# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Tour of A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 04:00 am
- **Event Description**: Tour of A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa
Saturday 11 October 2025, 2.00pm-3.00pm
Hocken Collections, 90 Anzac Avenue, Central Dunedin

Hocken Photographs Curator, Anna Petersen, offers a 40-minute tour of the exhibition, A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa followed by light refreshments.  Coinciding with the European colonisation of Aotearoa, the invention of photography created an unprecedented prism through which to imagine and make sense of the world at a time of turbulent change. The presentation of this exhibition is a collaboration between Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum, Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena and Alexander Turnbull Library and draws on the collections of all three institutions with items dating from the 1850s to 1900.

This talk is presented as part of the Ōtepoti Dunedin Heritage Festival 2025. 

Free to attend. Limited to 25 people. Please email photos.hocken@otago.ac.nz to book.

'A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa', is a collaborative exhibition featuring precious photographs from Auckland Museum, Alexander Turnbull Library and Hocken Collections. 

Exhibition open Saturday 20 September 2025 – Saturday 7 February 2026 at the Hocken Gallery, first floor, Hocken Library, 90 Anzac Avenue, Ōtepoti Dunedin. 

Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm (closed Sunday, Monday and public holidays).  

Image: William Meluish, Octagon, decorated in honour of the marriage of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra, July 1863, Box-167-007, Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago.
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- **Event Categories**: exhibitions, festivals, holiday
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Dunedin
- **state**: OT
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: Hocken Collections
- **lat**: -45.8696399
- **long**: 170.518
- **full address**: Hocken Collections, 90 Anzac Ave, Dunedin Central, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand, Dunedin

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Tour of A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa being held?
  - **A:** Tour of A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa takes place on Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 04:00 am to Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 04:00 am at Hocken Collections, 90 Anzac Ave, Dunedin Central, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand, Dunedin.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Tour of A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa?
  - **A:** Tour of A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa is organized by Hocken Collections.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Tour of A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Dunedin, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Tour of A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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