Festivals

World Tai Chi & Qi Gong Day 2012

World Tai Chi and Qi Gong Day will be celebrated in Dunedin on Saturday, April 28th. It will start at 10am and finish by 1pm at the latest.

WhenDate: Saturday, 28 April 2012Start Time: 10:00AM WhereWhere: If the weather is fine, the event will be held at Dunedin Botanic Garden in the area on the north side of the Winter Garden glass house. If the weather or ground conditions are unsuitable, the event will be held in the Dunedin North Intermediate School hall on North Road, just past the shopping centre. ContactContact Details: 

For further information about this event please contact: Peter McDonald ph: 473 1681 / 027 379 4388 email: peterd0n@clear.net.nz

Columba College Fair

Columba College is once again hosting is annual School Fair — a delight for young and old alike. The school's main campus will be filled with games, activities, foods, shopping and even a visit from the Easter Bunny!

 

WhenDate: Saturday, 31 March 2012Start Time: 11:30AM WhereWhere: Columba College 399 Highgate ContactContact Details: 

Columba College Fair Convener (Jennifer Anglin) at Fair@columbacollege.school.nz

NZHPT Otago Branch Committee 2011 Lawson Lecture

The NZHPT Otago Branch Committee as part of the 2011 Heritage Festival layers of gold will be hosting the 2011 Lawson Lecture. Professor Jonathan Mane-Wheoki presents Scottish Colonial Victorian Architects at Large.

 

Lecture begins at 5pm Saturday 19th March 2011

WhenDate: Saturday, 19 March 2011Start Time: 5:00PM WhereWhere: First Church Moray Place ContactContact Details: 

Daniel Pollard Chair 03 489 0930

How MuchCost: 

free

Lets Roar Loudly! Symposium

Lets Roar Loudly!  Symposium

Labour Weekend. October 23rd & 24th 2010.

10am - 4pm.Otago Pioneer Womens Memorial Hall, 362 Moray Place, Dunedin.

WhenDate: Saturday, 23 October 2010Start Time: 10:00AM WhereWhere: Otago Pioneer Womens Memorial Hall, 362 Moray Place ContactContact Details: 

letsroarloudly@gmail.com

How MuchCost: 

$10

2010 New Zealand International Science Festival

2010 New Zealand International Science Festival

The 2010 New Zealand International Science Festival celebrates innovation, discovery and research excellence in science. The seventh biennial festival's theme is "food for thought", and it will feature six days of fun and truly stimulating experiences.

WhenDate: Tuesday, 6 July 2010Start Time: 9:00AM WhereWhere: Dunedin ContactContact Details: 

Contact the Festival Office on: Phone +64 3 474 9256 or visit www.scifest.org.nz

13 and 14 March - Catlins Woodstock music festival

The 21st annual Catlins Woodstock Music Festival - 13th and 14th March. A great family event, with the first day being Country Music as the lead up to the main event on the Sunday, 14th March - which has a variety of bands and music for all ages and tastes. There will also be heaps of entertainment and food. The details for both days events...

WhenDate: Saturday, 13 March 2010Start Time: 11:00AM WhereWhere: Catlins Woodstock Lodge, 348 Catlins Valley Road, Owaka ContactContact Details: 

Catlins Woodstock Lodge (03) 415 8583 email: stay@woodstocklodge.co.nz web: www.woodstocklodge.co.nz

How MuchCost: 

Admission: Adults: Main Event on Sunday = $20 for a great day out Country Music Day on Saturday = $20, and this also gets you into Sunday as well, so Both days is only $20 - great value!!!

Children must be accompanied by adult (15 and under): Free

Nga Manu Korero Otago Murihiku Sppech Contest

PEI TE HURINUI JONES (Senior Mäori Contest) This contest commemorates the late Dr Pei Te Hurinui Jones, a distinguished Waikato elder and scholar who died in 1976. Dr Jones was a well known orator and prolific writer who played an important part in the revision of the Williams Dictionary, and in fostering the Mäori language in many other ways.

WhenDate: Friday, 12 June 2009Start Time: 9:00AM WhereWhere: Logan Park High School Dunedin ContactContact Details: 

Regional Co-ordinator Joe Hunter Host Clara Wharerau, Logan Park HOD Maori

Dunedin screening of Bruno Dumont's award winning French film

Bruno Dumont's austere meditation on life in rural France and on the meaninglessness of modern warfare (along with the sacrifice that it demands) won a number of major European prizes when it was first released in 2005. The Dunedin Film Society will host the only local screening of this important film, which has been brought to New Zealand by the Federation of Film Societies.

WhenDate: Wednesday, 1 April 2009Start Time: 7:30PM WhereWhere: The University of Otago's Red Lecture Theatre, located near the side entrance of the Scott Building on Great King Street ContactContact Details: 

Vicki Evans e-mail: Vicki.evans@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

How MuchCost: 

Free to Dunedin Film Society members. Non-members may purchase a three movie pass for $25.

Wanaka Holiday Gala

The Wanaka Holiday Gala will take place on Saturday 7th January 2012 between 11am and 2pm.

WhenDate: Saturday, 7 January 2012Start Time: 11:00AM WhereWhere: Wanaka Showgrounds ContactContact Details: 

Upper Clutha Presbyterian Parish Tel: 03 443 7887

Gabriel's Gully Goldrush 150th Celebration

2011 marks the 150th Anniversary since the discovery of the first payable gold in New Zealand and the beginning of the Otago Goldrush. Gabriel Read made that first gold strike in the gully that is named after him in Lawrence.

WhenDate: Friday, 18 March 2011Start Time: 6:15PM WhereWhere: Gabriel's Gully ContactContact Details: 

www.celebrategold.co.nz 03 485 9909 jeanette.paterson@cluthadc.govt.nz

How MuchCost: 

see www.celebrategold.co.nz for details

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