Kia ora koutou and Happy Monday

A fairly quick one from me this time … Fabulous to see blue sky and sunshine again after a yet another wet week.  We ventured out yesterday to take the sled out.  Blue hour over Kura Tāwhiti | Castle Hill coming back home was simply magical.  Had a moment to quickly snap this but couldn’t hang round as the kids had got themselves thoroughly wet and cold playing in the snow..

Back at work today and looking forward to some warmer temps this week.  Starting to hear a bit more birdsong too.  I’m thinking carefully about how to spend the extra hour we’ve all been given (many thanks TEU for your advocacy for that!) but an extra long lunch hour and a decent kawhe definitely beckons.  Make sure you don’t miss out on taking that extra hour somewhere in your diary.

Outside the Library I’m involved in a group that is looking at wellbeing initiatives across UC.  Haven’t actually been to any of the meetings yet… but some planning is going into Mental Health Awareness Week (26/9) so stay tuned for some activities and initiatives coming out of the that.

Last week a few of us attended the Staff Hui Series.  Last week’s presentation was from Digital Services updating us on their plans as well as hearing from their directors (Teaching, Research and Digital Experience; Cybersecurity).  Good to put some faces to names.  A new intranet beckons (some of you have been involved in this already) and there are some plans looking at the replacement of other systems (like PeopleSoft and Oracle).

Great to see a good number attending the Living our Narratives and Values workshop last week.  There will be a repeat workshop this Wednesday.  Take some time to reflect on this and share your thoughts and insights with colleagues.  One of my reflections has been on examples of Whanaungatanga, Tiakitanga and Manaakitanga already happening in  different ways in our workplace which is something we perhaps don’t notice or acknowledge as much as we should.

Have a great week

Tim Stedman