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.
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.