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Health and Wellbeing, Wellbeing

Get zen in the garden

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Join us for a calming meditation and breathwork session in the serene surroundings of Te Ngaki o Waiutuutu | Waiutuutu Community Garden. This session is designed to help you relax, de-stress, and connect with your inner peace. ✨

When: Monday 23 September, 12pm – 12.30pm

Where: Waiutuutu Community Garden. See a map of where to find the gardens here.

Register: No need to register, just turn up on the day.

Julie Watts has been practicing/teaching yoga for over 40 years and has attended several Vipassana meditation retreats in India and Auckland. She has been teaching classes at the university for several years and is looking forward to taking us on this guided journey as part of Mental Health Awareness Week.

See the full list of events for Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 here.

Community notice, Events and entertainment, Our Community, The Community

Come and get your stuff fixed!

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Our next repair cafe is back, and this time proudly part of the Repair Festival Aotearoa! 🛠🧵
We’re on a mission to help each other keep more stuff out of landfill. Want to get involved? Bring along your broken items to Te Rua Makerspace (Level 2, Puaka-James Hight Library) between 11am – 1pm on Wednesday 18 September, and our amazing volunteers will be able to help perform free repairs such as:
🌟 Darning, hand sewing and glueing
🌟 General clothing and textile repair
🌟 Jewellery repair
🌟 Shoe repair including glueing, stitching, sole fixing, eyelet repair and replacement
🌟 Industrial sewing for more heavy duty items, like canvas or bag repair
🌟 Leather stitching and leather hole punching
🌟 Eye glass repair
🌟 Iron on patching for clothing like denim and waterproof/puffa jackets
🌟 No electronic repairs (sorry).
If you have repair skills and would like to be involved as a volunteer, or have any questions about the event, please email chloe.sutton@canterbury.ac.nz.
This event is proudly part of the Repair Festival Aotearoa, which is running from 14 – 22 September 2024. This week-long celebration will be held across the country, bringing communities together to celebrate fixing, mending, and extending the life of our belongings.
Community notice, The Community

Free chairs!

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The University has an excess of approximately 30 office chairs in need of loving new homes. They are being offered free to students and staff, on a first-come-first-served basis.

The chairs are available to be collected from Psychology – Sociology 116 before 4pm Friday 23 August. Please note it is only the maroon wheelie chairs (pictured) available.

If you have any questions, please contact Sustainability on sustainability@canterbury.ac.nz.

Cheers for helping us rehome these chairs!