Events › Canterbury Museum Mini Touring Exhibition | Ancient New Zealand

Sixty million years ago the North Canterbury's Waipara River looked very different.
What is now land was submerged beneath calm, warm seas. These waters and the skies above them were home to some strange and wonderful creatures, including giant penguins and birds with teeth.
Over the last thirty years, palaeontologists have been finding the fossilised bones of these animals buried in the Waipara Gorge.

In this mini touring exhibition, learn about how they are piecing together the ancient past through a treasure trove of fossils found in North Canterbury.

Canterbury Museum Touring Exhibition | Ancient New Zealand
18 November 2024 - 18 March 2025
Tūhuratanga | Discovery, Level 3, Tūranga

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