Upcoming events

Please get in touch if you’d like us to speak to your school, organisation or club: info@christchurcharchaeology.org.

2025

15 August 2025: Digging deep for history. Quake City, Canterbury Museum.

10:30am, 30 September 2025: Let’s dig it! Archaeology for 8-12 year olds. Darfield Library, 1 South Terrace, Darfield. Book here.

2pm, 30 September 2025: Let’s dig it! Archaeology for 8-12 year olds. Te Ara Ātea, 56 Tennyson Street, Rolleston. Book here.

10:30am, 3 October 2025: Let’s dig it! Archaeology for 8-12 year olds. Leeston Pop-up Library, 76A High Street, Leeston. Book here.

2pm, 3 October 2025: Let’s dig it! Archaeology for 8-12 year olds. Lincoln Library, 22 Gerald Street, Lincoln. Book here.

8 October-10 November 2025: The Fizz and Floods of Family Life. Kaiapoi Library – Ruataniwha Kaiapoi Civic Centre, Kaiapoi. Curated by Rosa Opie.

11 October 2025: Ōhinehou Lyttelton Wikipedia Editathon. Lyttelton Library, Lyttelton. Co-facilitated with Mike Dickison, Wikipedian at Large.

18 October 2025: Zine Time Machine. Avebury House. Co-organised with Meg Nicholl.

6 November 2025: A load of old rubbish: exploring Christchurch’s 19th century rubbish. Katharine Watson. Te Ara Ātea, 56 Tennyson Street, Rolleston. Book here.

2026

16-22 February 2026: Cathedral Square unearthed. Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch.