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Celebratory Stargazing Party

The Kaikōura Dark Sky Trust invite you and your whanau to join with us at Fyffe House on Wednesday 11 September from 7pm for a stargazing party with telescopes, speeches, …

July Stargazing

Kaikōura Astronomers welcome you and your whanau to this free community stargazing evening hosted at the Hapuku School grounds from 5.30pm on Friday 5 July. Come and explore the night …

Kaikoura Dark Sky Trust AGM

Come along to the Kaikoura Dark Sky Trust AGM on Friday 5th July from 9.30am, upstairs in Encounter Cafe to find out what we’ve been up to over the last …

Matariki Celebrations

Come along and help us celebate Matariki on Thursday 4th July from 3:30pm – 6:30pm at the Memorial Hall. Kaikoura Dark Sky will be in the hall with our 2 Stellarium …

Tūhura Tuarangi Science Outreach Programme

Pop into the Kaikōura District Library to enjoy the Tūhura Otago Museum space science showcase. The interative exhibition is here until the 11th July and free to enjoy so don’t …

June Stargazing

Kaikōura Astronomers welcome you and your whanau to this free community stargazing evening hosted at the Hapuku School grounds from 5.30pm on Friday 7 June. Come and explore the night …

May Stargazing Event

Kaikōura Astronomers welcome you and your whanau to this free community stargazing evening hosted at the Hapuku School grounds from 6pm on Friday 10th May. Come and explore the night …

A celestial evening at the museum..

To celebrate International Dark Sky Week 2024, join us on Thursday April 4th from 7pm to 8.30pm, at the Kaikōura Museum for this free community evening. Our two guest speakers, …

April Community Stargazing Evening

Come along to this free family friendly evening from 6pm on Sunday 7th April (after the clocks have changed) to celebrate International Dark Sky Week 2024. Kaikōura Astronomers invite you …

Kaikōura A&P Show

The Kaikōura Dark Sky Trust are delighted to be supporting this year’s Kaikōura A&P Show on Saturday 24th February. We’d love to see lots of great enteries for the colouring …

November Stargazing & Astrophotography

Come along and discover the splendours of the Kaikōura night sky on Friday 24th November 2023. Kaikōura Astronomers invite you and your whanau to join us for the last free monthly community stargazing evening of …

October Stargazing Evening

Come along and discover the splendours of the Kaikōura night sky on Friday 20th October 2023. Kaikōura Astronomers invite you and your whanau to join us for a free community stargazing evening from Hapuku School. …

Community Stargazing Evening

Come along and discover the splendours of the Kaikōura night sky on Friday 25th August 2023. The Kaikōura Dark Sky Trust invite you and your whanau to join us for a free community stargazing evening …

July Stargazing Evening

Come along and discover the splendours of the Kaikōura night sky on Friday 28th July 2023. The Kaikōura Dark Sky Trust invite you and your whanau to join us for a free community stargazing evening …

Cosmic Cataclysms: A Dynamic and Changing Universe

The Omaka Observatory Astronomical Society are bringing astrophysicist Dr Ryan Ridden to Kaikoura to present his work in a lecture titled Cosmic cataclysms: A dynamic and changing Universe.  Sunday 16th …

Matariki Community Celebration

Thursday 20th July, 5:30am at Fyffe House. Rikki Solomon, Academic & Practioner of Maōri Astronomy, and guest artists James Webster & Marcus Winters are coming to Kaikōura to lead the …

Winter Telescopic Stargazing Evening

Come along and discover the splendours of the Kaikōura night sky on Friday 23rd June 2023. The Kaikōura Dark Sky Trust invite you and your whanau to join us for a free community stargazing evening …

Kaikōura Dark Sky EXPO

Come along to our EXPO from the 22nd to 28th May 2023 in the Exhibition Suite at the Mayfair Theatre and learn all about our proposed International Dark Sky Sancutary. …

EXPO – 5 Stargazing evenings

As part of the Kaikōura Dark Sky EXPO week from Monday 22nd to Friday 27th May 2023 there will be stargazing from the Mayfair Starlight Balcony every evening from 7pm …

Telescope Stargazing Evening

As as part of International Dark Sky Week come along and discover the splendours of the Kaikōura night sky on Tuesday 25th April (NEW DATE) The Kaikōura Dark Sky Trust invite you …

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