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After a year break Christchurch’s biggest celebration of diversity is back. Culture Galore 2023 is set to be held at Ray Blank Park in Ilam from noon until 4pm on Saturday 18 February. “We’re so pleased to be back with this popular cultural event after the last year was affected by Covid. You’ll be able…
Christchurch’s Hoon Hay Park will buzz with activity over Show Weekend as it plays host to the 2022 Pacific Series, one of the country’s biggest celebrations of rugby league and Pacific culture. The South Island Pasifika and Sports Association Incorporated’s (SIPSAI)Pacific Series is an annual event that grew out of the yearly Māori v Pasifika…
UC public lecture: Whakamanahia ngā tamariki: Empowering our tamariki through language, culture and identity University of Canterbury Senior Lecturer Kay-Lee Jones (Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a Kai) will lead a kōrero on the importance of empowering cultural identity/identities and ancestral language/s of our tamariki/mokopuna in our Aotearoa teaching and learning settings….
Weaving the journey of science with culture Environmental scientist Bryann Avendaño is one of eight international students studying in Aotearoa New Zealand invited to design his own graduation gown. It’s part of Education New Zealand’s Think New initiative, emphasising New Zealand’s unique attributes for international students and that an education here is about more than…
“Public libraries should be a place for all members of the community and public events shouldn’t be shut down because of political agendas,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This week both Dunedin and Christchurch Libraries have cancelled events by the group ‘Speak up for Women.’ This group wants to have a public discussion about amendments…
Leading publisher on NZ culture to receive UC honorary doctorate Prolific author, editor and curator Dr Peter Simpson, who has written and edited over 20 books celebrating this country’s art, literature and cultural history, will receive an honorary Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) from the University of Canterbury (UC) at a graduation ceremony on 18…
Gear up for the spring season with a week of premier horse racing and a wealth of special events on the BLOOM festival programme. ChristchurchNZ has today confirmed plans for the popular BLOOM festival featuring several major events, including the City Farmyard, Days of Ice, Diwali, SCAPE Public Art 2020, concerts and top-class sport. Both…