Oxford Gallery toi o Waimakariri is an art gallery on Main Street in Oxford, Waimakariri, with rotating exhibitions, a retail gallery and community gatherings like its monthly Creative Catch-ups, 11am to 12pm on the last Friday of the month. The spring 2026 programme includes a solo show by Waimakariri painter-printmaker Michael Southern and the Living Portraits exhibition, and the Oxford paper making group's handmade harakeke paper is sold in the gallery.
Community galleries like this reward repeat visits, as shows turn over every few weeks. The retail wall is often the friendliest way to buy original art, with regional makers' work at gentler prices than city dealers. Opening events are worth timing a visit around, since artists are usually on hand and happy to talk.
Set on Main Street in the small North Canterbury town of Oxford, it is an easy place to spend an hour with art made close to home.