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Te Papa has been named in the top 1% "Best of the Best attractions worldwide" in the TripAdvisor 2025 Travellers' Choice Awards.
The museum in the capital was also labelled the best attraction in New Zealand, and the fifth best attraction in the South Pacific.
Its recognition was backed by exceptional visitor feedback, with the museum maintaining a 4.7-star rating out of 5 based on over 14,415 reviews, with 11,127 five-star reviews contributing to the museum's outstanding reputation.
Visitors frequently highlighted the museum's Māori taonga, its Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War exhibition, and the Te Taiao Nature immersive natural history area, according to TripAdvisor.
"This TripAdvisor win cements our place as a must-see destination for visitors from around the world,” Te Papa chief executive Courtney Johnston said.
The museum was also ranked New Zealand's top attraction in 2024.
Entry is free for all New Zealanders, while international visitors aged 16 and over have been charged a $35 entry fee since last September.
“To maintain our number one status in our first year of charging international visitors is just fantastic,” Te Papa Māori co-leader Dr Arapata Hakiwai said.
In the 2024/2025 financial year, Te Papa welcomed over 1 million visitors – 428,266 of whom were international.
The international visitors came primarily from Australia, the United Kingdom, the US, Germany and France, TripAdvisor said.
The overseas visitors spent an average of 121 minutes exploring the museum's extensive collections and exhibits.
The TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards are based on the quality and quantity of reviews from its users over a 12-month period.
