What's on at Culture Waitaki

Programmes

Exhibitions

  • Image: Empty Vessel, Victoria McIntosh.

    Celebrating 21 years of the Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand this exhibition showcases the works of members and local artists who have been inspired by the past.

    Waitaki Museum & Archive
    15 April 2023 to 28 May 2023
  • Image: Forrester Gallery, Maclean Barker, 2022.

    For 40 years this former Bank of New South Wales has been filled with art. Inspired by the words of people from our community, this exhibition is a celebration of the Forrester Gallery’s past and present, while considering what our future will be. 

    Forrester Gallery
    1 April 2023 to 28 May 2023
  • Image: display for the Penguin Entertainers Club, Waitaki Museum, 2023.

    Many of New Zealand’s most beloved musicians have started with humble beginnings and gone on to success on the world stage.

    Waitaki Archive
    12 May 2023 to 31 May 2023
  • Image: Daughters of Generations Past, Bethan Moore, 2023

    From Wales to Waitaki, Bethan Moore has travelled and lived widely, with her watercolour works revealing isolated civilisations dwarfed by dominant lands. With an eye for landscapes and miniature creatures, Moore portrays nature in all its forms in her exhibition HERE

    Forrester Gallery
    8 April 2023 to 11 June 2023
  • Image: Moana Moko, 2012, Malcolm McLauchlan

    Built up emotional pain caused by the loss of a loved one and a pharmacological mis-prescription provoked in me what doctors called a ‘psychotic episode’.

    Forrester Gallery
    13 May 2023 to 11 June 2023
  • Image: Behind the Barbed Wire, WAR: What is it Good For? Anthony Davies, 2022-2023.

    Anthony Davies is a printmaker born in Andover, England and now based in Whanganui. His work has always been about sharing his observations of the world, be it of where he is living or places and events both local and global.

    Forrester Gallery
    8 April 2023 to 18 June 2023
  • Image: Maritza Boutique | Ōamaru-London exhibition, forrester Gallery 2022

    This is an online tour of the exhibition held at the Forrester Gallery from 9 April 2022 to 3 July 2022.

    7 September 2022 to 7 September 2023
  • Image: Penguins diving in deep time, Manu Berry

    This is an online tour of the exhibition held at the Forrester Gallery from 2 April 2022 to 6 June 2022.

    7 September 2022 to 7 September 2023
  • Image: Our Land, Tō Tātau Whenua, 2020, Waitaki Museum
    The story of our land begins millions of years ago, when Waitaki, like much of New Zealand, lay under the sea.
    Waitaki Museum
    15 December 2020 to 15 December 2024
  • Image: European Settlement, 2020, Waitaki Museum

    In the mid 1800s, Ōamaru was a bustling outpost of the British Empire. Immigrants from different cultural and social backgrounds settled here in search of a better life.

    Waitaki Museum
    15 December 2020 to 15 December 2024
  • exhibition of the Waitaha Taoka | Stewart Willetts Family Collection

    Waitaki Museum is home to a significant collection of taoka (treasures), dating back to the earliest days of Māori settlement.

    Waitaki Museum
    15 December 2020 to 15 December 2024
  • Image: Ballad of the Waitaki exhibition, Waitaki Museum,  2023

    Sometimes roaring, sometimes wandering, the Waitaki is always present. It runs through our district as it runs through our past.

    Waitaki Museum & Archive
    11 March 2023 to 15 December 2024