Photo Credit: Luke Tremlett Join archaeologists from Underground Overground Archaeology for a walking tour of historic Lyttelton! We will be visiting some of the significant and interesting archaeological sites we have worked on within the town. Along the way you will hear how a pier helped open Canterbury to the world, learn about the
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Site visit to Tapui Pa, Gisborne in partnership with Rongowhakaata, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and Historic Places Tairawhiti. An opportunity to learn about the history of the pa, its importance in the landscape and wider community and our partnerships with local iwi. Tapui Pa consists of an extensive series of ditches and banks in
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Join archaeologists from the Ōtautahi/Christchurch area to explore how archaeological investigations can provide insights about the past. While there, try your hand at making your very own stone tools in our interactive workshop! Free event Registration preferred
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Women’s history is hidden history. Official histories, records and publications usually chart men’s lives. Archaeology is one of the ways we can uncover the female perspective by finding out what women in the past owned, did with their bodies, created, and consumed. On Sunday May 6th 2018 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and the Teece
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Friday 26th April, Tauranga City Library, 91 Willow Street, Tauranga 7.00pm-8.00pm Michael (Mike) Lee first came across the journals of Dumont d'Urville's 1827 Astrolabe voyage in 1996 when writing his thesis for a University of Auckland Master of Science degree in Biological Sciences. This sparked his interest in the largely unappreciated role of French navigators
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