What's On
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National Maori Theatre Hui
Puketeraki Marae are hosting the National Maori Theatre Hui and the organisers are very keen that locals / mana whenua (especially rakatahi) have the opportunity to know about the hui and either register to join... Read more…26 - 29 November 2020
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150th anniversary of the Athenaeum Building
Birthday Cake & BubblesCelebrating the 150th anniversary of the Athenaeum Building with a series of Lightning Talks and birthday cake and bubbly.Seats are limited so please RSVP to: librarian@dunedinathenaeum.org.nzFollowed by a Celebration DinnerDrinks from 5.30pm... Read more…29 November 2020
3:00pm — 5:00pm
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Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Robert Burns Poetry Competition: "Here's a Health to them that's Awa"
Write a poem in English or Scots on the theme of ‘freedom’ inspired by Burns’ poem Here’s a Health to them that’s Awa.Cash prizes to the winners of the first prize, generously sponsored by the... Read more…1 September - 30 November 2020
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Catch-Up Book Club: Little Women
The Catch-Up Book Club is an informal group we run in partnership with the Department of English and Linguistics. A University of Otago lecturer, or other uniquely qualified person, talks about a classic you’ve heard... Read more…1 December 2020
5:30pm
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2020 Hocken Lecture - Hocken, Health & History: Archival and Digital Traces
You are warmly invited to the 2020 Hocken Lecture.Changes in the way historians can access physical records and online resources has opened new opportunities for research. This lecture will explore what we can learn about... Read more…1 December 2020
5:30pm — 7:30pm
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD AND COUNTING DOWN: Celebrating a Century of the Alexander Turnbull Library
The Alexander Turnbull Library is 100 years old. Turnbull Chief, Chris Szekely reflects on what it takes to care for collections in perpetuity and why the days of heritage libraries are numbered. He is joined... Read more…3 December 2020
5:30pm — 6:30pm
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Curators' Tour: HOTERE exhibition - FREE
CURATORS’ WALK-THROUGH OF RALPH HOTERE: ĀTETE (to resist)3 December 2020
5:30pm — 7:30pm
Join curators Lucy Hammonds and Lauren Gutsell for an evening tour of the current Ralph Hotere exhibition Ātete. All welcome.
above: Marti Friedlander Ralph Hotere Photograph. Courtesy the Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust Read more… -
Author Talk: Shooting the breeze… a Landmarks Conversation
Grahame Sydney artist | Brian Turner poet | Owen Marshall writerMC’d by UBS Otago’s Phillippa Duffy reader Through their own marks about the land and its people, be it in ink or paint, Landmarks offers a... Read more…4 December 2020
5:00pm — 7:00pm
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Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand
You are warmly invited to join us for a series of readings from this significant new collection published by Otago University Press. In the aftermath of the Christchurch terrorist attacks of 15 March 2019, Prime Minister... Read more…5 December 2020
2:00pm — 4:00pm
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E-Kare | E-Kasino
A collaboration between E-Kare and Blue Oyster Art Project SpaceOpening preview: Friday 27 November, 5.30pmFree to attend, all welcome.Blue Oyster and E-Kare are opening the doors for you to come play a few rounds in... Read more…28 November - 18 December 2020
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City of Readers: Children's Summer Reading Programme 2020/21
Register online or at your local library to join the 2020–21 Children’s Summer Reading Programme. Set your own reading goal and fill the booklet with details of what you read over summer. Show the booklet... Read more…1 - 31 December 2020
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Colin McCahon: A Constant Flow of Light
Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena holds one of the most important collections of McCahon’s art in New Zealand in addition to significant archives relating to his life and work.Focusing on the period between the... Read more…15 August 2020 - 6 March 2021