

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Underdogs of Biodiversity
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 13 Apr, 2026 at 04:00 am (+12:00)
- **Event Description**: Aotearoa is a beautiful and unique land filled with natural wonders. Many of us are enamoured by its flora and fauna, yet a world of tiny critters goes unnoticed and underappreciated.

Over 20,000 species of insects inhabit Aotearoa. They underpin and promote our terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, yet many are under threat, leading invisible lives of desperation.

Learn more about these amazing and irreplaceable Underdogs of Biodiversity with ecologists Jacqueline Theis and Connal McLean of the Otago Entomology Society.

2pm, Monday 13 April
Barclay Theatre
Free – Bookings Essential
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dunedin/the-underdogs-of-biodiversity/200029858623256
- **Event Categories**: Art, Theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://otagomuseum.nz/whats-on/the-underdogs-of-biodiversity?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=dunedin-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Dunedin
- **state**: OT
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: 419 Great King Street, Dunedin, New Zealand 9016
- **lat**: -45.86566
- **long**: 170.51089
- **full address**: 419 Great King Street, Dunedin, New Zealand 9016, New Zealand

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Tūhura Otago Museum (https://allevents.in/org/tūhura-otago-museum/9724251)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 13 Apr, 2026 at 04:00 am (+12:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 419 Great King Street, Dunedin, New Zealand 9016, New Zealand
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Tūhura Otago Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, Theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Underdogs of Biodiversity ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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