2021 AGM and Field Weekend in Queenstown!

Saturday 16th October 2021 Meet 8.45am at the bottom of Coronet Peak road. Free parking here. Bus leaves 9am – seats must be pre-booked. You can self drive your own 4WD with good clearance – When Terry went in there back in August the road was very muddy and rutted. In the Skippers we will…

Welcome to our May 2021 Newsletter.

Things are busy as ever in the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust office. There was quite a bit of ‘tidying up’ post Cavalcade to do. A massive THANK YOU from Twizel to all you Cavalcaders who volunteered to donate your dinner, hoedown and breakfast tickets. Thanks to all your generosity the Twizel Cavalcade Committee was still…

June 2020 Newsletter

Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust Newsletter – June 2020      (Click here for a text only printable PDF) Welcome to this June 2020 Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust (OGHT) newsletter where we update members about past events and share our goals for the way ahead. Membership for the 2020/2021 season is now due. Please follow this…

Pre Christmas Newsletter

OGHT Newsletter November 2019 (Click here to view or print a PDF) Welcome to our pre-Christmas newsletter! December is just around the corner and many of you will have had a few pre-Christmas bashes already!  Waipori Expedition – Monday 9 December 2019: The OGHT is having a special and quite possibly a one-off opportunity on…

January 2018 Newsletter

Seasons greetings, salutations and all that stuff. I hope you have been able to keep cool and the garden watered! The Cavalcade to Owaka is shaping up to be another grand affair! Entries are slightly up on last year at the same time so thanks very much if you’ve already put your entry in. If…

Catlins Field Trip 3rd-5th April 2017

A fantastic time was had by all who ventured over to Owaka and the Catlins for our April Field Trip. The hospitality of the locals, the fine food, the great weather (!! we had the best weather in the country while everyone else got rained on), the scenery and of course the interesting heritage exposed…

Stewart Town and Menzies Dam Conservation Plan

The Stewart Town and Menzies dam project is now completed. First up we had to put in two new gates to allow access for the work. Then the Stone work on the dam was stabilised and in some areas completely rebuilt. The entire Stewarts Cottage has been re-pointed with hydrolic lime mortar (mixed with some…