{"id":55,"date":"2010-04-07T04:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T04:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.otago.ac.nz\/hocken\/2010\/04\/07\/centenary-celebrations-31st-march-2010\/"},"modified":"2014-12-05T21:38:52","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T21:38:52","slug":"centenary-celebrations-31st-march-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thehockenblog\/centenary-celebrations-31st-march-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Centenary celebrations 31st March 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_6D2Od6cqEBc\/S7v3-5gwfRI\/AAAAAAAAAC0\/iPjBKkRljBc\/s400\/Hocken+staff+centen+breakfast+2010+004.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\">Last Wednesday was a busy day for the Hocken Collections but luckily\u00a0food featured prominently throughout the day to keep us energised! The day started with a celebration shared breakfast for Hocken staff in our seminar room with white linen and fresh flowers, not to mention\u00a0the yummy home cooked breakfast. The breakfast was not only celebrating 100 years of the Hocken being open to the public, but also more sadly the departure of staff member Cynthia Haakman who couldn&#8217;t have picked a more auspicious day to finish her time at Hocken. We wish Cynthia all the best for her future endeavours.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_6D2Od6cqEBc\/S7v6Ec3SOPI\/AAAAAAAAAC8\/frqx5isK77U\/s1600\/Hocken+cakes+2010+006.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_6D2Od6cqEBc\/S7v6Ec3SOPI\/AAAAAAAAAC8\/frqx5isK77U\/s320\/Hocken+cakes+2010+006.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>Present and past Hocken staff were joined by friends, staff of the Dunedin Public Library, Otago Settlers Museum and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, and University Library staff and many researchers for\u00a0genial morning and afternoon teas with commemorative decorated cakes and lots of great converstation.<\/p>\n<p>The cakes were decorated depicting the Hocken wing of the Otago Museum, Dr T.M. Hocken and the present Hocken Library building.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_6D2Od6cqEBc\/S7v6MBXckII\/AAAAAAAAADE\/y8dcZsHbS2o\/s1600\/Hocken+afternoon+tea+2010+017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_6D2Od6cqEBc\/S7v6MBXckII\/AAAAAAAAADE\/y8dcZsHbS2o\/s320\/Hocken+afternoon+tea+2010+017.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Above\u00a0&#8211; guests enjoying coffee and cake.<\/div>\n<p>A little later in the day at 5.30pm, former Hocken Librarian, Stuart Strachan gave the inaugural Otago Anniversary Day speech on the history of the Hocken Library\/Collections. Stuart\u00a0spoke about\u00a0the history of our institution and hopefully his well researched and fascinating speech will be published soon. This was followed by a celebration dinner at the University staff club hosted by the History Department. Sorry &#8211; no pictures of this event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Wednesday was a busy day for the Hocken Collections but luckily\u00a0food featured prominently throughout the day to keep us energised! The day started with a celebration shared breakfast for Hocken staff in our seminar room with white linen and fresh flowers, not to mention\u00a0the yummy home cooked breakfast. 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