• Alexandra Funding Clinic

    Alexandra Community House 14/20 Centennial Avenue,, Alexandra

    Looking for funding for your next heritage project? 13 Aug 2025, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Alexandra Community House, 14/20 Centennial Avenue, Alexandra RSVP: Freephone: 0800 10 12 40 Phone: (03) 479 0994 Email:[email protected]

  • Cromwell Funding Clinic

    Central Lakes Trust 190 Waenga Drive, Cromwell

    Looking for funding for your next heritage project? Wednesday 13 Aug 2025, 2:30 pm – 4:00pm Central Lakes Trust Boardroom, 190 Waenga Drive, Cromwell RSVP: Freephone: 0800 10 12 40 Phone: (03) 479 0994 Email:[email protected]

  • Funding Fundamentals

    Alexandra Community House 14/20 Centennial Avenue,, Alexandra

    This free workshop will guide local community and non-profit groups in Central Otago through the building blocks of a successful funding ask. This is open to anyone who relies on funding or fundraising to support their organisation, club, event, or project. Date: Tuesday 19 [...]

  • HERITAGE TALKS: Moa – The life and death of New Zealand’s legendary bird

    Clyde Museum 4 Blyth St, Clyde, New Zealand

    When the bones of gigantic extinct birds were found in Aotearoa New Zealand by European scientists in the 1840s they created a worldwide sensation. The existence of the monstrous Moa on these remote and isolated islands was described as “the zoological discovery of the [...]

  • Two Decades of Fossil Discovery in the Maniototo

    Alexandra Community Centre 15 Skird Street, New Zealand

    Haehaeata Natural Heritage Trust is holding its Annual General Meeting where they celebrate last year's achievements and host a speaker. This year they are very excited to be hosting.... Paul Scofield the Curator of Natural History at Canterbury Museum and an Adjunct Professor in [...]

  • HERITAGE TALKS: Telling technical tales – Otago’s engineering heritage

    Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery Alexandra

    Otago was New Zealand’s most economically successful region in the late nineteenth century. Gold and other industries relied on local and imported engineering equipment and expertise – and locals also developed innovations of their own. As a result, engineering heritage is woven into the [...]

  • HERITAGE TALKS: Couture in the Country: Eden Hore

    Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery Alexandra

    Glamorous gowns show off Central Otago landscapes, thanks to Eden Hore. The book Central Otago Couture, about the story of Eden Hore’s designer fashion collection, now owned by the Central Otago District Council, has sold so well it is being reprinted. The combination of biography and [...]

  • 2025 AGM – Central Otago Heritage Trust

    St Enochs Church Alexandra 12 Centennial Avenue, Alexandra

    All members of the Central Otago Heritage Trust, and the public, are welcome to attend. This meeting will take place immediately prior to the Heritage Talk: Rich history - Central Otago's historical gold mine. You are welcome to attend either or both. BOOK NOW FOR [...]

  • HERITAGE TALKS: Rich history – Central Otago’s historical gold mine

    St Enochs Church Alexandra 12 Centennial Avenue, Alexandra

    Join author Sophie Rogers as she talks about how a high school research project became a historical romance novel. Sophie will discuss what she discovered about Chinese-European relationships and marriages during Otago's goldrush era. Sophie will also talk about where she sourced her information, and [...]

  • Late Night at the Museum

    Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery Alexandra

    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. [...]

  • Book Launch: Russell Garbutt’s Vincent Pyke – Goldfields Gladiator

    Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery Alexandra

    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 [...]

  • Late Night at the Museum

    Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery Alexandra

    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. [...]