Talks and workshops
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Saturday, 12.30pm: Beginners’ genealogy course. Bring your own laptop. Booking essential. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Octagon. Wednesday, 10.30am: ‘‘Diary of a Festival Programmer’’, talk by Claire Finlayson to Friends of the Gallery.
Wednesday, 7.30pm: ‘‘Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera: The Golden Age of Mexican Painting’’, talk by Chloe Sayer to Otago Decorative and Fine Arts Society.
Harbour Street Collective Cafe, 8 Harbour St, Oamaru.
Today, 7pm: ‘‘A Suffrage Meeting with Entertainment’’, informative talk. Booking essential: at Houbour St Collective or email ovhcommittee@gmail.com
Hocken Collections, 90 Anzac Ave.
Wednesday, 11am and 2pm: ‘‘Behind the scenes’’ tours of the Hocken archives, stacks and picture storeroom. Limited spaces.
Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum.
Today, noon: ‘‘Bigger than the 1918 flu? Tackling this century’s public health emergency’’, 2018 State of Public Health lecture by Dr Alexandra Macmillan and Dr Rhys Jones.
Inkbox Theatre, Oamaru Opera House, 94 Thames St.
Tomorrow, 1pm: ‘‘Death at Sea: Victorians and death on the voyage to New Zealand in the 19th Century.’’ Forrester and Lemon Memorial Lecture by Prof Lyndon Fraser.
Mosgiel Presbyterian Church, 11 Church St, Mosgiel.
Tuesdays, 7pm9pm: Rhythmix choir meeting and practice. Inquiries, Nancy 022 3130399.
Oamaru, meet at 1 Thames St.
Tomorrow, 10amnoon: ‘‘Oamaru’s Classical Architecture’’, walking tour with Helen Stead. Book at Oamaru iSite.
Oamaru, meet cnr Harbour and Wansbeck Sts. Today, 10amnoon: ‘‘Of Ships, Sheep and Grain’’
walking tour with Helen Stead. Book at iSite.
Oamaru Old Cemetery, meet opposite 63 Greta St.
Sunday, 2pm4pm: ‘‘Headstones and Stories’’, walking tour with Helen Stead. Book at iSite.
Oamaru Public Library, 62 Thames St. Tomorrow, 1pm: ‘‘Intrepid Cycling Adventures’’, presentation by the Oamaru Ordinary Cycle Club.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
Sundays, 3pm: Theomin art collection tours. Bookings essential.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Daily, 11am and 2pm: ‘‘Treasures of the Museum’’, guided tour. Paid admission.
Daily, 1pm and 3pm: ‘‘Stories of the South’’, guided tour. Paid admission.
Waikouaiti Library, Main Rd, Waikouaiti. Wednesday, 7pm: ‘‘Weeds and Wellbeing’’, talk by naturopath, herbalist and registered nurse Jen Packard.