Report from Otago Museum – 27/11/03 The biggest dinosaur exhibition ever seen in the southern hemisphere has outstripped all previous Otago Museum visitor numbers by attracting more than 50,000 people, making Chinese Dinosaurs a success of Tyrannosaurus proportions! On closing, 50,196 visitors had viewed the exhibition of real dinosaur skeletons from the Beijing Natural History…
Dorothy – 20/10/03 Puke Ariki is Taranaki’s new heritage and information centre that sets a new standard on the world stage. It is the world’s first purpose-built, fully-integrated museum, library and visitor information centre. This complex in New Plymouth won Creative New Zealand’s prestigious Creative Places Award for 2003. It was also the winner of…
News from the Otago Museum – 18/07/03 One-hundred-and-fifty-million years ago, they roamed what are now the plains of China. Now, these towering prehistoric creatures are about to take over the Otago Museum where the newest attraction in New Zealand will also be the oldest. And unlike the man-made imitations in theme parks or the digital…
News from the Otago Museum, Dunedin – 20/03/03 Moa Display at the Otago Museum Photo Source Otago Museum An expedition of nine people, led by the Otago Museum, left for the Serpentine Range on a Wednesday afternoon in late February with great expectations of discovering more bones of the upland moa, Megalapteryx didinus. The expedition…
An exhibition of Costumes and Textiles from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Collections Dorothy – 01/02/01 Entry to the exhibition Photo source Margery Blackman Collection of small bags Photo source Margery Blackman Dunedin Public Art Gallery 17 November 2001 – 12 May 2002 A Dunedin Public Art Gallery exhibition Margery Blackman, Dunedin textile historian and…
Dorothy – 8/9/00 A unique and entertaining way of presenting Taranaki history When I wrote recently about Hawera and its attractions I promised to write a separate article about the Tawhiti Museum, which has a unique way of presenting New Zealand history – a series of hand crafted dioramas depicting life in South Taranaki during…
Dorothy – 11/8/00 I once would have defined Hawera as the South Taranaki town you drive through where State Highway 3 turns inland to the east of Mt Taranaki/Egmont between Wanganui and New Plymouth. That was before we visited there. This town has places well worth a visit as you find out when you allow…
Dorothy – 28/7/00 Ride the steam train and the tram and visit the historic village. Volunteers rebuilding history If you were to ask me what I enjoyed best about visiting Ferrymead Historic Park I would find it difficult to weigh one exhibit against another. What I most enjoyed was the sense of going back in…
Tom Dodd – 28/4/00 The stern of the ship, showing the Great Cabin windows open. Photo source Anne Frankland Click here for a larger version The Endeavour Replica is currently in New Zealand waters, visiting ports around the country. We first saw her in January 2000, as she approached Nelson Harbour under full sail. We…
Dorothy – 22/12/99 The Mainline Station Restaurant today You’re driving along the main north road between Christchurch and Picton and approaching Domett. You’re growing hungry and thirsty and hoping that soon you will see somewhere to stop for a cuppa or for lunch. Then you see a sign and what, if you are an adult…
