The following events have been arranged for Friends of Cambridge Museum. If you are not already a member, please consider joining (Friends details here). If you’re curious about where you live and like learning about the past, it’s a great place to start. And for $20 a year excellent value too. Join here. 

Upcoming Events

SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2024, 2.30 to 4pm

House tour:  Visit to Dingley Dell, incl. afternoon tea
Please RSVP by 13 September.

Surrounded by rich farmland and rolling hills, Dingley Dell, the Vosper homestead, was constructed of roughcast concrete by Speight Pearce Nicoll & Davys in the 1920s, along the typical lines of architect James T Douce.

The home offers endless opportunities for discovery and imagination and we are grateful to Katharine and David for welcoming us to their home for this visit.

FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2024

Talk: The Waikato Horticultural Complex: Adaptation of Polynesian agronomy to a temperate environment by Dr Warren Gumbley, part of the U3A Partnership.

10.30 am, Te Awa, 1866 Hamilton Road
Please RSVP by 16 October

There is a wealth of archaeology relating to the intensity of Māori occupation in the Cambridge area. Much of the most recent work has been completed by Dr Warren Gumbley and his team.

Warren Gumbley has worked as an archaeologist for over 40 years and has a PhD from the Australian National University. His principal areas of research interest are: The adaptation of Polynesian horticulture to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the development of pā, the archaeology of mission stations, and the archaeology of the Waikato Land War of 1863-1864.

In this talk Dr Gumbley will consider how a system of gardening developed in the tropics was successfully transferred to the temperate climate of New Zealand.

 

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

9-10 NOVEMBER, Passion for Art, Arnold Cottage, Te Awa

The weekend of 9-10 November will be a second chance to see the Capturing Cambridge exhibition featuring photographs taken of Cambridge between the 1960s and 80s by Reg Buckingham. This pop-up display is part of the Passion for Art open studio tour featuring thirteen local artists, which is running alongside the 2024 Rotary Cambridge Garden Festival. More details are available at www.cgf.nz/passion-for-art.

 

Last updated August 2024