Te Papa extends Gallipoli Exhibition

March 18, 2025

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Wellington’s Te Papa Museum has extended its Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War exhibition for another seven years, keeping it open until April 2032.

Originally planned to last only four years, the exhibition has already been extended twice since opening in 2015. The display features ultra-realistic, larger-than-life statues of seven World War I soldiers and a nurse, created by Wētā Workshop.

Te Papa’s chief executive, Courtney Johnston, said public interest in the exhibition remains strong. “The success of Gallipoli has been more than anyone could have ever expected,” she told RNZ. The museum expects to reach five million visitors this year, making it one of New Zealand’s most successful exhibitions.

Wētā Workshop’s co-founder, Sir Richard Taylor, said the project was deeply meaningful. “We wanted to honour those who served and sacrificed so much,” he said.

The exhibition will temporarily close for maintenance from July 21 to September 12, 2025. When it reopens, visitors can book a new guided tour, available twice daily from August 4. Additionally, guests visiting between May 1 and November 30 will have a chance to win an 11-day trip to Türkiye, valued at $15,000.

Article written by Milli Banbury

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At a local reserve near Rotorua, a group of Year 8 students helped with a native planting project. Before the project began, the area was dry and muddy, with only a few struggling grasses left beside the stream. Over several weekends, volunteers planted more than 300 young kānuka, mānuka, and carex plants. They also laid mulch to hold moisture in the soil and placed protective guards around each plant so rabbits would not eat the leaves.

After three months, the students noticed that insects had started returning to the reserve. Small birds were feeding in the new shrubs, and the stream edge looked less bare. The group recorded the growth of the plants and compared it with earlier photos. Their teacher said the project showed how careful work can slowly improve a damaged place.

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The reserve was always full of healthy native plants and birds. The students and volunteers worked to restore a damaged reserve with native planting. The students learned how to identify insects living near a stream. Rabbits caused the greatest problem for the students during weekends.