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2026 Michael King Lecture: The Storyteller's Challenge
Wednesday, 23rd September 2026 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Dr Monty Soutar will present the 2026 Michael King Lecture, "The Storyteller's Challenge: Making the pre-colonial and colonial past resonate…Burns 1 Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, University of Otago
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Stitched: A new play by Ellie Swann
September 17th — 26th, 2026
Desdemona and Emilia are best friends. Unfortunately, their husbands are dicks.New Athenaeum Theatre, The Octagon
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Gone to Seed
September 18th — 26th, 2026 7:00 AM - 9:45 PM
Written by TIM HAMBLETON - Directed by HEIDI MCGREGOR WINNER: Original Script and Production (New NZ Full Length Play)Fire Station Theatre, 3 Cargill Street, Mosgiel
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Spiral Collectives Exhibition - celebrating Spiral's 50th anniversary
31st Jul — 18th October, 2026
The Spiral Collectives exhibition remembers — with much love — 19 remarkable artists and writers who lived sometime between 1929, when Jacquie…Reed Gallery I Third Floor I City Library
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Exhibition: And Then...
4th Jul — 29th November, 2026
We all start at the beginning, but what happens next is up to you.Whānau Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
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A River of Creativity: An Exhibition Celebrating 40 Years of Artsenta
17th Sep — 29th November, 2026
Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko auBeautiful Science Gallery, Tūhura Otago Museum - Free
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Silent Book Club Dunedin
Tuesday, 1st September 2026 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Happy hour for introverts! No assigned books, just a quiet nook to sit quietly and read in the company of…Steamer Basin, Tucked down No Name Alley
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Q&A screening of MUM, I'M ALIEN PREGNANT
Thursday, 3rd September 2026 7:15 PM
A brilliantly hilarious sci-fi comedy that took Sundance by storm.Rialto Cinemas Dunedin
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Ōtepoti Dunedin Poetry Circle
Friday, 4th September 2026 5:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Get together with fellow poetry lovers to sit and share poems and chat about them.1st Floor | Dunedin City Library, Moray Place
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FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: Whole-class reading instruction with Louise Dempsey
Monday, 7th September 2026 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join Louise as she unpacks the key features of explicit reading instruction, drawing on the principles of the refreshed New…Tahuna Normal Intermediate, 31 Auld Street, St Kilda, Dunedin
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Reading Allowed – An Hour Just for You
Wednesday, 9th September 2026 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Need a gentle midweek reset? Come and enjoy the simple pleasure of being read to.Cube | Ground Floor | City Library
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Dunedin Writers' Workshop
Wednesday, 9th September 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