Tales from Te Papa

Directed byThomas Robins^[1]

Presented byRiria Hotere, Simon Morton

Country of originNew Zealand

Original languageEnglish

Tales from Te Papa
Directed by	Thomas Robins[1]
Presented by	Riria Hotere, Simon Morton
Country of origin	New Zealand
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	100 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer	Gibson Group
Original release
Network	TVNZ6

Tales From Te Papa is a television series of mini-documentaries about objects from the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa) and the activities of the Museum staff. The series is a partnership between Television New Zealand and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.^[2] The series was commissioned by Television New Zealand for TVNZ6, a digital channel and New Zealand's first fully public service broadcasting channel without advertising breaks.^[3] Each episode runs for 5 to 8 minutes and shows on rotation in what would be the advertising break between programmes. Since TVNZ6 changed format to TVNZU on 1 March 2011 the series was moved to TVNZ7^[4] and now available on You Tube.

The series was made by the Gibson Group and each episode produced by Gary Scott and hosted by either Simon Morton or Riria Hotere. A host interviews subject experts about a particular object or the behind-the-scenes work the Museum does.