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Every day except Christmas

Collection Highlights

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    Free entry, donations appreciated

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    Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street

Visit the Canterbury Museum Pop-Up for collection highlights and visitor favourites while the main Museum is being redeveloped.

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7 December to 27 April

Wharenui Harikoa

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    Free

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    Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street

The joyful and vibrant Wharenui Harikoa is coming to Christchurch.

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7 December to 27 April

Love and Wool in the City

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    Free

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    Gloucester Street

To celebrate the joyful and vibrant Wharenui Harikoa, Canterbury Museum has partnered with Gap Filler to yarn bomb the city.

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1 March to 31 March

A Dance Film for Wharenui Harikoa

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    Free

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    Tūranga

Come and see a special dance film shot inside the vibrant Wharenui Harikoa exhibition!

Childrens Day 2025 1
2 March, 11.00 am - 3.00 pm

Canterbury Museum at Children's Day

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    Free

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    Cuthberts Green , Bromley

Join us at our Canterbury Museum stall at the free Te Rā O Ngā Tamariki Children's Day event.

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13 March 6.00 pm

The Architect of Canterbury: Benjamin Mountfort at 200

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    Free

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    Great Hall, The Arts Centre, Christchurch

Join us in a celebration of the man who shaped Victorian Christchurch and designed Canterbury Museum's much-loved heritage buildings.

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15 March 10.30 – 11.30 am

Just to Have You Adore More Me panel talk

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    Free

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    Tūranga TSB Space

Join artists Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole and choreographer Tiaki Kerei for a kōrero on the creation of 'Just to Have You Adore Me', the dance film woven into the heart of 'Wharenui Harikoa'.

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15 March 2.00 – 3.00 pm

Wharenui Harikoa artist talk

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    Free

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    Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street

Join the creators of Wharenui Harikoa, Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole, for an intimate talk about the journey, inspiration, and the cultural significance of their monumental work.

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15 March 12.00 – 2.00 pm

Whakamana - Embodied Research Lab with Tiaki Kerei

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    $10

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    Tūranga TSB Space

Join choreographer Tiaki Kerei for a 2-hour movement experience.

All Events 

Snta 231214 555 1500
Every day except Christmas

Collection Highlights

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    Free entry, donations appreciated

  • Icon 1

    Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street

Visit the Canterbury Museum Pop-Up for collection highlights and visitor favourites while the main Museum is being redeveloped.

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Until 18 March

Bugs in Your Backyard

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    Free

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    Kaiapoi Library, 176 Williams Street, Kaiapoi

Discover a tiny world of insects in your backyard with a new exhibition touring Canterbury.

Ancient New Zealand
Until 18 March

Ancient New Zealand

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    Free

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    Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch

Learn how scientists are piecing together the ancient past through a treasure trove of fossils found in North Canterbury.

IMG 8195
7 December to 27 April

Love and Wool in the City

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    Free

  • Icon 1

    Gloucester Street

To celebrate the joyful and vibrant Wharenui Harikoa, Canterbury Museum has partnered with Gap Filler to yarn bomb the city.

DSC08789
7 December to 27 April

Wharenui Harikoa

  • Icon 2

    Free

  • Icon 1

    Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street

The joyful and vibrant Wharenui Harikoa is coming to Christchurch.

Screenshot 2025 02 20 080248
1 March to 31 March

A Dance Film for Wharenui Harikoa

  • Icon 2

    Free

  • Icon 1

    Tūranga

Come and see a special dance film shot inside the vibrant Wharenui Harikoa exhibition!

Childrens Day 2025 1
2 March, 11.00 am - 3.00 pm

Canterbury Museum at Children's Day

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    Free

  • Icon 1

    Cuthberts Green , Bromley

Join us at our Canterbury Museum stall at the free Te Rā O Ngā Tamariki Children's Day event.

Mountfort
13 March 6.00 pm

The Architect of Canterbury: Benjamin Mountfort at 200

  • Icon 2

    Free

  • Icon 1

    Great Hall, The Arts Centre, Christchurch

Join us in a celebration of the man who shaped Victorian Christchurch and designed Canterbury Museum's much-loved heritage buildings.

108 Re Storying Oceania Artspace photocredit Anna Kucera 002 002
15 March 12.00 – 2.00 pm

Whakamana - Embodied Research Lab with Tiaki Kerei

  • Icon 2

    $10

  • Icon 1

    Tūranga TSB Space

Join choreographer Tiaki Kerei for a 2-hour movement experience.

WH 241207 288 3000
15 March 10.30 – 11.30 am

Just to Have You Adore More Me panel talk

  • Icon 2

    Free

  • Icon 1

    Tūranga TSB Space

Join artists Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole and choreographer Tiaki Kerei for a kōrero on the creation of 'Just to Have You Adore Me', the dance film woven into the heart of 'Wharenui Harikoa'.

3000 DSC08758
15 March 2.00 – 3.00 pm

Wharenui Harikoa artist talk

  • Icon 2

    Free

  • Icon 1

    Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street

Join the creators of Wharenui Harikoa, Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole, for an intimate talk about the journey, inspiration, and the cultural significance of their monumental work.