Central Stories is delighted to present Where the Light Stays: A Journey Across Time, a father–daughter exhibition in the Henderson Gallery bringing together new work by Alexandra artist Jen Anderson alongside a retrospective selection of paintings by her late father, celebrated New Zealand landscape painter Douglas Badcock. 7 October – Read more
We’re delighted to welcome one of New Zealand’s most celebrated folk songwriters, Bob McNeill, to Central Stories for a very special solo evening. Saturday 5 December 2026 at 7.30pm. Tickets $25.00 Many folk music fans in the region will know Bob as one half of the acclaimed duo Half Light, Read more
Our two beautiful Otago skinks have gone home over winter, back to DOCS. But they will be back, hopefully for the Spring school holidays. Watch this page for updates!!
When an innocuous plastic bag was left at the doorstep of the empty Sir William Bodkin Building in 2002, few could have imagined the mystery hiding inside. Alongside a leather horse rein and gun holster was this well preserved letter from a dying father to his desperate son on the Read more