Image: Toitū Otago Settlers Museum Collection – CS/14907
Join us throughout October for the 2025 Ōtepoti Dunedin Heritage Festival, a month-long celebration of our city's rich history and cultural heritage.
This year’s theme celebrates the great exhibitions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a special focus on the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition of 1925–26. This landmark event showcased Dunedin’s strengths to the nation and New Zealand’s achievements to the world.
Visit the Festival Hub in the DPAGS Office in the Octagon, just next to i-Site, to collect a printed programme, ask a question about the Festival or just say hello! Open Mondays and Tuesdays, 12 - 1.30pm throughout October.
A .pdf of the programme to print at home is also available for download here.
Featured Events
Building the DreamSat, 11 OctThe Regent Theatre Dunedin, The Octagon
The Great GatsbySat, 11 OctThe Regent Theatre, The Octagon,
Full Programme
- Building the DreamSat, 11 OctThe Regent Theatre Dunedin, The Octagon
- The Great GatsbySat, 11 OctThe Regent Theatre, The Octagon,
The Ghost Garden TourSat, 11 OctNorthern Cemetery
Larnach Castle Spring CollectiveSun, 12 OctLarnach Castle
Outram Open DaySun, 12 OctStart at Blend Café
Dunedin’s Early Exhibitions in a City of GoldSun, 12 OctOpoho Presbyterian Church
The Combined Clans & Societies Group Otago Information TableMultiple DatesMon, 13 OctDunedin City Library
Bare legs, boudoir caps, pyjamas and furs: Radical swings in 1920s fashionMon, 13 OctDPAGS Octagon Office, right next to i-Site
Dunedin Club Black Tie DinnerTue, 14 OctDunedin
New light on past history: recent works at First ChurchWed, 15 OctFirst Church of Otago
Fossil Treasures of the Geology Museum - ThursdayThu, 16 OctGeology Museum, University of Otago
- Fossil Treasures of the Geology Museum - FridayFri, 17 OctGeology Museum, University of Otago
The Poltergeist of the PrecinctFri, 17 Oct20 Thames Street, Oamaru 9400, New Zealand
Vintage Jewellery Making WorkshopSat, 18 OctShop on Carroll- Fossil Treasures of the Geology Museum - SaturdaySat, 18 OctGeology Museum, University of Otago
H.K. Tairoa: Impact and InfluenceSat, 18 OctDunedin Public Art Gallery
