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They Save We Pay Dunedin Hospital public marchDunedin and vicinity - sheet 2 1922Climate Liberation Aotearoa red rebels Bronze cone, Cedars of Lebanon GroveDPL Reed MMF30Dunedin at its finest. Overlooking ANZAC Square.Octagonal Day 2015, Dunedin NZWoman walking through the Dunedin Botanic Gardens.

We gratefully acknowledge the Cedars of Lebanon for their generous support, which has enabled this archive to flourish.

 

We acknowledge Kāi Tahu, particularly mana whenua from Ōtākou and Puketeraki marae, and honour their enduring relationship with the whenua, awa, and taiao of the Ōtepoti Dunedin rohe.

 

Nau Mai, Haere Mai


He Purapura Marara Scattered Seeds Digital Archive preserves Ōtepoti Dunedin’s living history through stories, photographs, memories, and voices. Bringing together community contributions, contemporary photographic records and treasures from Dunedin Public Libraries’ Heritage Collections, the archive offers an inclusive, collaborative space celebrating both past and present. By capturing everyday life alongside major events, our aim is to keep the city’s collective memory alive for future generations.

 

 

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Images of COVID-19 experience in Dunedin, OtagoDunedin Midwinter Swing Festival 2018 Toitū Otago Settlers MuseumSouth Dunedin Busking Festival 2017 PSA83Peace in a stormy skyChildren's Story PitDunedin Midwinter Swing Festival 2018 Harbour Hop Radio operator in the ECU on Swampy SummitWaitati Music Festival by Paul S Allen: Shakes and the Trouble MakersDunedin protest against the GCSB + TICS billsE tū Union members out in support of the nursesWaitati Music Festival by Paul S Allen: Tahu and the TakahesJulian SmithRally for Palestine 18 November 2023Rock the Gasworks 21 July 2019Debutant Leila FarrMidwinter Swing Festival  Stompin at the Savoy 3 June 2017 PSA - 40SurcingleMax QuinnStudio portrait of a piperSuzanne Kallil at entrance of Children of Lebanon exhibition held at the Museum of Otago.Proud To Be South DGypsy Extravaganza Dunedin 2015South Dunedin Street Festival 2014Dunedin to Brighton Veteran Car RallyDunedin Midwinter Swing Festival 2018 Toitū Otago Settlers MuseumRobbie Rocks 2018 PSA-20Farewell to The Very Rev Father IIyan Eades at St Michael’s Orthodox ChurchGrowSouth Working Bee 12 October 2013St Andrew's Day, Dunedin, NZHillside StageSouth D Busking Festival 2018 - PSA - 14Second ReadingCaretaker's House at theTaieri Historical Park Outram NZPerfect Dunedin Autumn at the BeachDunedin Writers' Walk plaque unveiling for OE Middleton and Peter OldsThe Southern Most Wuthering Heights Day 2019 Waitati Music Festival by Paul S Allen: Shakes and the Trouble MakersSt Andrew's Day celebrations 2022Meeting Rita by Jenny PowellWaitati Music Festival by Paul S Allen: KoizillaChildren's Story PitVogel Street Party 2014KererūThey Save We Pay Dunedin Hospital public marchMathiesons Farm SteadingDPL Reed MMF51Waitati MilitiaEn HakkoreOut for a walkBill Acklin, Dunedin City Councillor, at the unveiling of the Platypus Submarine