All Festival Events
Friday 18th March
PIPING IN ‘LAYERS OF GOLD’
Robbie Burns will have company in the Octagon at 12.30pm when Dunedin pipers lead in the Massed National Anthem to herald the beginning of the ‘Layers of Gold’ celebrations.
Friday 18th March
12.30pm
Octagon, Dunedin
HEAR OUR VOICES – MASSED NATIONAL ANTHEM
In honour of Dunedin resident Thomas Bracken who, in the 1870’s, penned the words to God Defend New Zealand, the public are invited to join Dunedin schools and choirs on the Octagon’s central carriageway to sing our inspiring National Anthem.
12.30pm
Central Carriageway - Octagon
Enquiries: 474 9256
OLD GOLD: LIFE IN LARNACH CASTLE
Meet Margaret Barker, Lady of Larnach Castle, and discover the Castle’s haunting gold rush history and the trials and triumphs of restoring this historic building whilst raising a family within its walls.
12.30pm - 1.30pm
Fourth Floor, Dunedin City Library
Limited Numbers – Booking Required
Enquiries: Library@dcc.govt.nz Or 03 474 3690
TURNING BACK THE PAGES
To celebrate its own 150th Anniversary, Allied Press is running public tours of the building that today is home to the Otago Daily Times and the Star Community Newspaper. No building has more stories between its walls than here, where 150 years of local, regional, national and international news has been recorded. See the old printing press, read the headlines, hear the stories….. climb the spiral staircase, smell the panic of a deadline!
Allied Press, Lower Stuart St
Maximum of 20 per tour
Tour times and bookings available from 1st March
Enquiries: 03 474 9256.
JEWELLER’S WORKSHOP TOUR
Join Dunedin jeweller, Tony Williams, on a tour of his traditional jeweller’s workshop and learn about the art of jewellery making with practices and equipment that date back to the 16th Century.
11.00am and 2.00pm
Tour Duration: 30mins (Maximum 12 per tour)
Bookings essential: 03 474 9256
Carnegie Centre
110 Moray Place
Dunedin
Visit www.twgold.co.nz
‘LAYERS OF GOLD’ OFFICIAL OPENING
Deputy Major Chris Staynes will officially open ‘Layers of Gold’ in the Festival’s HQ -the historic Bank of New Zealand building in Princes Street.
5.30pm
Bank of New Zealand Building
205 Princes Street
Enquiries : 474 9256
Gold Coin donation
'LAYERS OF GOLD' BLUESTONE AWARDS
The 2011 receipient of the Bluestone Award will be annouced at the official opening. These awards have been established by the City to recognise the oustanding contribution made by individuals or business to enriching Dunedin.
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: BNZ Exhibition Hall, 205 princes Street
Enquiries: 03 4749256
GETTING THE GOLD OUT – PAST AND PRESENT
An Engineering Heritage Perspective of Otago's Gold Developments. In this illustrated talk, organised by IPENZ Engineering Heritage, you will learn about: building the roads and bridges to access the goldfields; the engineering techniques and equipment involved in mining and dredging; and the production processes to produce pure gold - extracting, smelting and refining.
7.00pm
Bank of New Zealand Building
205 Princes Street
GOLD RUSH MINI GOLF
Head to LaserForce for Indoor mini golf with an Otago Gold Rush theme. The 12-hole golf course is fun for all ages and skill levels.
Daily
LaserForce Dunedin
Cnr ANZAC Avenue and Frederick St
Enquiries: 4749179
Adult $5.50 /Concession $5 /Child $4.50/ Family (2 adults & 2 children)$16
Saturday 19th March
LAND AHOY! - TALL SHIP IN THE HARBOUR
Step back in time and watch as 'new settlers' sail up the harbour aboard the tall ship Steadfast. View them disembarking into dry land at Birch Street wharf - these '1861 immigrants' will make their way on footstep on cart and on horseback to the centre of the their newly adopted city, Dunedin - gateway to the goldfields, via Thomas Burns and St Andrew Streets, then George Street to the Octagon.
Time: Approximate arrival time 10.00am
Venue: Birch Street Wharf
SHANTYTOWN
Walk through Shantytown in the Upper Octagon and actors from the Globe Theatre will convince you you’ve just travelled in a time machine back to the 1860’s. This makeshift camp of miner’s tents will be jostling with characters of the day; the Minister, the Salvationist, the Doctor, the destitute, the pick-pocket and the ladies of the night. A Chinese dragon will make an entrance while children scamper about.
The hungry huddle around camp fires waiting for billies to boil and damper to cook. Boxing, betting and debauchery will greet the new arrivals from the Steadfast . The constabulary will be there maintaining law and order; merchants will be peddling their wares and at the Assaying Office the scales will be weighing miners’ recent good fortunes.
Approximate Start: 11.00am - 3.00pm
SAIL THE TALL SHIP ‘STEADFAST’
"I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky. All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by".
John Masefield, Poet Laureate
Take a harbour cruise on the tall ship Steadfast. This traditionally built sailing ship has sailed from the French Pass in the Marlborough Sounds for its cameo appearance at ‘Layers of Gold’. The Steadfast is similar to the vessels that worked New Zealand’s coastal waters during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The 22.5 metre sailing cutter has a 5 metre bowsprit and draws 3 metres.
Sailing at 2.00pm and 5.00pm
Duration 90 minutes.
Birch St Wharf
Adult $30/Child under 12 $15
Tickets available from the 9th of February from the Dunedin iSITE Centre, Princes Street, Dunedin. Enquiries phone 03 474 3300.
THE GOLD FEVER TREASURE HUNT TRAIL
Hunt the Otago Museum high and low for glittery gold themed objects to solve clues and correctly reveal the secret, lucrative location of our hardy prospector to receive your reward! Collect your trail at the Search Centre Desk, Otago Museum.
10.00am -5.00pm
Otago Museum
419 Great King St
Enquiries: 03 474 7474
Visit www.otagomuseum.govt.nz
JEWELLER’S WORKSHOP TOUR
Join Dunedin jeweller, Tony Williams, on a tour of his traditional jeweller’s workshop and learn about the art of jewellery making with practices and equipment that date back to the 16th Century.
Tour starts at 2.00pm
Tour Duration: 30mins (Maximum 12)
Bookings essential: 03 474 9256
Carnegie Centre
110 Moray Place
Visit www.twgold.co.nz
AT THE GOLD FACE – MASK MAKING WORKSHOP
Bring the glitz and glamour of gold to your face with a gold mask workshop. Create your own shimmering faces around the theme of gold in Otago and parade at the Big Get Together!
1.00pm-3.00pm
Otago Museum - Atrium Level 1
419 Great King St
Basic Masks – Free!
Deluxe Kit - $3
Enquiries: 03 474 7474
Visit www.otagomuseum.govt.nz
THE FOUNDERS OF WELL KNOWN DUNEDIN INDUSTRIES- NORTHERN CEMETERY TOUR
Many of the founders of Dunedin’s early industries are buried in the Northern Cemetery. Join the Southern Heritage Trust’s guided tour of their graves and hear the stories they tell.
3.00pm-4.15pm
Adult $10 / Child $8
Meet at Sexton’s Cottage, inside the gate of the Dunedin Northern Cemetery, Lovelock Road.
R A LAWSON LECTURE 2011: SCOTTISH COLONIAL VICTORIAN ARCHITECTS AT LARGE
Professor Jonathon Mane-Wheoki, Director Elam School of Fine Arts , explores the work of Victorian architects: David Ross, Frederick Burwell and their fellow contemporaries during the golden era of early Otago.
Professor Mane-Wheoki gave the inaugural RA Lawson Lecture and this has been kindly organised by Otago Branch Committee of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
Starts at 5.00pm
Burns Hall
415 Moray Place
SHIN’DIG’ AT THE HAUNTED EMPIRE HOTEL
Dunedin’s oldest public house, the Empire Hotel began life as the Queen’s Arms in 1858. Come and wake up the resident ghost with the help of an Irish band and Irish beat dancers. Sense the spirit of gold diggers who could have alternatively planned, toasted, or lost their fortunes under this roof. Get down to this Irish Shin’dig’ for a high energy night of Irish craic.
7.30pm -11.30pm
Empire Tavern, 396 Princes Street
Adult $25
Tickets available from the 9th of February from the Dunedin iSITE Centre, Princes Street, Dunedin. Enquiries phone 03 474 3300.
GOLD RUSH MINI GOLF
Head to LaserForce for Indoor mini golf with an Otago Gold Rush theme. The 12-hole golf course is fun for all ages and skill levels.
Daily
LaserForce Dunedin
Cnr ANZAC Avenue and Frederick St
Enquiries: 4749179
Adult $5.50 /Concession $5 /Child $4.50/ Family (2 adults & 2 children) $16
Sunday 20th March
CHURCH SERVICES
FIRST CHURCH
Join us for our special Otago Anniversary Service, which will be our 163rd Anniversary Service.
10.00am
415 Moray Place
ST PAUL’S
Choral Eucharist using the liturgy from a New Zealand prayer book with music from the Cathedral Choir.
10.00am-11.30am
Octagon
KNOX CHURCH - Morning Worship
A worship festival of organ, choir and congregational music featuring Otago composers and hymn-writers.
10.30am
449 George Street, Corner of Pitt and George Streets
BAY DAY
Bay Day is back! The Macandrew Bay community will be pulling out all stops at the Ralph Ham Memorial Park (the Muddy) with families, friends and anyone who wants to enjoy the Bay. In 1979, when completion of the Beach Project transformed the Bay, the first Bay Day was held with a boating regatta - once common in the 1920’s when ‘Weekenders’ would arrive by ferry in their hundreds to join residents in a fun day out at the Bay.
Bay Day 2011 will involve lots of fun activities around the Bay. The day will begin with a Church Service and end with a Barn Dance. Families are encouraged to come dressed in costume- as diggers, bathers, and other Victorian characters. There will be a Variety Concert for children and honky tonk music. Damper will be cooking along with good old fashioned stew and pikelets. There will be lots of competitions and fun activities.
Bellamys Gallery is hosting an art exhibition themed on goldminer’s lives and their passage to Otago.
Click here to learn more about Bay Day.
ACTIVITIES AT GLENFALLOCH
At Glenfalloch there will be the ‘Golden Mile’ race, the popular Gnome Hunt and other activities for children and a Devonshire Tea will be available.
The Gnome Hunt begins at 11.00am
10.00am – til late
Macandrew Bay
WATER TAXI TO QUARANTINE ISLAND / ST MARTIN ISLAND
In 1863 the ship Victory, carrying people ill with smallpox, arrived at Port Chalmers. Forbidden to dock, the passengers and crew were put ashore on an island in Otago Harbour – Quarantine Island. Up until the 1890s it held people from more than 40 ships. Later, a few First World War soldiers who came home with venereal diseases were interned there. The island is now a recreation reserve and religious retreat, renamed St Martin Island.
Visit Quarantine Island aboard Captain John McLauchlan’s commercial launch the Vivienne J. and come and discover the latest developments on Quarantine Island. Don’t be surprised if you run into a few characters from the Victorian era.
12.00pm – 4.00pm
Depart: Portobello Wharf every half an hour starting at 12pm.
Please note: A reasonable level of agility is required to board
Return Trip: Individual $10/Family $25 (two adults & two children)
Maximum number: 18 per sailing.
Bookings essential: 03 474 9256
NEW PURPLE FORBIDDEN CITY ORCHESTRA
An 11‐member orchestra from the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing will perform at the Dunedin Chinese Garden. The New Purple Forbidden City Orchestra perform contemporary music on traditional instruments. Their performance repertoire will be advertised at a later date.
Dunedin Chinese Garden
Queen’s Gardens
Enquiries: 03 477 3248
HERITAGE HOMES OF DUNEDIN OPEN DAY
Use your own transport to visit some of Dunedin’s celebrated and rarely seen historic homes. Tour through the gardens and homes at your own pace. This annual event, brought to you by the Cargill Castle Trust, is always popular, showcasing a fascinating and diverse mix of houses. Afternoon tea will be provided.
Heritage Homes Open Day tours times are 11.00am – 4.00pm
Location: Around Dunedin
Adult $30.00
Tickets available from 3rd March from Nichols Garden Centre - Teviot St, Nectar Café - 286 Princes St, Nut Hair Salon – Roslyn Village
Enquiries: 03 467-5811
Visit www.cargillscastle.co.nz
GOLDEN YEARS OF GAS – FIRED UP GASWORKS SPECIAL
Discover how Dunedin’s Gasworks ‘new’ technology powered, fired and lit the city for 150 years. Enjoy fun attractions and activities plus food, music and surprises for all
12.00pm – 4.00pm
Gold coin donation welcome
Gasworks Museum
20 Braemar St
BELOVED: WORKS FROM THE DUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY TOUR
Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery is rather special. Today's tour will focus on those works which involve gold leaf or gold paint. All tour participants will go in the draw to win an old gold chocolate ice-cream dessert sprinkled with edible 25 carat gold - for two - at Ironic Café.
Tour starts at 1.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
30 The Octagon
Enquiries: 03 474 3240
Caption: Jenny Sherman, Conservator, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
THE ART OF GILDING
Dunedin Public Art Gallery conservator, Jenny Sherman, will demonstrate the art of gilding. This will take place in the exhibition Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery''. Come and view the techniques used by the Old Masters.
Demonstration begins at 3.00pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
30 The Octagon
Enquiries: 03 474 3240
THE GOLD FEVER TREASURE HUNT TRAIL
Hunt the Otago Museum high and low for glittery gold themed objects to solve clues and correctly reveal the secret, lucrative location of our hardy prospector to receive your reward! Collect your trail at the Search Centre Desk, Otago Museum
10.00am -5.00pm
Otago Museum
419 Great King St
Enquiries: 474 7474
Visit www.otagomuseum.govt.nz
THE GREAT GOLD SCIENCE SHOW
Get set to follow the journey of gold from its creation when stars explode, all the way to its transformation into dazzling jingly jewellery, with exciting experiments, facts and fun!
Show starts at 2.30pm
Otago Museum - Atrium Level 1
419 Great King St
Enquiries: 03 474 7474
Visit www.otagomuseum.govt.nz
GRACE, GREED & GRIEVANCE
Did the gold rush bring to an end the Presbyterian’s vision of a godly society? Did greed and grog triumph over god? Do we face similar dilemmas today – 150 years on? This promises to be a lively and fascinating panel discussion at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery featuring:
- Professor Andrew Bradstock – University of Otago, Howard Paterson Chair in Theology and Public Issues and the Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues.
- John Stenhouse – University of Otago, Department of History Lecturer whose research interests centre on nineteenth century science, religion, race, politics and gender, and their interconnections
- Professor Kevin Clements - University of Otago, Chair in Peace and Conflict Studies
- Cr Kate Wilson – Dunedin City Councillor and Lawyer.
Discussion starts at 4.00pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
30 The Octagon
SAIL THE TALL SHIP ‘STEADFAST’
"I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky. All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by"
John Masefield, Poet Laureate
Enjoy a two hour ‘wine and nibbles’ cruise on the tall ship ‘Steadfast’. This traditionally built sailing ship has sailed from the French Pass in the Marlborough Sounds for its cameo appearance at ‘Layers of Gold’. The Steadfast is similar to the vessels that worked New Zealand’s coastal waters during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The 22.5 metre sailing cutter has a 5 metre bowsprit and draws 3 metres.
Public Sailings
Departs: 10.00am, 2.00pm
Tickets: $30 per adult and $15 per child (under 12 years)
Supper Cruise
Suitable for Adults over 18 years
Departs: 5.00pm
Birch St Wharf
Adult $60
Tickets available from the 9th of February from the Dunedin iSITE Centre, Princes Street, Dunedin. Enquiries phone 03 4743300.
LIQUID GOLD
Join the bartender at Pier 24 for a hands on session where you will learn to make a gold rush cocktail and even have an opportunity to drink real gold!
Maximum 14 people.
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: Pier 24, 24 Esplanade, St Clair, Dunedin
Admission: $20
For booking please contact Pier 24, Phone 03 456 0555
VISIT FLETCHERS HOUSE - HISTORIC EDWARDIAN VILLA
New Zealand's only fully restored and furnished villa.
This typical family home built in 1909 by Sir James Fletcher.
Open 11.00am till 4.00pm
Admission $3 Adult or $5 family.
Monday 21st March
THE GOLD FEVER TREASURE HUNT TRAIL
Hunt the Otago Museum high and low for glittery gold themed objects to solve clues and correctly reveal the secret, lucrative location of our hardy prospector to receive your reward! Collect your trail at the Search Centre Desk, Otago Museum
Between 10.00am -5.00pm
Otago Museum
419 Great King St
Enquiries: 03 474 7474
Visit www.otagomuseum.govt.nz
SOUTHERN CEMETERY TOUR
The discovery of gold in Otago in 1861 transformed Dunedin into the largest, most diverse and most economically important centre in New Zealand. This tour will visit the graves of those who shaped the new economy.
Tour Starts at 10.30am
Entrance Main South Rd – Opposite the Oval
Adult $10.00/Child Free
“IT’S NOT A BOX”
Here’s one for your children to take part in. Join us outside in the Lower Octagon and create the future skyscape of Dunedin city from cardboard. Buildings, bridges or even a skyscraper, our new look city is only limited by our imagination. Design your own future heritage building together with our expert team of architects from Parker Warburton Team Architects.
Starts 12.00pm
Lower Octagon
No Charge.
Boxes and materials supplied.
COACH TOUR TO PORT CHALMERS: GATEWAY TO THE GOLDFIELDS
Join well-known historian Ian Church on a coach tour of historic Port Chalmers and listen to stories of a bygone age. Coach to and from Dunedin, which will conclude with afternoon tea at the Port Chalmers Maritime Museum. Organised by the Southern Heritage Trust.
Departs at 1.30pm -4.30pm
Depart from: BNZ Building 205 Princes St.
Adult $25
Visit www.southernheritage.org.nz
Tickets available from the 9th of February from the Dunedin iSITE Centre, Princes Street, Dunedin. Enquiries phone 03 4743300.
GOLD RUSH MINI GOLF
Head to LaserForce for Indoor mini golf with an Otago Gold Rush theme. The 12-hole golf course is fun for all ages and skill levels.
Daily
LaserForce Dunedin
Cnr ANZAC Avenue and Frederick St
Enquiries: 03 4749179
Adult $5.50 /Concession $5 /Child $4.50/ Family (2 adults & 2 children)$16
