The Star: October 08, 2020

Thursday October 8 2020 The Star
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Festival to celebrate our heritage
DIP INTO history and find out
more about a range of cultures
at the upcoming Christchurch
Heritage Festival.
This year’s celebration starts on
October 24 with more than 50
events and activities that invite
people to explore Christchurch
and Banks Peninsula’s past and
gain a better understanding of its
present.
Open days, walking tours,
workshops, talks, exhibitions and
cultural performances are some
of what’s on the programme until
the festival wraps up on November
8.
The theme for the Christchurch
Heritage Festival 2020
is Encounter our Stories – arts,
culture and identity.
Christchurch City Council
head of urban design, regeneration
and heritage Carolyn Ingles
says several events highlight the
diverse cultures that contribute
to the identity of the city and
Banks Peninsula.
The Polish Folk Day will
feature traditional dancing and
music.
“The Super 15 kapahaka
competition for 2020 is being
held during the festival and it’s
an amazing opportunity to enjoy
and share Māori culture at the
Isaac Theatre Royal on November
6.
“There's also a Polish folk day
on November 7 at Te Hapua:
Halswell Centre with performances
of traditional music and
folk dances.
“The screening of Overcoming
Fate on November 3 tells the story
of orphaned Polish children
invited to come to New Zealand
in 1944. They became known as
the Pahiatua Children, and the
Polish community in Christchurch
is part of their legacy."
One of the anniversaries
marked during the festival is
150 years since the opening of
the Canterbury Museum on
Rolleston Ave.
An exhibition, House of
Treasures: Ngā Taonga Tuku
Iho, curated by the Museum and
featuring iconic objects from its
collection, is tied to a new book
released for the anniversary
called House of Treasures: 150
IDENTITY:
Cultures will
be on display
throughout
the
Christchurch
Heritage
Festival that
wraps up on
November 8.
Objects from Canterbury Museum
Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho.
The Air Force Museum of
New Zealand is showing a new
photographic exhibition called
Victory commemorating 75
years since the end of World War
2 in Europe and the Pacific.
The 25-year milestone since
the Christchurch tram started
running in the central city will
be celebrated on Labour Day,
October 26, with adult tickets
discounted 25 per cent (children
will ride free) and giveaways.
A Lyttelton Library display
called Sifting the Ashes will run
at the library from October 20
to November 14, to remember
150 years since the Great Fire of
Lyttelton on October 24, 1870.
Other festival events include:
• The Orton Bradley Park
Spring Fair on October 25.
• Christchurch City Libraries
are inviting local people to
share photos from their family
archives in the Christchurch
Photo Hunt 2020 so they can be
uploaded to the Discovery Wall
at Tūranga (Central Library).
Photos can be dropped off at any
library branch, submitted online,
or uploaded at DiscoveryWall.nz.
• The Art of Archaeology
is an exhibition of unique
archaeological artefacts
uncovered at the Arts Centre
during the last nine years of the
restoration project. They’ll be
on show in the Christchurch
Boys’ High School building from
October 24 until November 8.
• Check out the full
Heritage Festival
programme online ccc.
govt.nz/heritagefestival
Discover our heritage
This spring, encounter stories of
our arts, culture and identity.
Sat 24 Oct - Sun 8 Nov 2020
Explore more than 50 events:
ccc.govt.nz/heritagefestival