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Express Yourself - UCSA X QCanterbury
2022-05-23 10:00 - 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Undercroft, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8041, New Zealand
Express Yourself is an activation in collaboration between UCSA and QCanterbury.

Pop in to the Undercroft between 10am – 5pm each day and express yourself through drawing. We’ll have a cosy space with a ginormous canvas and all the rainbow pens you could ever want to add your mark to the masterpiece.

Our vision is of a finished product filled with colour, doodles and thoughts of how UC students and staff feel about your place in the world 🌈

Composition Workshop with UC Photography
2022-05-23 13:00 - 14:00 | Tī Kōuka, Haere-roa, 90 Ilam Road, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8041, New Zealand
A workshop exploring how certain elements within a photo can turn a normal photo into a stunning image with a story to tell. In this workshop a general overview of how to compose an image, and how you can improve your photo composition skills.

For more information, keep an eye out on UC Photography social media channels!

Tū Taua
2022-05-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Tī Kōuka, Haere-roa, 90 Ilam Road, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8041, New Zealand
Te Whare Tū Taua is a group who practice in ‘The Ancient Art of Māori Weaponry’, more commonly known as Māori Martial Arts.

Mau Rākau incorporates physical fitness and wellbeing in a Māori approach which also includes Māori history, Māori Atua, whakapapa, leadership skills, and stories.

The sessions are open to all people and we encourage others who are not normally involved with anything Māori related to join and experience a bit of Māori culture.

ENSOC's Yarns Night
2022-05-24 18:00 - 21:00 | Bentleys – Haere-roa, 90 Ilam Road, Christchurch, 8041, New Zealand
Are you currently studying an Engineering degree? Bit undecided what discipline you want to go into? Or want some know what it’s like in the industry? Well ENSOC and GHD are hosting Yarn’s Night on the 24th of May at the Bentleys bar in Haere-roa!
Yarn’s night is an opportunity to come and listen to some experienced individuals from well known company’s in the in the engineering industry! Speakers will come talk about some of their experiences in the industry, their transitions from university into the industry and potential internship and graduate opportunities out there! The casual yarns night will cover some funny stories and a heap of options for future careers, exchanges, masters and heaps more! There will be areas for each discipline allowing for casual chat with other grads and even some senior engineers. The evening will consist of 6-8 speakers who will speak for approximately 10 minutes and food is provided!
Tickets are free but we have limited space so get yours now!
See you all there!

Say What?
2022-05-24 19:30 - 21:00 | The Living Room, UBS, University Drive, Ilam, Christchurch, 8041, New Zealand
Say What? is Dramasoc’s weekly improv group. We meet every Tuesday and every second Friday to have some fun and practice our improvising skills! Say What is for anyone, whether you’re a pro or just want to come along for some casual improv. So, if you want to have a go, come along on Tuesday the 24th at 7pm and Friday the 27th at 5:30pm in the Living Room next to the university bookshop.

Writing Workshop with UC Writers Society
2022-05-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Bentleys – Haere-roa, 90 Ilam Road, Christchurch, 8041, New Zealand
Want to learn to write good? Me too. Come along to a specialist workshop, where we teach you some ins and outs. We’ll be releasing more details about this closer to the time, so follow us on our socials for more info! – Bentley’s, Haere-roa

MUSOC’s Bite Sized: A Collection of 10 Minute Musicals
2022-05-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Ngaio Marsh Theatre – Haere-roa, Haere-roa, 90 Ilam Road, Christchurch, 8041, New Zealand
Featuring eight handpicked short-form musicals taken straight from Theatre Now’s SOUND BITES program, Bite Sized is a celebration of all kinds of stories that we tell in musical theatre. The musicals we have selected to be a part of Bite Sized are all a little bit off-beat and surprising – we guarantee you’ll never have seen anything quite like them before!

Africa Day Expo!
2022-05-28 14:00 - 17:00 | Haere-roa
The ‘Africa Day Expo’ is a market/expo-styled event that will have stalls from various African-owned or themed organisations within Christchurch.

Attendees will get the opportunity to roam around different stalls and to learn about the different African organisations and businesses.

We will have cultural performances and food available on the day! Come along and get a taste of Africa!

CUBA JIB
2022-07-27 - 2022-07-28 | Haere-roa
CUBA JIB. An event where dreams come true and heroes are made. The meteorologists are predicting 90-square-metres of fresh pow in the Haere-Roa region on the 27th of July with a possible postponement date of the 29th just in case they get it wrong again.

Canterbury’s finest skiers and snowboarders will be throwing themselves down the ramp for bragging rights, prizes, and your delight. All the while we will have the decks spinning via the Red Bull truck.

As always this will be followed by the annual after party in the Ngaio! – Keep an eye on the CUBA Facebook page for more details dropping soon…
