What's On
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EA Networks Glow in the Park 2025
Ashburton District Council
30th May 2025 - 1st Jun 2025
King's Birthday Weekend
Save the Date!Glow Up Your Winter! Bring your family and join us for three magical nights of light, music, food and fun for all ages...
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Land, Sea and Air
Ashburton Museum
1st May 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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Sharing Histories | Gifts of 2024
Ashburton Museum
1st May 2025 - 18th May 2025
Each year new treasures are collected by museums all around the world and ours is no different.In Sharing Histories | Gifts of 2024, the treasured...
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Digi coaches
Ashburton Library
13th May 2025 - 17th May 2025
10:00 am - 10:00 amWhether you need help with your phone, tablet, laptop, or other tech-related challenges, our coaches are here to assist you.Available Tuesday to Saturday, providing one-on-one...
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Book Club
Ashburton Library
20th May 2025 01:30 pm - 01:30 pm
Our welcoming book club meets once a month to enjoy a cuppa and a chat about the books they’ve read. Be the first to read...
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Knitting Group
Ashburton Library
14th May 2025 - 28th May 2025
10:00 am - 10:00 amCome and join our wonderful group of knitters who meet every Wednesday in the Event Space/Ashburton Lakes Room.Enjoy a coffee and a chat while getting...
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Citizens Advice Bureau Drop In
Ashburton Library
14th May 2025 - 28th May 2025
05:15 pm - 05:15 pmDo you have a problem or a question about your rights or obligations? Then drop in to the CAB session at Ashburton Library on Wednesday...
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Spinning Get Together
Ashburton Library
14th May 2025 - 28th May 2025
05:45 pm - 05:45 pmSpinner get together. Join us in the Event Space to spin yarn and a few tales.Bring your own wheel or use one supplied by Ashburton...
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Gardening Conversation Hour
Ashburton Library
21st May 2025 01:30 pm - 02:30 pm
Connecting Mid Canterbury and the Library are hosting a Gardening Conversation Hour in the Ashburton Lakes Room. This group is held on the first...
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Social quilting group
Ashburton Library
17th May 2025 10:00 am - 04:00 pm
Are you quilting alone at home? Why not join in with our quilting group at the library? The group meets on the third...
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Brain Injury Support Group
Ashburton Library
28th May 2025 10:30 am - 10:30 am
Are you or someone you know living with or supporting someone with a head injury? Facilitated by the Brain Injury Association, this monthly group...
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Vinyl cutter/printer class
Ashburton Library
15th May 2025 - 29th May 2025
05:30 pm - 05:30 pmReady to create your own stickers or custom garment prints but...
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Maker Space Open Session
Ashburton Library
14th May 2025 - 28th May 2025
05:30 pm - 05:30 pmAlready taken one of our classes on the Laser Cutter or Vinyl Cutter and eager to start your own...
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Laser cutter class
Ashburton Library
14th May 2025 - 28th May 2025
10:00 am - 10:00 amInterested in mastering the laser cutter and bringing your own projects to life but unsure where to begin? This class is perfect for you!Join this...
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Active Adventures
EA Networks Centre
1st May 2025 - 25th Jun 2025
10:30 am - 12:30 pmA child led, parent supervised session for toddlers age 1-5 to play and explore their gross motor skills using a range of soft play equipment...
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Enmeshed: Feminist modes of information sharing
Ashburton Art Gallery
11th May 2025 - 22nd Jun 2025
In Enmeshed, artists Julia Holderness, Areez Katki, Erica van Zon, Ana Iti, and Claudia Kogachi each reframe narratives. Stories are rewritten from new...
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Inventory | Marie Le Lievre
Ashburton Art Gallery
11th May 2025 - 22nd Jun 2025
Relinquishing of complete control is the wellspring of discovery for Marie Le Lievre. Her singular paintings require the ground as a starting point...
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Paintings of Ruined Mythic Phantasies
Ashburton Art Gallery
11th May 2025 - 22nd Jun 2025
Timaru-based painter Michael Armstrong’s exhibition Paintings of Ruined Mythic Phantasies addresses themes that have preoccupied him throughout his career – social justice, politics, the environment...
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Women’s Swim Night
EA Networks Centre
14th May 2025 - 10th Dec 2025
07:00 pm - 08:30 pmWhether you want to come for a soak, do some lengths or spend time with your children, we have something for you.$5 per adult (special...
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Little Splashers
EA Networks Centre
1st May 2025 - 25th Jun 2025
09:50 am - 10:20 amJoin us for Little Splashers- a session where you and your Little Splasher have the opportunity to explore the world of water in a parent...
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Puaka Matariki: I Tō Mātou Wāhi, In Our Place
Ashburton Museum
24th May 2025 - 27th Jul 2025
Puaka and Matariki hold great significance for Māori, marking the beginning of the Māori New Year as these special whetū first appear in the midwinter...
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Caught in the Moment: Guardian Photographs of 1975
Ashburton Museum
31st May 2025 - 14th Sep 2025
What moments in time did the Ashburton Guardian photographers capture around Whakatere Ashburton throughout 1975? In this exhibition, photographs from our large collection of Guardian...
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Opening: Puaka Matariki: In Our Place, and Caught in the Moment
Ashburton Museum
30th May 2025 05:30 pm
Join us for the opening of two new exhibitions!Puaka Matariki: I Tō Mātou Wāhi, In Our Place features hand-painted pou created by talented Ashburton College...
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Artist Talks: Michael Armstrong and Marie Le Lievre
Ashburton Art Gallery
25th May 2025 02:00 pm
Join us for an artist talk with Michael Armstrong and Marie Le Lievre.Michael will discuss his current exhibition Paintings of Ruined Mythic Phantasies, and Marie...
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