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Swaggers at Totara Estate - making damper

Totara Estate Daily Tour

Totara Estate, State Highway 1, 8 kms south of Oamaru
Advance booking essential

Living history at its best. Join our guided tour (please pre-book) as history comes alive at Totara Estate, Oamaru. Booking is essential.

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Read This Building exhibition at Old St Paul's

Read This Building

Old St Paul's, 34 Mulgrave Street, Wellington
Daily 9.30am-5pm (occasionally closed for private functions)

This multi-media exhibition tells the wonderful and sometimes quirky stories of the church, its site and people on a journey from colonial times until the present.

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Demonstrating ironing and other kitchen activities at Highwic

Coal on the Range

Every Thursday, or by arrangement

Every Thursday (or by arrangement) the coal range in the kitchen at Highwic will be operating with demonstrations of early 19th century household tasks.

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Christchurch cultural precinct

Heritage within the Cultural Precinct

Set in the heart of Christchurch city the Cultural Precinct offers an easy-to walk range of attractions to visit and experiences to enjoy, including some particularly fascinating heritage places.

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Detail of Highwic - entrance way

Night tours

Weekends only, December, January and March, 7pm

A guided tour - at night - of Te Waimate Mission, New Zelaand's second oldest building.

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Heritage Homes Tour - Canterbury

Heritage Homes Tour, Christchurch

Wednesdays & Saturdays, September-May
1.30-4.30p.m.
Departs: Christchurch Information Centre, Cathedral Square
tel 0508 669-660 (tollfree) or (03) 366 9660

Step inside three Christchurch homes of different styles, ranging from historic to contemporary, not normally open to the public. This tour provides a delightful mix of history, house style and hospitality.

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Homestead Architecture Tours

Homestead Architecture Tours

As you visit several beautiful heritage homes not normally open to the public, your tour guide will inform you about aspects of New Zealand history including settlement, lifestyle and design of homes.

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Washing Time Line graphic

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