Rakiura Calendar - 2026

Writing workshop
2024-08-24 10:00 - 15:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Oban Fire Station, 6 Argyle Street, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand

Tai chi
2024-08-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-08-29 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-09-02 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-09-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-09-09 10:00 - 11:00 | RSA Pavilion, 7 Ayr Street, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand
Tai chi every Monday and Thursday- relaxed pace and beginners welcome! Gold coin donation.

Stewart Island Community Centre Trust
2024-08-26 16:30 | Community Centre, 10 Ayr Street, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand

Oban Fire Brigade Training Night
2024-08-26 19:00, 2024-09-02 19:00, 2024-09-09 19:00 | Oban Fire Station, 6 Argyle Street, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand
Fire and Emergency NZ weekly training for the local brigade.
Come along to see what we’re up to and if you’re interested in volunteering.

Rakiura LandSAR Committee Meeting
2024-08-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Southland
Monthly meeting of the Stewart Island/Rakiura Land Search and Rescue volunteer group.
Meetings are held at the Oban Fire Station on the last Tuesday of every month.
Contact our Secretary – Jon Spraggon for more information.

Card Games
2024-08-28 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-09-04 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-09-11 10:00 - 15:00 | South Sea Hotel, 26 Elgin Terrace, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand

SIRCET Plant & Plot
2024-08-28 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-09-04 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-09-11 13:00 - 15:00 | Southland

Animal Flow
2024-08-28 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-09-04 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-09-11 17:00 - 18:00 | St Andrews Anglican Church Hall, 10 Excelsior Road, Oban, 9818, New Zealand
Animal Flow is a ground based bodyweight exercise system developed by Mike Fitch and with roots in yoga, Pilates and breakdance. It can be adapted to be accessible to moderately fit people or to challenge the very fit.

SIRCET Annual General Meeting
2024-08-29 17:30 | RSA Pavilion, 7 Ayr Street, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand

Badminton
2024-08-29 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-09-05 19:00 - 20:30 | Community Centre, 10 Ayr Street, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand

Rakiura LandSAR AGM
2024-08-31 | Oban Fire Station, 6 Argyle Street, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand
Time to be confirmed

Taonga Purakau
2024-08-31 19:30 | Community Centre, 10 Ayr Street, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand

Rat Pathways to Rakiura Research: Introducing the CEBRA Team
2024-09-02 18:00 | RSA Pavilion, 7 Ayr Street, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand
YOU’RE INVITED!
Predator Free Rakiura is supporting PF2050 and CEBRA to investigate rat pathways to Rakiura, and we need your help!
An effective, reliable, and feasible biosecurity system is a key requirement for the long-term future of Predator Free Rakiura.
PF2050 is funding research by the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) from Melbourne to assess and model rat entry pathways to Rakiura, which aims to understand incursion risks and manage biosecurity measure priorities.
This work will help to inform the design of a biosecurity system for Rakiura.
The research process includes CEBRA visiting Rakiura and Bluff to host information sessions and workshops with technical experts – that means you! We hope you can join us to share your experience and knowledge of rats and how they might travel to Rakiura. When Predator Free Rakiura is successful, we need to make sure we can stop rats from returning to the island! If you’d like more information about this research, visit our website here. RSVP by email to info@predatorfreerakiura.org.nz.

Rat Pathways to Rakiura Research: Experts Workshop
2024-09-03 18:00 | RSA Pavilion, 7 Ayr Street, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand

Bats & Moths talk
2024-09-06 19:00 - 20:00 | The Snuggery, 9 Ayr Street, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand

Conservation Weeks Scavenger Hunt Prizegiving
2024-09-08 14:00 - 14:30 | Rakiura Environment Centre, 20 Elgin Terrace, Oban, Rakiura / Stewart Island, 9818, New Zealand

Future Rakiura Committee Meeting
2024-09-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Southland
Monthly meeting of the Future Rakiura Committee to progress community projects.
