Sightseeing
Dunedin is a beautiful small city, located in the South Island of New Zealand. A true ‘university town’, it buzzes with student life and academic activity. It hosts a number of independent art galleries, bookshops and radical institutions. Alongside these cultural sites, Dunedin and its environs offers stunning opportunities for nature tourism and is a perfect taste of New Zealand’s natural beauty. Tramping (hiking) tracks are within easy distance of the town, as is the striking Otago Peninsula, home to albatross colonies and rare penguin breeds.
Experience Dunedin
- Dunedin NZ – Official tourism website
- Dunedin street art
- Dunedin street art map (PDF 1 MB)
- Emerson's Craft Brewery – Taproom and restaurant
- Otago Farmers Market – Saturdays from 8am at Dunedin Railway Station
- Dunedin Railways – Taieri Gorge Railway and Otago Train Journeys
- Monarch – Wildlife cruises and tours
- The Royal Albatross Centre - The world’s only mainland colony of Royal Albatross
- Larnach Castle and Gardens – Tours and accommodation
- Olveston – Guided tours of a historic home
- Toitū Otago Settlers Museum - A social history of Dunedin and the surrounding area
- Otago Museum - Natural, cultural and scientific stories of Otago, New Zealand and the world
- Dunedin Public Art Gallery - New Zealand artworks from 1860 to the present
- Super 15 Rugby Games
Delegates arriving early have the opportunity to see a world class Super 15 rugby match featuring the Otago Highlanders versus the Auckland Blues at Dunedin’s covered Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday April 20, 7:35 p.m.
Delegates staying later and wishing to see a world class Super 15 rugby match, the Otago Highlanders will play the Waikato Chiefs at Dunedin’s covered Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday May 4, 7:35 p.m.
Buy Highlanders tickets from the TicketDirect website - For a recent CNN review of the city of Dunedin please see the article below:
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/things-to-do-dunedin-new-zealand/index.html
Fitness/Exercise facilities
Your hotel may have fitness facilities but just in case we have organised free access to the University’s fitness centre (just present your conference ID) UNIPOL, which is about a 10-minute walk from the conference venue and connected to the stadium.
Information about UNIPOL opening hours and facilities
Kupu: Take a photo and learn the Māori translation
Kupu is an interactive mobile app powered by Google that helps people learn Te Reo Māori translations by exploring the objects around them. Kupu is really easy to use. Users simply take a picture, Kupu will then use image recognition to identify what the object is in the picture and provide Te Reo Māori translations for the object(s).
Kupu is available for download free from the Google Play Store and the iOS App Store.
