Rakiura Calendar - 2026

Badminton!
2023-06-29 19:00, 2023-07-06 19:00, 2023-07-13 19:00, 2023-07-20 19:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Community Centre, 10 Ayr Street, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand
Thursday Badminton!
Gear provided.
$2 for non-members.
Come and have some fun!

Rakiura Toy Library session
2023-07-02 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-07-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Traill Park Building, 29 Golden Bay Road, Rakiura / Stewart Island, Southland, 9818, New Zealand
Rakiura Toy Library is the community toy library for Rakiura residents and visiting families. Run by a small number of passionate individuals, determined to enrich our children with quality, sustainable toys at as low a cost to families and to the planet. The Toy Library aims to provide a good range of toys for children from birth to teens.
Each fortnight between approximately 10 and 11am, a session is hosted where you can come in with or without your kids to borrow and return toys. A small amount of children’s clothing is available to purchase for a small donation. We have a free seed library.
We are a volunteer run Toy Library. To find out more about joining our Toy Library volunteer team, have a chat with one of the team; Liz Cave, Alina Atkins, Carolin Loefller, Karin Lewis and Bridget Carter.
We hope you and your family enjoy the experience. This is your library and we need your ideas to make it work. Please tell us if you have any toy or other suggestions, queries or concerns.

Tai chi
2023-07-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-07-06 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-07-10 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-07-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-07-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-07-20 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-07-24 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.

Oban Fire Brigade Training Night
2023-07-03 19:00, 2023-07-10 19:00, 2023-07-17 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.

Games Day
2023-07-05 10:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-12 10:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-19 10:00 - 15:00 | South Sea Hotel, 26 Elgin Terrace, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand
Wednesday Games Day
Come just for the morning/ afternoon/ or stay all day!
Whatever game takes your fancy- be it a favourite card game or board game or learn/teach something new- the idea is to have fun. “We’re not playing for a sheep station”
Find us in the lounge bar- all welcome!

Community Nursery – Plant & Plot
2023-07-05 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-12 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Traill Park Nursery, Golden Bay Rd, Stewart Island, New Zealand
Join us up at the community nursery as we propagate native plants, and have a chat. It is a great way to learn more about the plants of Rakiura.
Please bring your own gardening gloves, sturdy footwear, weather appropriate clothing, and a drink and snack.
EVERYONE WELCOME!

Future Rakiura committee meeting
2023-07-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Southland
Monthly meeting of the Future Rakiura committee.
Meeting venue to be confirmed each month.

Animal Flow
2023-07-12 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-07-19 17:30 - 18:30 | 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.

Feast Matariki Mahika Kai workshops ki Rakiura
2023-07-14 | Traill Park Building, 29 Golden Bay Road, Rakiura / Stewart Island, Southland, 9818, New Zealand
FEAST MATARIKI MAHIKA KAI WORKSHOPS KI RAKIURA
Gathering to explore Mahika Kai this Matariki

Head to Rakiura for a day of Mahika Kai workshops dedicated to wānanga, as we hear from Mahika Kai experts from across the Ngāi Tahu takiwā, served alongside delicious kai on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th July 2023.
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/feast-matariki-mahika-kai-rakiura/tickets
FRIDAY 14th JULY – Workshops $45

10.30am – Nate Smith – How to Process Ika

Includes details and a tutorial on how to break down Hapuka from well-respected fisher – Nate Smith of Gravity Fishing.

2.00pm – Davis Sisters – How to Process Tītī

A tutorial from the Mahika Kai experts, on how to process tītī / muttonbirds.

5.30pm – Mahika Kai Dinner – $30

Co-presented by Eat New Zealand and Ngāi Tahu whānau.
Supported by our EAT NZ Kaitiaki including Kate French (The Batch), Brit MacDonald (Flour Bro), Katherine Mitchell (Fiordland Charters), Haylee Simon (Hayz at the Anchorage) and Ethan Flack.

Matariki Pou Tupuārangi Unveiling & Blessing
2023-07-14 09:30 - 10:30 | Traill Park Building, 29 Golden Bay Road, Rakiura / Stewart Island, Southland, 9818, New Zealand
On behalf of the pā Rakiura, Te Ao Mārama Inc Southland and the Southland District Council we would like to invite you all along with the community to the unveiling and blessing of our Matariki Pou Tupuārangi at Trail Park on Friday 14th between 9.30 – 10am.
Tupuārangi is the one of the stars in the Te Kāhui o Matariki, the Pleiades star cluster and is associated with food that comes from the sky such as birds, or elevated fruit or berries from trees, appropriate for Rakiura. Tupuārangi is 1 of 9 pou that has been installed temporarily throughout the Southland District this year.
They will be replaced with new ones in time for Matariki 2024 what, where and how each pou will look will be communicated through a series of collaborative iwi and community hui. We will keep you all abreast of up-and-coming hui times and dates for this kaupapa.

Feast Matariki Mahika Kai workshops ki Rakiura
2023-07-15 | Traill Park Building, 29 Golden Bay Road, Rakiura / Stewart Island, Southland, 9818, New Zealand
FEAST MATARIKI MAHIKA KAI WORKSHOPS KI RAKIURA
Gathering to explore Mahika Kai this Matariki

Head to Rakiura for a day of Mahika Kai workshops dedicated to wānanga, as we hear from Mahika Kai experts from across the Ngāi Tahu takiwā, served alongside delicious kai on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th July 2023.
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/feast-matariki-mahika-kai-rakiura/tickets
SATURDAY 15th JULY – Workshops $45

10.30am – Davis Sisters – How to Process Tītī

Includes details and a tutorial on how to break down Hapuka from well-respected fisher – Nate Smith of Gravity Fishing.

2.00pm – Nate Smith – How to Process Ika

Includes details and a tutorial on how to break down Hapuka from well-respected fisher – Nate Smith of Gravity Fishing.

5.30pm – Community Dinner – FREE

Co-presented by Eat New Zealand and Ngāi Tahu whānau.
Supported by our EAT NZ Kaitiaki including Kate French (The Batch), Brit MacDonald (Flour Bro), Katherine Mitchell (Fiordland Charters), Haylee Simon (Hayz at the Anchorage) and Ethan Flack.

Gene Tech & Our Environment- Research Invitation
2023-07-22 13:30 - 15:00 | RSA Pavilion, 7 Ayr Street, Oban, Southland, 9818, New Zealand
What is your vision for New Zealand’s natural environment?
́ What role, if any, might gene technology play in protecting and enhancing New Zealand’s biodiversity?
́ How can we have conversations about contested issues such as gene technology?
Come to a 1.5 hour workshop: games, discussion and refreshments.
Please click this link to come along: https://forms.gle/qu17qoiZHcdRHf2Y6
We’d love to have you and your family there!
Any questions: vicki.macknight@otago.ac.nz

Oban Presbyterian Church Meet
2023-07-23 10:30 | Oban Presbyterian Church, Kamahi Road, Oban, Stewart Island, 9818, New Zealand
May-October: Service every second and fourth Sunday.
November-April: Service every Sunday.
Christmas and Easter can differ- watch Facebook page here for changes.
