This Weekend: Dunedin celebrates Dalai Lama's 90th

From Nights, 8:20 pm on 4 July 2025

Every Friday, we take a look at some of the great events happening up and down the country in the weekend.

This weekend, the Dhargyey Buddhist Centre in Dunedin is holding a special exhibition at the Dunedin Community Gallery in honour of the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday.

Dhargyey Buddhist Centre Trust chairperson Peter Small joins Emile Donovan.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (C) attends a Long Life Prayer offering ceremony at the Main Tibetan Temple in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala on June 30, 2025. Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, gave on June 30, the strongest indication yet that the 600-year-old institution would continue after his death, at prayer celebrations for his 90th birthday. The leader, who turns 90 on July 6, is according to Tibetans the 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. (Photo by Sanjay BAID / AFP)

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama attends a Long Life Prayer offering ceremony at the Main Tibetan Temple in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala on 30 June, 2025. Photo: SANJAY BAID / AFP