Events
Events coming soon in Dunedin
Puaka Matariki Festival 2019
The 2019 Dunedin Puaka Matariki Festival programme will be available in print form around town and listed on our website in early June. You can also follow the Festival Coordinator on Facebook for the latest updates!
Let's Deal With It: A Trans-Tasman Conference towards Racial Equity
Date: Friday 14 June
Time: 8.00 am - 5.00 am
Venue: Mt Eden War Memorial, Auckland
Cost: Free
Following the Christchurch massacre of March 15, 2019, a wider social awakening has occurred, recognising the pressing need to forge unity amidst our diversity. We want to create a safe platform to establish an open dialogue between Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to help build a society free of prejudice, racism and hate-based crime.
This is a free conference that will bring together a range of communities of all ethnicities and colour, leaders (including MPs from New Zealand and Australia), thinkers and strategists who are well-versed in the issues that will be discussed. Some amazing speakers are already confirmed! Check out the line-up and more updates at the event's Facebook page.
The panel sessions and and workshops include:
- Trans-Tasman collaboration towards racial equity
- Extremism and Radicalisation
- The role of the media in promoting racial harmony
- Migrant and refugee women’s leadership to promote integration
- Ethnic communities and human rights
To register simply complete the form on the event listing website.
Manaakitanga Community Engagement Pōwhiri
Date: Saturday 15 June
Time: 10.30 am for an 11.00 am start
Venue: Araiteuru Marae, 24 Shetland Street, Dunedin
For more information please see the attachment at the end of this section.
Dine Dunedin: A celebration of great food throughout the city
From Friday 21 June to Sunday 7 July 2019, we’re celebrating the food and drink that give Dunedin its special flavour. Embrace the wintery evenings and support the city’s vibrant local food culture by dining in our restaurants and cafes. Dine Dunedin and taste and hear the stories of the city’s passionate food and drink heroes. All the details can be found on their website.
The Centre for Global Migrations is co-hosting the following events in relation to Behrouz Boochani
The Kurdish-Iranian refugee and journalist who is imprisoned on Manus Island. Please feel free to come along as well as share the information and posters with your networks.
Author Talk: A Voice From Manus Island: An Evening with Behrouz Boochani and Omid Tofighian. Please register for this event here:
Date: Sunday 23 June
Time: 6.00 pm
Venue: Dunningham Suite, 4th Floor, Dunedin Public Library
Cost: Free
Film Screening of Chauka, Please Tell us the Time (shot from Behrouz Boochani’s mobile phone from detention on Manus Island).
Date: Monday 24 June
Time: 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm
Venue: Burns 2 Lecture Theatre, University of Otago, Albany Street
For more information on both these events please see the attachment at the end of this section.
The 2019 WriteNow Poetry Competition
The 2019 WriteNow Poetry Competition for Dunedin secondary school students is open for entries. This year's competition will be judged by acclaimed poet and novelist Fiona Farrell.
This is a wonderful opportunity for Dunedin's young poets to get their voices out there, and win some great prizes. A win or placing in this competition brings these accomplished writers to the attention of a much wider audience, and helps launch a new generation of confident creative thinkers.
All the information on how to enter is on the WriteNow website, where you can also read judges' reports and winning poems from previous years.
This year's important dates:
· Competition closes 5.00 pm, Friday 26 July 2019
· Results released Monday 19 August 2019 on the WriteNow website
Mental Capacity Law Conference 2019
Date: Friday 13 September
Cost: $495 + GST
For more information please see attachment at the end of this section.
James Cameron - Challenging the Deep
Otago Museum is thrilled to announce that exclusively in New Zealand, the exhibition James Cameron - Challenging the Deep will be gracing Otago Museum's Special Exhibition gallery from 21 July!
Developed by the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney, in collaboration with the Avatar Alliance Foundation, James Cameron – Challenging the Deep takes visitors to the depths of our oceans through the lenses of Cameron’s underwater cameras, and his other incredible technological innovations that have made it possible to explore some of the most mysterious parts of our planet.
For more information visit the website.
Date: Sunday 21 July 2019 - Sunday 9 February 2020
Cost: $9.50 - Children, $14.50 - Concession, $17.50 - Adults
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Please see the attachment at the end of this section for SuperGrans upcoming events.
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