Yesterday morning at around 10.45am, Te Papa reached a milestone achievement of 20 million visitors since opening in 1998.
Congratulations to Eliza Jost, the 20,000,000th visitor to Te Papa.
Eliza, originally from Sydney, has been in Wellington for six years and performing as a ballerina with the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
“I’m overwhelmed!” beamed Eliza, “Thank you so much Te Papa”.
Eliza greeted at Te Papa’s entrance by Kahu the Kea. Photograph by Norman Heke. Te Papa
Eliza was presented with a prize pack, which includes
- TelstraClear vouchers to the value of $600 (inclusive of GST) that can be applied to any charges billed to a TelstraClear account.
- HP Photosmart 7510 e-All-in-One Printer
- Dinner at Monsoon Poon
- A weekend at Rydges Wellington
- Visa pressie card
- Te Papa Fun Pack, including Te Papa Press books, Te Papa Store Vouchers and a Friends of Te Papa Membership
- OurSpace Rides, free tickets for a year to Platinum Visa Gallery exhibitions and a Back of House Tour of your choice
Says Te Papa’s Chief Executive, Mike Houlihan, “This milestone confirms Te Papa’s status as the top tourist attraction in New Zealand”
Te Papa’s 20,000,000th visitor, Eliza Jost, with Chief Executive, Mike Houlihan and Kaihautū, Michelle Hippolite. Photograph by Norman Heke. Te Papa
During the month of May, we are expecting to reach the milestone of 20 million visitors since opening in 1998. We are so excited that our partners and sponsors want to celebrate this with us, and have put together a great prize package for our 20 millionth visitor.
The prize will be presented as they walk through the door, so make sure you come and visit Te Papa during the month of May because it could be you!
The prize package includes:
- TelstraClear vouchers to the value of $600 (inclusive of GST) that can be applied to any charges billed to a TelstraClear account.
- HP Photosmart 7510 e-All-in-One Printer
- Dinner at Monsoon Poon
- A weekend at Rydges Wellington
- Visa pressie card
- Te Papa Fun Pack, including Te Papa Press books, Te Papa Store Vouchers and a Friends of Te Papa Membership
- OurSpace Rides, Free tickets for a year to Platinum Visa Gallery exhibitions and a Back of House Tour of your choice
As with every competition, there are a few Terms and Conditions
- The 20 millionth person to walk through the main door of Te Papa as judged by the Te Papa visitor research team will be deemed the winner.
- The result is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- This competition is not open to Te Papa staff, contractors, or their immediate families.
- Winners must be available for publicity purposes. Winners grant Te Papa permission to use their names, characters, photographs, voices and likeness in connection with this promotion and for future promotion and marketing purposes and waive any claims to royalty, right or remuneration for such use.
- Parental permission must be given if the winner is under 18.
- Prizes are not transferable for cash.
- Te Papa will provide the prize. Te Papa reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value at any time.
- By accepting the prize, the prize winner accepts the terms and conditions stated above.
