Events
Film Screening
Documenting Tuia 250 ki Tōtaranui.
The pōwhiri at Meretoto/Ship Cove, the flotilla arrival and public welcome at Waitohi/Picton.
Waitohi/Picton foreshore event map
Find the vessels, entertainment zones, Kete Kai food market, activity areas and information sites.
Meet, Explore, Eat
Live Music & Light Installation
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Explore the flotilla vessels, meet the crew. Kete Kai Street Market offers a taste of Marlborough with Māori kai and multicultural food stalls. Entertainment continues into the night with music and a spectacular light Installation thanks to Interislander
Meet, Explore and Learn
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Hop on board the flotilla vessels, meet the crews, visit a star dome and science and conservation exhibits.
Tuia Te Muka Tangata Ki Uta - Shared Futures
Saturday, November 16 to Jan 2020
An exhibition of Tuia 250 Encounters themed work created by children. Plus children's activities.
Otago University Conference
December 1 - 3, 2019
Encounters and Exchanges: Exploring the history of science, technology, medicine, and mātauranga
(indigenous knowledge)
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Kete Kai Street Market
Saturday, November 23, 2019
A Māori themed street market featuring foods from around the world.
Port Marlborough Schools’ Day
Monday, November 25, 2019
Fully booked - no public access this day
Te Pokohiwi o Kupe
Revisiting Past Voyages
Saturday, November 16 to Jan 2020
The connections between the present generation of Te Ahi Kaa of Pokohiwi and their connection to Aotearoa/New Zealand's first people.
Paradise Lost
14 March - 26 April, 2020
A touring exhibition of twenty works by ten New Zealand artists invited by Solander Gallery to respond creatively to the legacy of Daniel Solander and his contribution to New Zealand’s early scientific and natural history.
Catch a bus to the
Fly My Pretties concert
$10 a ticket and you can take the bus from Blenheim to Picton and return.
Community welcome the Tuia 250 flotilla
Friday, November 22, 2019
Join us on the Waitohi/Picton foreshore to welcome the flotilla
Fly My Pretties
Saturday, November 23, 2019
New Zealand’s favourite collaborative group, Fly My Pretties will perform live in a free concert on Waitohi/Picton foreshore
First Voyages
Wednesday & Thursday, November 27 & 28, 2019
Two evening events celebrating the first voyagers Maui, Kupe and the Tahitian Navigator Tupaia.
Meretoto: Wero
The Challenge
Wednesday, November 20 to December 14, 2019
The Diversion Gallery opens their third Meretoto/Ship Cove exhibition of artistic perspectives on 250 years of shared histories.
