Daily Events

  • Wild Dunedin Cocktail Trail

    Across Dunedin

    Immerse yourself in the unique blend of nature and mixology as the NZ Festival of Nature partners with Dunedin's top cocktail bars!

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  • Tūhura Photography Competition

    Enter before 27 May
    Tūhura Otago Museum

    Otago’s own awards to celebrate our nature, our landscapes, and you, our people, taking photos of it all!

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  • Larnach Castle Plant Detective

    9am-5pm
    Larnach Castle

    Explore the castle and find the hidden native plant clues! Children enter free.

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  • Royal Albatross Centre Tours

    Various times
    Taiaroa Head

    25% discount on Unique Taiaroa, Albatross and Fort tours.

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  • Kids Go Free at Orokonui

    9.30am-4.30pm (Thu-Mon)
    Orokonui Ecosanctuary

    Explore and learn more about Orokonui’s wildlife with an autumn scavenger hunt.

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  • 25 Years Captured Exhibition

    10am-5pm
    Tūhura Otago Museum

    Retrospective exhibition cebrating a quarter-century of Dunedin photographic excellence.

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  • Tūhura's Wild Makerspace

    10am-5pm
    Tūhura Otago Museum

    Come and take part in Tūhura Otago Museum's renowned free Makerspace, returning this April.

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  • The Great Kiwi Poster Competition

    10am – 5pm
    Tūhura Otago Museum

    Check out the winning entries in the Great Kiwi Poster Competition! This year’s theme is Protect Our Future.

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  • Royal Albatross Centre Express!

    10.30am – 3pm
    Royal Albatross Centre

    Discounted 30-minute tour viewing albatross chicks at Taiaroa Head.

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  • Tēnā koe te Whenua, Dear Earth

    11am-3pm
    Quarantine Island/Kamau Taurua

    Write a letter to the land while visiting the Island. Transport to Island by Port to Port.

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  • No Rain, No Rainforest Experience

    12pm-12.30pm
    Tūhura Tropical Forest

    Get set to get wet, and learn how a rainforest and its inhabitants adapt to the rain.

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  • Kiribati Warrior statue with a hood of shells

    Museum of Natural Mystery

    12pm-5pm
    61 Royal Tce

    A curated collection of skulls, bones, ethnological art and cultural artifacts by artist Bruce Mahalski.

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  • Quarantine Island Jetty and Island

    Island Treasure Hunt


    12.55pm:     Port Chalmers
    1.15pm:     Portobello

    Take a ferry to explore historic Kamau Taurua/Quarantine Island and look for treasure.

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  • Clearwater Wildlife Tours

    1.30pm-5.30pm
    Departs Octagon

    30% discount to view yellow-eyed penguins, sealions and fur seals at Cape Saunders.

    Book here

  • Guided Tours @ The OPERA

    3pm – 6pm
    The OPERA

    50% discount to see yellow-eyed penguins and other wildlife up close.

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  • Blue Penguins Pukekura

    5.30pm-7pm
    Pukekura Nature Reserve

    Discounted 90-minute tour to view kororā in its natural habitat.

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  • Tropical Forest Keeper Time

    3pm-3.30pm
    Tūhura Tropical Forest

    From terrapins to tarantulas, learn about all the animals that are cared for at Tūhura Otago Museum.

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  • Julien the distiller serving a tasting to two women.

    No8 Distillery Wild Tasting

    4pm-4.30pm
    90 Bond Street

    Taste a selection of wild crafted spirits made for the Festival by No8 Distillery.

    Book here
  • Child on indoor climbing wall

    Indoor Bouldering


    Various Times
    27 Moray Place

    Try indoor bouldering at Resistance Climbing Gym - special deals.

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  • Map of Dunedin with the 11 locations of UrbanNature panels that change seasonally.

    DOC UrbanNature Scavenger Hunt

    Hunt runs for duration of Festival

    Find the letters to a mystery word on UrbanNature panels around Õtepoti/Dunedin.

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Upcoming Events

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Botanical Pop-Up
Apr
16
to Apr 17
Food & Drinks

Botanical Pop-Up

A laneway event with Steamer Basin Brewery, Wild Dispensary, Links Quality Meats, Dunedin Craft Distillers and Augustines of Central with food, drinks and products flavoured by the same wild plant.

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Places to
Visit

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Royal Albatross Centre
Royal Albatross Centre

The world’s only mainland colony of Royal Albatross, accessed by guided tour to a viewing observatory.

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Woodhaugh Gardens
Woodhaugh Gardens

Woodhaugh Gardens is at 1081 George St, bordered by the Water of Leith and forming part of the city’s Green Belt, linking up with the Botanic Garden.

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Chingford Park
Chingford Park

Chingford Park, with arguably the best collection of mature exotic trees in urban Dunedin, is very easy to find at 411 North Rd in the North East Valley.

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WILD DUNEDIN – Video

Dunedin is like no other because of its unique southern ocean animals. Penguins, sea lions, albatross and fur seals love our ocean and they breed right here inside our city’s boundary.

You can see these wild creatures any time, but even better to come in the April school holidays when we celebrate our wildlife and wild places during the Wild Dunedin Festival.

Follow us on Instagram @wilddunedin

View fullsize Tūī are unique to New Zealand and belong to the honeyeater family, which means they feed mainly on nectar from flowers of native plants. These attractive birds can often be heard singing their beautiful melodies before they are spotted. You will re
View fullsize Camouflage never looked so cute 🥰 📸 @lje_photographynz
View fullsize Thank you to our amazing funders @dunedincitycouncil and @otagocommunitytrust Without your support we wouldn’t be able to run this festival which has become a national event. We are so blessed to be able to bring this years 10 day, 130 event
View fullsize Nothing better than lazy Saturday afternoons with friends 💕 📸 @sammyg.design
View fullsize “What you mean it’s May already?” We’re almost at the half way mark of 2023, how scary is that!!! We would love to see all your amazing wildlife images over autumn and winter. So please remember to tag us, or hashtag #wild
View fullsize We have a new King of England and hopefully a continued effort to combating Climate change. Charles has been one of the highest-profile global proponents for protecting the planet over the last five decades, from writing books and making speeches a
View fullsize A huge thank you to this years sponsors the wonderful @southernclams_nz & @universityofotago 💚 We really couldn’t do this without you. Your on going support allows us to flourish yearly, and bring so much support and joy to everything nat
View fullsize Happy World Penguin Day Here in Dunedin we not only have the world’s rarest penguins but also the smallest. The magical Kororā (blue penguin) Hoiho (yellow-eyed) This day not only celebrates them but shows the importances of protecting them