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What was New Zealand like 16 million years ago? 

Discover how a fossil site in Otago has transformed our understanding of ancient New Zealand.

Paul Scofield, Leigh Love and Al Mannering at work in St Bathans.

In the last 20 years, a revolution in our understanding of New Zealand's ancient past has unfolded thanks to fossils discovered at sites in St Bathans.

Canterbury Museum Senior Curator Natural History, Paul Scofield, will take you through major fossil discoveries and the surprising picture they reveal of New Zealand 16 million years ago.

A Friends of the Canterbury Museum talk.

Book a place here.