Santa will be at Central Stories from 5.30pm- 7.30pm, with a photographer to take your special memory. You are also welcome to take your own photos! There will be Christmas craft and clue hunts for the Children. Local artists and artisans will be present. [...]
Join Russell Garbutt to celebrate the launch of his new book, Vincent Pyke - Goldfields Gladiator, and discover the story of Pyke; a politician of rare ability, a visionary who made things happen, and Central Otago's forgotten hero. The launch will be at Central [...]
Santa will be at Central Stories from 5.30pm- 7.30pm, with a photographer to take your special memory. You are also welcome to take your own photos! There will be Christmas craft and clue hunts for the Children. Local artists and artisans will be present. [...]
Haast’s eagle was the largest bird of prey ever known, with females weighing around 15 kilograms. Named after Julius von Haast of the Canterbury Museum, its remains have been found only in the southern regions of Aotearoa New Zealand. It was built to hunt [...]
Haast’s eagle was the largest bird of prey ever known, with females weighing around 15 kilograms. Named after Julius von Haast of the Canterbury Museum, its remains have been found only in the southern regions of Aotearoa New Zealand. It was built to hunt [...]
Cromwell Museum and Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery have coordinated a digitisation workshop for museum/galleries. This will be useful for any organisations or teams that are actively or wanting to start digitising objects, photographs, artworks etc. GET MORE INFORMATION AND BOOK HERE! [...]
Funding Clinics by Central Lakes Trust MORE INFORMATION
Funding Clinic by Central Lakes Trust SEE FOR MORE INFORMATION
A practical workshop designed for local community groups and hosted by Georgie McLean from ICL Chartered Accountants and Carole Gillions from huddl and Alexandra Community House. In this session, we'll cover: How to read and interpret key financial statements, including profit and loss reports, balance [...]
Join Dr Eva Forster-Garbutt, Area Manager for the Otago Southland regional office at Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, as she unpacks the fascinating story of wallpaper during the goldfields era drawn from her recently completed PhD thesis. During Otago’s gold rush in the 1860s, thousands of people [...]
Early in the morning of the 14th July, 1906, the sleeping town of Alexandra was awakened by the furious ringing of the fire-bell at the Alexandra Fire Brigade in Skird Street. It was the beginning of a momentous day for the entire town.Russell Garbutt from Central [...]
Due to popular demand we are holding another night for this fabulous Heritage talk. Join Russell Garbutt from Central Otago Heritage Trust to hear the story about the coal mine fire, the background and the community effort to rescue the miners including a bicycle. [...]