Immerse yourself in some of the greatest masterpieces of all time in our Perpetual Guardian Planetarium with a special one-off screening of Nero’s Golden House. This special screening is in celebration of New Zealand Archaeology Week. Rome had burnt to a cinder, but the 26-year-old Emperor Nero turned this tragedy into a triumph by ordering
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Audrey is a graduate student in the Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics programme from the University of Bordeaux in France and is completing an internship with Otago Museum and HPFS Solutions in New Plymouth. Audrey will share her experience as a physical chemistry student and describe how her work applies to cultural materials and archaeology.
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED A guided walking tour in central Tauranga of pre-1900 sites from the Historic Tauranga: Nga Tauwae ki Te Papa map and guide.
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Discover an Iron Age lake fort, Vikings and the hidden jewels of an emperor in Poland. Poland has a long and rich history of fossils and artefacts buried in its rich multi-cultural heritage. Learn how some fascinating discoveries were made by ordinary people. See a re-created open air working museum in the slideshow presentation. Then
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John Coster will present an illustrated talk on 'Archaeology in the Bay of Plenty’
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The 2023 New Zealand Archaeological Association Conference will be held in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton from the 4th - 7th July. As we continue to battle Covid-19, recent weather events across the country and the ongoing impacts of climate change, the term resilience has become more and more common in current discourse. The theme for this year’s
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The New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) is excited to announce that as part of their annual conference a public lecture is being provided for free at the Waikato Museum Wednesday 5 July 2023. The Hamilton Basin was home to one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most significant and complex pre-European Māori horticultural systems. Recent archaeological work
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The Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) International Conference will be held in Auckland from the 8-12 April 2024. The CAA Australasia chapter and The University of Auckland invite you to join us in Auckland for the 51st edition of the conference and the first time it has been held in Aotearoa New
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