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Card making with die cuts
Ashburton Library
1 December 2025 10:00 am
Come along and create beautiful cards and gift tags under the guidance of experienced die cutter Diane.These sessions are held on the first...
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Opening | Dearly Beloved
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
13 December 2025 06:00 pm
Join us for the opening of Dearly Beloved | 100 Years of the Wedding Dress!This exhibition features a selection of bridal wear from our collection,...
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Dearly Beloved | 100 Years of the Wedding Dress
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
14 December 2025 - 8 March 2026
This exhibition features a selection of bridal wear from our collection, representing wedding fashion from the late 1800s and through the twentieth century. Discover the...
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Peregrination: A Sub Antarctic Odyssey | Kathy Reilly
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
14 December 2025 - 15 February 2026
In the summer of 2021, Tasman-based printmaker Kathy Reilly travelled to the Subantarctic islands on a research expedition. Peregrination: A Sub Antarctic Voyage explores the...
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Duologue | Inge and Marc Doesburg
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
14 December 2025 - 15 February 2026
Duologue is a collaborative exhibition by Ōtepoti Dunedin-based artists Inge and Marc Doesburg. Their practices are shaped by their similar cultural backgrounds. Inge is a...
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Contemporary Printmaking of Aotearoa: A Kōrero of Thoughts and Ideas | Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
14 December 2025 - 22 February 2026
Contemporary Printmaking of Aotearoa: A Kōrero of Thoughts and Ideas is an exhibition of works by members of the Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand.Within the...
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Holiday Decorations | Summer Holidays 2025
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
17 December 2025 - 24 December 2025
Using a variety of fun tools and techniques from our creative station, come and make a holiday themed decoration.Free | Drop in | 10am -...
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Capture Magic Moments | Summer Holidays 2025
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
17 December 2025 - 31 January 2026
Delve into our costume box and props to strike a pose and make magic memories with your family and friends. Upload your photo to social...
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EANC Holiday Programme - December
EA Networks Centre
18 December 2025 - 24 December 2025
Need fully-supervised childcare for your under-13 school-aged child? Book in for games, sports, crafts, swimming and more!Prices (per session): Day (8am-3pm) $40, Full day (8am-5pm)...
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Design a Love Bird | Summer Holidays 2025
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
27 December 2025 - 11 January 2026
Use our bird templates to create new species of bird.Free | Drop in | 10am - 4pm daily
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New Year Wishes | Summer Holidays 2025
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
27 December 2025 - 4 January 2026
Using a range of calligraphy pens and stamps, create a beautiful wish list artwork for the new year.Free | Drop-in | 10am - 4pm daily
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Spinning Around | Summer Holidays 2025
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
27 December 2025 - 11 January 2026
Did you know that spintops are among the oldest toys ever discovered by archaeologists? Look at the spintop in our collection, and then assemble and...
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ANZ Business of The Year Awards 2026
Ashburton District Council
20 February 2026 06:00 pm
The ANZ Business of The Year Awards for the Ashburton District endeavour to celebrate excellence in business and promote our region as a great place...
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Cake Construction | Summer Holidays 2025
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
5 January 2026 - 31 January 2026
Throughout this month we will construct mountains of cake! Using card and construction tools let's make a monumental sculpture in the Learning Centre.Free | Drop-in...
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EANC Holiday Programme - January
EA Networks Centre
5 January 2026 - 30 January 2026
08:30 am - 05:00 pmNeed fully-supervised childcare for your under-13 school-aged child during the school holidays?Book in for games, sports, field trips, crafts and more!Tamariki/children aged 5 - 13...
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Pawtraits | Summer Holidays 2025
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
12 January 2026 - 25 January 2026
Make a whimsical animal portrait with cardboard by creating a textured, three-dimensional artwork.Free | Drop-in | 10am - 4pm daily
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Explore Printmaking | Block Printing
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
14 January 2026 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Join us for the first session in our Explore Printmaking series of workshops! In this workshop we will make...
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Design a Holiday Wardrobe | Summer Holidays 2025
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
19 January 2026 - 1 February 2026
Where is your dream destination for a holiday? What clothes would you wear? Between the 1800's and 1960's paper dolls were a very popular toy...
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Explore Printmaking | Intaglio Print
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
21 January 2026 10:30 am - 10:30 am
Join us for the second session in our Explore Printmaking series of workshops!Drypoint...
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Explore Printmaking | Mixed Media
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
28 January 2026 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Join us for the third session in our Explore Printmaking series of workshops!We...
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Botanical Art Worldwide 2025
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
1 November 2025 - 7 December 2025
Tātou Tipu O Mua – O Ināianei Me Te ĀpōpōOur Plants – Past, Present and FutureBotanical Art Worldwide 2025...
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Clay Fever | Hakatere Ceramics
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
1 November 2025 - 30 November 2025
Clay Fever is the exhibition of the Hakatere Ceramics and Pottery Club. The show opens with an awards evening on Wednesday...
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JPs available
Ashburton Library
1 November 2025 - 31 December 2025
This is a drop in session every Tuesday and Friday between 12pm - 2pm.
We now have JPs coming to the library every Tuesday and Friday between 12pm - 2pm.A Justice of the Peace (JP) is a volunteer who...
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Little Splashers
EA Networks Centre
1 November 2025 - 19 December 2025
Little Splashers is held every Friday from 9.50am-10.20am during the school term
Join 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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Active Adventures
EA Networks Centre
1 November 2025 - 10 December 2025
Term 4 Dates: 15 & 29 Oct, 12 & 26 Nov,10 Dec.
10.30am-12.30pm
A 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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Women’s Swim Night
EA Networks Centre
1 November 2025 - 10 December 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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Exhibition | SS Ventnor
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
2 November 2025 - 16 November 2025
In this exhibition, explore the story of the SS Ventnor, which sank off Hokianga Harbour in 1902 carrying the remains of nearly 500 Chinese goldminers...
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Operation Grapple: We Were There
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
2 November 2025 - 23 November 2025
In 1957/58 the British Government conducted a series of nuclear weapons tests at Christmas Island and Malden Island in the mid-Pacific Ocean. This series of...
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Consider the Flowers | Margaret Trolove
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
5 November 2025 - 30 November 2025
This exhibition is a celebration of the art of Margaret Trolove (1925-2025), a long-standing member of Whakatere Ashburton’s artistic community. Margaret was a valued member...
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Steady As You Go
Ashburton Library
5 November 2025 - 25 November 2025
01:30 pm - 01:30 pmSteady As You Go© (SAYGo) is Age Concern’s peer-led exercise initiative designed to help older people reduce their likelihood of having a fall.The exercises are...
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Spinning Get Together
Ashburton Library
5 November 2025 - 25 November 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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Book Club
Ashburton Library
18 November 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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BookTok Book Club
Ashburton Library
18 November 2025 06:00 pm - 06:00 pm
BookTok Book ClubTuesday 18th November @6pmNew this month! Come along to an evening of chatting about the popular books on BookTok and Bookstagram, and be...
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Wikipedia Photo Day with Dr. Mike Dickison
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
23 November 2025 10:00 am - 04:00 pm
Wikipedia takes all its photos from an open image library, Wikimedia Commons. WikiCommons has 117 million freely usable photos, drawings, sound files, and video clips,...
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Brain Injury Support Group
Ashburton Library
25 November 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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Kids Night Out!
EA Networks Centre
28 November 2025 04:00 pm - 07:30 pm
Looking for well-deserved night off? Let us look after the Kids! It will be an evening of fun with capture the flag, quizzes, nerf wars...
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Light up the Night 2025
Ashburton District Council
29 November 2025 06:00 pm
Welcome in the festive season with our free Christmas celebration!Bring your friends, bring your family and join MC Luke Howden in Baring Square East for...
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Workshop | Nature Drawing with Graphite Powder
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
30 November 2025 11:00 am - 01:00 pm
Learn how to make a botanical drawing using graphite powder at this special workshop with Katharine Allard!First, we will find inspiration in the Botanical Art...
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