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  • Selfies with Sites

    Piha Community Library 19 Seaview Rd, Piha, New Zealand

    Come and explore Piha's history on a self led scavenger hunt visiting key archaeological sites around Piha. Visit Piha Community Library during Archaeology Week to collect your map and get
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  • Explore Kawatiri Coastal Trail

    The Museum of Kawatiri 123 Palmerston St, Westport, New Zealand

    Where History Flows (open to join- self-guided walk/bike track) Travel the Carters beach to Kawatiri River trail -to find information on Māori Archaeological Sites - take a photo on the
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  • Archaeology Week Kids Day

    Tūhura Otago Museum 419 Great King Street, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be an archaeologist? For Archaeology Week 2025, join Heritage New Zealand staff to try your hand at sorting, cleaning, cataloguing, and investigating
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  • Kā taoka o Tiwai – Treasures of Tiwai

    Tūhura Otago Museum 419 Great King Street, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Stone Artefact Cataloguing Please Note the Change of Date for this Event. Around the time of the 1969-1971 construction of the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter, the McFarlanes, a young family
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  • Ōtautahi Christchurch Festival of Archaeology

    Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House 83 Clyde Road, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and Christchurch Archaeology Project bring you the Ōtautahi Festival Archaeology on 10 May 2025 at Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House. This will be a
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  • Archaeology Day Fyffe House

    Fyffe House 62 Avoca St, Kaikoura, New Zealand

    "Finders Aren't Keepers" Discover the archaeology of our area and the underlying principles of what you do if you find something and why. Hands on activities which include navigating an
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  • Discover Hidden Treasures – family craft workshop

    Polish Heritage Trust Museum 125 Elliot Street, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Discover an Iron Age lake fort, Vikings and the hidden jewels of an emperor in Poland as part of NZ Archaeology Week 2025. Poland has a long and rich history
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  • NZAA Annual Conference 2025

    Club Mount Maunganui 45-47 Kawaka Street, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand

    Tai timu, tai pari: the ebb and flow between people and place, engaging and shaping of environments through time. The 2025 New Zealand Archaeological Conference will be held in Mount
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  • Exhibition: Uncovering Katherine Mansfield’s House

    Katherine Mansfield House & Garden 25 Tinakori Rd, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand

    One upon a time... A little girl lived in this house and she grew up to be a famous author named Katherine Mansfield. About 90 years after her family moved
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  • Young Archaeologist Workshop

    Te Waimate Mission 344 Te Ahu Ahu Road, Waimate North, Northland, New Zealand

    Bring your keen, young explorer for a hands-on archaeology workshop designed for kids aged 7 and up*. This year it’s all about ‘finds’. As well as making our own ancient
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  • Artefact Adventures

    Totara Estate 565 Alma-Maheno Road, Oamaru, New Zealand

    Piece together the past with an archaeological treasure hunt. Follow the clues to find hidden artefacts, find and identify Makers Marks and document your discovery. Suitable for children 5 –
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  • Walk Through Time Archaeology Tour

    Te Waimate Mission 344 Te Ahu Ahu Road, Waimate North, Northland, New Zealand

    Join us on a fascinating tour of the remains of Aotearoa New Zealand's fourth Anglican mission station and early theological college, still visible on the surface. Examine the surrounding landscape
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  • Te Waimate Mission Tour

    344 Te Ahu Ahu Road 344 Te Ahu Ahu Road, Waimate North, New Zealand

    Walk through Time Archaeology Tour with visitor host Sandy Johnson. With archaeology displays, quizzes and afternoon tea. Small groups of 15-20 per tour. Cost: $28 adults; $18 members and children
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  • Walking Tour – Whanganui

    Brief Description: Central Whanganui has a rich history of occupation and use by both Māori, and European settlers, before 1900. Join archaeologist and heritage consultant Hamish Crimp, and historian and Whanganui
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  • “Finders aren’t Keepers”

    Fyffe House 62 Avoca St, Kaikoura, New Zealand

    “Finders aren’t keepers” Discover the archaeology of our area and the underlying principles of what you do if you find something and why. Suitable for all ages. Free event. No
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  • Discoveries at Highwic

    Highwic House 40 Gillies Avenue, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand

    Join archaeologist Caroline Phillips to view artefacts and learn about what has been found and what has not been found. This talk will be followed by a walk around Highwic.
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  • Discover Hidden Treasures – Family Craft Workshop

    Polish Heritage Trust Museum 125 Elliot Street, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Discover an Iron Age lake fort, Vikings and the hidden jewels of an emperor in Poland as part of NZ Archaeology Week 2026. Poland has a long and rich history
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