What's On
Cultural Awareness Talk | Tonga
Ashburton Art Gallery
18th Feb 2025 12:00 pm
In this Cultural Awareness session, you will learn about Tongan culture and discuss basic social protocols to help you interact with clients, whÄnau, and friends.All...
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In View | Curator's Talk
Ashburton Art Gallery
19th Feb 2025 05:30 pm
Join us at 5.30pm on Wednesday 19 February for a special talk with our Collections and Exhibitions Assistant Hannah Herbert-Olsen, curator of In View: Reflections...
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Exhibition | Lost Luggage
Ashburton Museum
4th Feb 2025 - 16th Mar 2025
Lost luggage includes items of luggage or personal goods left behind or that have not arrived at the correct destination with the passenger. Whether travelling...
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Bridging the chasm - 150 years of Ashburton District Railway
Ashburton Museum
1st Feb 2025 - 2nd Mar 2025
Arriving in August 1874, the Great Southern Railway opened Ashburton to the world. The station became the arrival and departure platform for thousands of people...
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Exhibition | and with his kiss i became a braided river, Wesley John Fourie
Ashburton Art Gallery
1st Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025
Opening event | Saturday 14 December, 6pm
Waitaha Canterbury contains nearly sixty-four percent of the braided rivers found in Aotearoa New Zealand. Their dynamics are still being understood, but what...
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Exhibition | In View: Reflections of Whakatere Ashburton's Unique Artistic Treasures
Ashburton Art Gallery
1st Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025
In View features a selection of artworks from the Ashburton Art Gallery Incorporated Collection (AAG Inc.) and the Ashburton District Council’s...
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Zonta Ashburton Women's Art Awards 2025
Ashburton Art Gallery
8th Mar 2025 - 27th Apr 2025
Back for its ninth year, the Zonta Ashburton Women’s Art Awards exhibition for 2025 will be open from 08 March!ZAWAA seeks...
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Recloaking | Marie Porter
Ashburton Art Gallery
8th Mar 2025 - 27th Apr 2025
In Recloaking, ZAWAA 2024 Premier Award winner Marie Porter brings a sculptural consideration to the considerable undertaking of harvesting pine trees, ultimately intending to recloak...
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Land, Sea and Air
Ashburton Museum
15th Mar 2025 - 25th May 2025
On 4 September 1939, the main headline of the day’s Ashburton Guardian newspaper was: “THE EMPIRE AT WAR”. This was the beginning of the Second...
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Mike Dickison Talk: Why Wikipedia Matters, Especially Now
Ashburton Museum
16th Mar 2025 02:00 pm
Wikipedia, now over 20 years old, has been described both as one of the greatest human achievements and the last good thing remaining on the...
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