Taken by visiting U3A photography group in October 2025: Photo credit G Hodgkinson
Taken by visiting U3A photography group in October 2025. Photo credit: K Morton
Otago University Master of Creative Writing Student Showcase. November 2025.
From left: Rhondda Greig, Mary Mc Laughlin, Liam McIlvanney, Brenda Finlayson, Merrisa Foryani, Lynley Edmeades, Holly Ruth, Janean Cherkun and Penny Bloomberg.
Musician’s Simon Eastwood and Motoko Kikkawa playing at the National Poetry Day 2025.
National Poetry Day 2025. Samantha Montgomerie presenting the results from the youth poetry competition.
Layers of Identity project on 21st August 2025
Organised by OAR FM 105.4. Listen to the podcast here: oar.org.nz/shows/layers-of-identity/ Photo credit Jill Bowie
Layers of Identity project 21st August 2025. Organised by OAR FM.
Photo credit Jill Bowie
Archivist Tom Riley gives a presentation about the Octagon and the Athenaeum & Mechanics Institute during the 1880s.
Photo credit: Alex Bligh
Committee chair person Tony Eyre hosts the 155th anniversary celebration on May 8th 2025.
Photo credit: Alex Bligh
Author Laurence Fearnley reading at the 155th celebration at the library.
Photo credit Alex Bligh
Author Fiona Farrell gives a talk about the importance of the Athenaeum & Mechanics Institute. Interspersed with some humorous readings from some our old Mills & Boon books.