Hamish 5 December 2011 Hamish Keith on museums New Zealand Listener 3734 Archived from the original on 11 August 2012 Retrieved 28 September 2012 Is Te Papa properly managing its collections Stuff co nz 25 July 2018 Retrieved 11 April 2019 Te Papa lacking enough internal staff to look after entire collection experts say Stuff co nz 29 October 2018 Retrieved 11 April 2019 A review panel for collection management at the museum was not made aware of restructuring plans Radio New Zealand 30 October 2018 Retrieved 11 April 2019 Te Papa restructure A really thorough root and branch review Radio New Zealand 31 October 2018 Retrieved 11 April 2019 Te Papa restructure risks loss of irreplaceable science expertise critics Stuff co nz 25 January 2019 Retrieved 15 February 2019 World leading science experts made redundant in Te Papa restructure Stuff co nz 13 February 2019 Retrieved 15 February 2019 World renowned experts set to be made redundant by Te Papa insider says Radio New Zealand 13 February 2019 Retrieved 15 February 2019 Nic Rawlence Te Papa s latest restructure is a great leap backwards New Zealand Herald Retrieved 11 April 2019 Te Papa defends natural history team restructure Radio New Zealand March 2019 Retrieved 11 April 2019 Scientist worried for Te Papa s biological collections Radio New Zealand 25 July 2018 Retrieved 11 April 2019 Scientists have growing concern for Te Papa s natural history collection Radio New Zealand 27 February 2019 Retrieved 11 April 2019 Te Papa must decide if it still wants to be a natural history museum The Spinoff 18 February 2019 Retrieved 11 April 2019 The loss of knowledge behind the scenes at the museum Stuff co nz March 2019 Retrieved 11 April 2019 Te Papa slammed by 30 international experts over restructure making scientists redundant Stuff co nz 27 February 2019 Retrieved 11 April 2019 Global fish experts could boycott Te Papa over scientist job cuts Stuff co nz April 2019 Retrieved 11 April 2019 Another 20 international fish experts sign petition against Te Papa restructure Stuff co nz 2 April 2019 Retrieved 11 April 2019 a b c Te Papa museum lists ad for new curator after expert made redundant Radio New Zealand 26 March 2019 Retrieved 11 April 2019 Te Papa backs down over fish expert redundancy Stuff co nz 8 April 2019 Retrieved 11 April 2019 Te Papa expert made redundant offered new role at museum Scoop co nz Retrieved 11 April 2019 Te Papa offers new job to scientist it made redundant Wellington Scoop Retrieved 11 April 2019 a b Te Papa seeking mollusc specialist after axing world leading expert Stuff co nz 25 March 2019 Retrieved 11 April 2019 World leading Te Papa mollusc expert misses out on curator job Stuff co nz 21 May 2019 Retrieved 25 May 2019 Mr Moa scientist cuts 30 year Te Papa connection over staff treatment Stuff co nz Retrieved 11 April 2019 a b Plunket Sean 18 October 2010 Our Place needs biculturism not biased culturism stuff co nz Retrieved 17 October 2011 Pregnant women warned off Te Papa tour Stuff 12 October 2010 Retrieved 8 January 2021 Shaskey Tara 23 April 2018 Kaumatua disgusted at gallery s efforts to show colonial painting citing racism Stuff Retrieved 15 June 2023 Mitchell Stephanie 24 April 2018 Te Papa Controversial painting is a skewed version of history Stuff Retrieved 15 June 2023 Jamie Tuuta and the Strutt Painting RNZ 20 April 2018 Retrieved 15 June 2023 a b Outrageous Farmers furious over Te Papa dirty water display Newshub Retrieved 8 January 2021 Te Papa installing signage after preschoolers see man s genitals Stuff 19 July 2020 Retrieved 10 August 2021 Te Papa to renew Treaty of Waitangi exhibition that protesters defaced NZ Herald 19 December 2023 Retrieved 20 December 2023 Further reading edit The designing of Te Papa Architecture New Zealand Special edition February 1998 External links editOfficial website Collections online Te Papa within Google Arts amp Culture nbsp Media related to Te Papa Tongarewa at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Te Papa amp oldid 1205424516, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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