Otago is celebrating 100 years of music education in September, so to mark the occasion, we have found a selection of Orientation week posters from the 1980s and 1990s that you might remember, and photos of some of the Dunedin bands that were on the bill.
Posters
Orientation poster 1985
"The Phantom The Dance 'N' Dont Stop Hop Sneaky Feelings!!! The Rip The Orange ..... Saturday 1st 8PM. - Union - Orientation Card holders only" ([1985]). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 11/08/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/63774
Orientation poster 1988
"The Phantom The Dance 'N' Dont Stop Hop Sneaky Feelings!!! The Rip The Orange ..... Saturday 1st 8PM. - Union - Orientation Card holders only" ([1985]). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 11/08/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/63774
Yates, Nigel, 1955-, The Verlaines (c.1989). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 11/08/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/63322
Yates, Nigel, 1955-, Nigel Yates : Negatives relating to Martin Phillipps and The Chills - P2019-018 (1990). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 11/08/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/62462
Look Blue Go Purple at the Otago Early Settlers Museum, Dunedin (1996). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 11/08/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/62950
