Kia Ora Rawa Atu From Wild Dunedin

As the dust settles from our Wild Dunedin 2025 Festival we take this opportunity to thank everyone who attended. It’s been a blast – quite literally in the case of our opening night where Grant Pellowes from Blackhead Quarries blasted his way through his 7x7 presentation. 

Record numbers rocked up to choose from 562 opportunities get out and explore Dunedin and we know you came from far and wide – from Charleston, Queenstown, Wanaka and Sydney. We closed the festival with a full house at the Barclay Theatre with our final event where Graham Loh from Birds New Zealand presented Prion People of the St Clair Cliffs. 

Thank you all, the future of the Festival looks rock solid and we look forward to seeing you next year.

Wild Dunedin 2024 Committee

About Wild Dunedin

Wild Dunedin – NZ’s Festival of Nature has very deep roots in Dunedin, the wildlife capital of Aotearoa. We work with local community groups, businesses, conservationists and nature lovers to share the magnificent wildlife and wild places of our city, and we showcase the work of those who are planting native species, eradicating introduced mammalian predators, and helping populations of native animals of all kinds to flourish.

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Wild Dunedin
NZ’s Festival of Nature

Dunedin is like no other because of its unique southern ocean animals. Penguins, sea lions, albatross and fur seals love our ocean and they breed right here inside our city’s boundary.

You can see these wild creatures any time, but even better to come in the April school holidays when we celebrate our wildlife and wild places during the Wild Dunedin Festival.

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