The projects and talks listed below all draw on the Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive.

2024

20 February 2024: “The men, women and children of the Avon Loop”, Central Friendship Club (Katharine Watson).

28 March 2024: “What is heritage now?”, panel discussion organised with our partners ICOMOS Aotearoa New Zealand and Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House, chaired by Katharine Watson.

5 August 2024: Careers in Heritage, 2024 - a free event for senior high school and university students with guest speakers from across the heritage sector. TSB space, Level 1, Tūranga, Christchurch City Central Library.

8 August 2024: Introducing the Museum of Archaeology Ōtautahi. ICOMOS HNZPT CAP heritage talks series, Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House.

14 August 2024: Introducing the Museum of Archaeology Ōtautahi. Antrim House, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.

6 September 2024: Understanding our past: research questions for our future. Underground Overground Archaeology, Christchurch.

11 September 2024: Introducing the Museum of Archaeology Ōtautahi: challenges and opportunities. Tuakiri team, Tūranga, Christchurch City Libraries.

12 September 2024: Guest lecture, ANTHRO 399, University of Auckland.

10am-1pm, 19 October 2024: Zine Time Machine: an archaeology-inspired zine making workshop, Avebury House, Christchurch Heritage Festival.

21 October 2024: The archaeology of Christchurch c.1850-c.1900 (Katharine Watson). U3A Avon Ōtākaro talk.

2023

28 March 2023: “The story so far: the archaeology of Ōtautahi Christchurch”, U3A Hakatere (Katharine Watson).

21-30 April 2023: “Three tales of one city: an exhibition”, Tūranga.

29 April 2023: “Finding Ada: archaeological investigations of a 19th century suffragist site”, Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House (Clara Watson, Underground Overground Archaeology).

8 June 2023: Careers evening, Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, Christchurch.

7 July 2023: “Saving the archaeological archive: towards a more resilient profession”, New Zealand Archaeological Association conference, Kirikiriroa Hamilton (Katharine Watson).

26 July 2023: “Women and their houses in Victorian New Zealand”, ASHA seminar series (Katharine Watson).

3 August 2023: “Probably rimu? Where did Canterbury’s timber actually come from?”, ICOMOS/HNZPT/CAP seminar series, Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House (Kirsa Webb, Underground Overground Archaeology).

8 August 2023: Careers in Heritage 2023: digital heritage, Tūranga. Jointly organised by the Teece Museum at University of Canterbury, Christchurch City Council and CAP.

4 October 2023: The Commons archaeology show and tell.

10, 12 and 13 October 2023: “Artefacts and taonga,” Write On School for Young Writers master classes, Tūranga, Christchurch Heritage Festival 2023 (Jessie Garland).

11 October 2023: “Windows on the Past”, Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House, Christchurch Heritage Festival 2023.

16 October 2023: “Building a colonial city: getting the basics right”, Kit-cat Probus Club, Christchurch (Katharine Watson).

19 October 2023: “Adaptive re-use of heritage buildings: one answer to the future’s challenges?”, panel discussion, Christchurch Heritage Festival 2023, chaired by Katharine Watson.

2022

April-October 2022: “Walter Sheppard: Storekeeper and Suffragent,” Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House (exhibition; Jessie Garland).

9 August 2022: Careers in Heritage 2022, Tūranga. Jointly organised by the Teece Museum at University of Canterbury, Christchurch City Council and CAP.

12 October 2022: “Exploring the underworld: tales of Christchurch’s dark side,” Christchurch City Council Heritage Festival, Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House (public talks).

16 October 2022: “Talking shop: the archaeology of 19th century retail culture,” Christchurch City Council Heritage Festival, Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House (public talk; Jessie Garland).

2021

23 April 2021: “Beneath Our Feet: Archaeological Stories of Place,” Archaeology Week, Tūranga (public talks; Jessie Garland).

April-June 2021: “Through the Shop Window,” Archaeology Week, Tūranga (exhibition; Jessie Garland).

11 May 2021: Careers in Heritage 2021, Tūranga. Jointly organised by the Teece Museum at University of Canterbury, Christchurch City Council and CAP.

June 2021: “Heritage highlights: archaeological finds from Ōtautahi Christchurch,” Christchurch City Library's Heritage Highlights series, Tūranga (public talk; Jessie Garland).

21 October 2021: “Margaret Stoddart’s Godley House,” Christchurch City Council Heritage Festival, Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House (public talk; Katharine Watson).

25 November 2021: “Ōtautahi Christchurch: an archaeology,” Cashmere High School (talk to teachers; Katharine Watson).

Banner image: J. Garland.