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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 …

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