Sara McIntyre: Kākahi to Kākanui 30 Dec 2025 Sara McIntyre initiates the inaugural Forrester Gallery Artists Residency through a collection of images captured during her time in te rohe o Waitaki earlier this year. Sara spent ten weeks exploring Kākanui and the surrounding area. Kākahi to Kākanui is a portrait of a community, the people, their homes, and the environment. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street Ōamaru 9444, 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals
Sione Tuívailala Monū and Edith Amituanai: Toloa Tales 30 Dec 2025 In 2023, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū commissioned two major new video works from Tāmaki Makaurau-based artists Sione Tuívailala Monū (Aotearoa, Australia, Tonga) and Edith Amituanai (Aotearoa, Sāmoa) for the exhibition Toloa Tales. Later that year, the artists travelled to Sāmoa with cinematographer Ralph Brown to film their projects. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street Ōamaru 9444, 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals
Kids' Stuff 30 Dec 2025 Play isn’t just for children- it’s the foundation of memory, imagination and identity. Discover how games, toys and pastimes have changed (or not!) over the decades. Whether you grew up with screens or sandpits, this exhibition has something for everyone, from the young to the young at heart. Waitaki Museum, 60 Thames Street, Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals
Summer Reading 30 Dec 2025 Find out all you need to know about this year's summer reading programme here. Tagged as: , Youth events, Kids activities
wonderlab: Kids' Stuff 30 Dec 2025 Pop into Waitaki Museum to explore Kids’ Stuff!, then nip across the road to discover even more nostalgia at the Forrester Gallery. It’s hands-on, low-tech fun – just like the good old days. Wonderlab: Kids’ Stuff! celebrates the simple joys of classic Kiwi childhoods – think kites, paper boats, paint-by-numbers, and sewing cards. Good old-fashioned fun for the whole whānau. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street Ōamaru 9444, 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals
A Work in Progress: Forrester Gallery Through the Years 30 Dec 2025 A Work in Progress: Forrester Gallery Through the Years explores the various iterations of 9 Thames Street, from the Bank of New South Wales to the present day, as the Forrester Gallery. This exhibition shares behind-the-scenes imagery of previous construction periods, ephemeral objects celebrating its past, Architectural drawings by Robert Lawson, and more. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street Ōamaru 9444, 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals