Miss Nodder (36), who at that stage was acting director of the Whangarei Museum, had no idea that almost a year later, she would be back in Dunedin, attending her own welcome ceremony after being appointed the new collections team leader at the settlers museum.
"It's an amazing opportunity down here," Miss Nodder said.
She noted that the settlers museum redevelopment was well under way, a key part of which, a new climate-controlled storage building to house museum artefacts, already had been built.
It was a "really exciting time" to have joined the museum staff.
She was looking forward to working again with Ms Wigley, who was her predecessor as Whangarei Museum director.
Miss Nodder had previously been collections manager at the Whangarei Museum and was its director before taking up her new Dunedin job.
Born in Bristol, England, she grew up in Bath where she worked at the Roman Baths Museum for about seven years.
She moved to New Zealand in 2004, working initially at Te Papa, then at a historical facility in Waitangi, and in Whangarei.
