He takunetaka | What's On
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University of Otago Centre for Medical Humanities Launch Events
Friday, 27th March 2026 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
What is the Medical Humanities?Terrace Lounge, Union Building
Past, present, and future, at the University of Otago and beyond. 3. 00-4. -

Book Launch and Exhibition opening: Te Ahikāroa
Saturday, 28th March 2026 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
A day of public events to launch Te Ahikāroa, which celebrates the artists and stories of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery collection.…Dunedin Public Art Gallery
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Special Exhibition - Soft Lines: Illustrating Empathy with Ruby Jones
13th Dec, 2025 — 29th March. , 2026
Dunedin-born illustrator Ruby Jones is one of New Zealand’s most exciting contemporary illustrators.Tūhura Otago Museum, Beautiful Science Gallery
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Taking Off: A Celebration of Brian Turner
Sunday, 29th March 2026 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Poet, environmentalist, sportsman, journalist, biographer and playwright Brian Turner ONZM died on the 5th of February 2025 at the age…Lake Wānaka Centre, 89 Ardmore street, Wānaka
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Colours of Pride Gallery Trail
March 1st — 31st, 2026
Follow the Pride Trail through Tūhura Otago Museum and uncover some colourful stories along the way.Tūhura Otago Museum
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NZSA Otago Southland Salon Reading Series
Wednesday, 1st April 2026 5:30 PM
You are invited to the NZSA Otago Southland Salon Reading Series featuring Rachel O'Neill & liz breslin with MC Michelle…Moons, 286 Princes Street, Dunedin
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Installation: What if the Gold needs to Stay in the Ground?
19th Feb — 2nd April, 2026 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
A work of creative imagination to speak for the Dunstan Ranges.125 George Street, Ōtepoti Dunedin
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Book Launch - The Clean: In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul
Wednesday, 8th April 2026 6:00 PM
‘Punk hit the brothers like a thunderclap’ and they electrified a generation.Pearl Diver, 73 St Andrew Street
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Octagon Poetry Collective's monthly reading
Wednesday, 8th April 2026 7:00 PM
Tonight: Teoti (Shorty) Jardine and Natasha Hope-Johnstone, with our Mac as MC.New Athenaeum Theatre in The Octagon, Dunedin
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Dunedin Writers' Workshop
Wednesday, 8th April 2026 5:30 PM - 7:45 PM
A friendly group with meetings held on the second Wednesday of each month, February to December.Dunningham Suite, 4th Floor, Dunedin City Library
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Gallery installation opening: The Wild Edge
Friday, 10th April 2026 5:00 PM
Celebrate the opening of The Wild Edge - a collaborative work exploring the wild edge ~ featuring Manu Berry, Pauline…Bellamys Gallery, 51 Moray Place, Dunedin
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Poetry Workshop - Found and Lost: Shape, Shadow and Light in Poetry and Sand
Saturday, 11th April 2026 10:00 AM
A collaborative experience at the water’s edge, taking place in the physically engaging space of Aramoana, with a view to…Beachhaven Pilot House, Aramoana