Ashburton District Council Events
Exhibition | Mana Māna, Kim Ireland
Ashburton Art Gallery
10th Sep 2024 - 13th Oct 2024
In this new series of work, Kim Ireland utilises uku (clay) to produce a variety of forms that refer back to the natural shapes of the gourd in growth. This myriad of ceramics provide an analogy for whakapapa...
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Exhibition | Seriously Valuable Art
Ashburton Art Gallery
10th Sep 2024 - 13th Oct 2024
Seriously Valuable Art argues that art needn’t be expensive to be beautiful, important and life-enhancing – Artists can be generous souls; and market forces aren’t always kind to historical ones. Nothing in this exhibition cost the Collector – who has...
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Mawhiti Tino Rawe | Clever Crustaceans
Ashburton Museum
28th Sep 2024 - 24th Nov 2024
Crabs, shrimps, lobsters, barnacles, slaters and other crustaceans are the stars of this new mini exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum, developed by NIWA and Te Papa.Opening on Saturday 28 September 2024, Mawhiti Tino Rawe | Clever Crustaceans is...
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Exhibition | Signs Past
Ashburton Museum
1st Sep 2024 - 22nd Sep 2024
Our new exhibition Signs Past will be on display from 06 July until 22 September!Signs impact our lives every day; they direct, inform, influence and advise us. Ideally, the words, symbols and graphics combine to convey a message in the...
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Domain Tales | 160 years of Ashburton Domain
Ashburton Museum
2nd Sep 2024 - 3rd Nov 2024
Grandly named The Grange on Ashburton's first map in 1864, this fenced-off area designated for recreation was largely indistinguishable from the untouched countryside around it.It wasn’t until 1877 when a newly appointed gardener began a systematic programme of planting that...
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The Magic of Needle and Thread | Ashburton Embroiderers' Guild
Ashburton Art Gallery
1st Sep 2024 - 13th Oct 2024
Opening event: Saturday 31 August, 2pm
The Ashburton Embroiderers’ Guild has a rich, longstanding history in our local community. In 1978, the Ashburton branch joined the Association of New Zealand Embroiderers’ Guilds, and was the seventeenth Guild in the country to be affiliated. Membership...
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Walk and Draw | Ashburton Domain
Ashburton Museum
22nd Sep 2024 02:00 pm
In this workshop, you’ll be guided through a series of free-flowing abstract drawing techniques, inspired by different locations within Ashburton Domain, to create an experimental visual journal.Walking and drawing, without any complex thinking or making, is a great mindfulness exercise...
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Cultural Awareness Talk | Māori
Ashburton Art Gallery
24th Sep 2024 12:30 pm
In this Cultural Awareness session, you will learn about Māori culture and discuss basic social protocols to help you interact with clients, whānau, and friends.Whakatere Ashburton resident Michelle Brett will lead the discussion.All are welcome - nau mai koutou katoa!Organised...
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Composting Workshop
Ashburton Library
28th Sep 2024 10:30 am
You will learn different techniques for managing your organic “waste” and turning it into something that will feed your garden.Lesley proudly says, “nothing organic leaves our property as it is a precious resource not rubbish.”If you want to learn how...
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Natural Household Cleaning
Ashburton Library
22nd Sep 2024 02:00 pm - 03:00 pm
FULLY BOOKEDNatural Household Cleaners Make and Take WorkshopSunday 22nd September 2pm -3pmAre you keen to reduce the number of chemical laden cleaning products you buy?Do you like the idea of reducing the amount of money spent on household cleaning products?Then...
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Learn Maori through Kemu
Ashburton Library
22nd Sep 2024 02:00 pm - 03:30 pm
Learn Māori through KēmuSunday 22nd September 2pm -3.30pm, Ashburton LibraryWould you like to learn & practice te reo Māori through some kēmu (games), waiata and practical activities?Why not join others and and celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori/ Māori...
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Clever Crustaceans Workshop
Ashburton Museum
7th Oct 2024 01:00 pm
Join us during the school holidays for a special Clever Crustaceans workshop with NIWA scientists!Crustaceans come in all shapes and sizes – from huge king crabs to tiny sand hoppers! Most of them live in the sea, but some prefer...
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Seed Swap!
Ashburton Library
18th Oct 2024 03:30 pm - 04:30 pm
Looking to grow your own food this season but not sure where to start?Wanting to try a new crop in the garden?Keep Learning Mid Canterbury has teamed up with the Ashburton Community Garden and the ...
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Spring Outreach
Ashburton Library
1st Oct 2024
Are you in Methven or Mayfield? Join us on the 1st October for our Spring Outreach programme!Register via the links below:Methven https://www.facebook.com/share/EEVL1ZhLJEpCGet4/?mibextid=9VsGKoMayfield https://www.facebook.com/share/8mPbtyu6gobmhH7o/?mibextid=9VsGKo
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Death and Paperwork 2
Ashburton Library
17th Oct 2024 05:45 pm - 06:45 pm
Thursday Oct 17th 5.45pm -6.45pm EPAS, Lawyers and What you can do yourself.Book here for this FREE workshop https://events.humanitix.com/death-and-paperwork-2-k87p3m4hIn this workshop we'll address:what practical/ legal things need to happen when someone dies?what must get done by a...
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Exhibition | Pāua Play, Jane Venis
Ashburton Art Gallery
27th Oct 2024 - 1st Dec 2024
Opening event: Saturday 26 October, 6pm
For this exhibition, Jane Venis has hand-built a variety of instruments that incorporate the culturally potent material of pāua shell.Both the ukelele and pāua have been historically devalued within the Pacific – sold as cheap and...
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Exhibition | An Iconography of Doubt, Esther Deans
Ashburton Art Gallery
27th Oct 2024 - 13th Dec 2024
Opening event: Saturday 26 October, 6pm
Esther Deans’ thesis exhibition is an accumulation of ideas and imagery from four years of study towards her PhD through the Auckland University of Technology. This research was a personal investigation into her experiences and preoccupations, including ideas about eschatology,...
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