Promote Dunstan

Promote Dunstan is a small group of volunteers whose vision is to promote, protect and celebrate the Dunstan, an area stretching from Earnscleugh and Clyde to the Manuherikia.

Promote Dunstan is a non-profit incorporated society which celebrates people, places, history and our wonderful environment with members developing and encouraging various activities and events which promote the area to the benefit of residents, businesses, and visitors.

Within the group’s area of interest are three of the most authentically preserved and significant gold rush settlements in New Zealand – Ophir, St Bathans and Clyde. The Group is becoming more involved in the identification and preservation of heritage sites and is working alongside other agencies to achieve this by promotion, fund-raising, purchase, and management before these sites are lost to future generations.