A New Era: Ng King Bros. Chinese Market Garden Settlement

Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum 329 West Street, Ashburton, New Zealand

Sixteen years ago the descendants of the men who founded the Ng King Bros. Chinese Market Garden expressed their desire to share their land and the legacy of their buildings…

Home Front Heroines

Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum 329 West Street, Ashburton, New Zealand

Until recently, the unsung heroes of Aotearoa New Zealand’s WWII home front efforts went largely unrecognised. ‘Land girls’ of the Women’s Land Service, an organisation formed under the Women’s War…

Caught in the Moment: Guardian photographs of 1974

Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum 329 West Street, Ashburton, New Zealand

Which moments in time did the Ashburton Guardian photographers capture around Hakatere Ashburton throughout 1974? A selection of photographs from our large collection of negatives will take visitors on a journey across various aspects of life…