What's on at Culture Waitaki

Programmes

Exhibitions

  • Image: Map of my route from home to school, Archer Currie, Maheno School 

    Every year school students from around the Waitaki share their artistic talents with us. The Forrester Gallery asks all the schools and early childhood education centres in the Waitaki District to contribute student artwork to the Burns Memorial Exhibition.

    Forrester Gallery
    2 September 2023 to 29 October 2023
  • Image: Laurence Aberhart, Hall of Memories (detail), Waitaki Boys’ High School, Oamaru, 22 May 2015. FG2023.4.1. Collection of the Forrester Gallery. Kindly donated by Chris and Lyn Millar and Tim and Julie Gerrard with support from the Waitaki Boys 1st XV 1972 and the Friends of the Forrester Gallery

    Waitaki Boys’ High School’s Hall of Memories is a powerful memorial for all those who lost their lives through conflict. Celebrate and remember the Hall of Memories’ grand history. 

    Forrester Gallery
    2 September 2023 to 29 October 2023
  • Image: Lady Anglers, Glenavy Fishing Camp, c1956, gift of J Donnelly (6620p)

    Explore the unusual story of the introduction of animals to New Zealand.

    Waitaki Museum
    23 September 2023 to 11 February 2024
  • 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