Community notice, Health and Fitness, Our Community, The Community, Wellbeing

Get Ready to Move (and Win) with the Coffee Culture UC Group Fitness Challenge 2024! 

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Calling all UC students – Are you looking to crush your fitness goals, try something new, have some fun, and maybe even snag your share of over $3000 worth of prizes? Then look no further than the Coffee Culture UC Group Fitness Challenge 2024! 

This epic challenge is all about pushing yourself, trying new things, and getting the most out of UC Rec & Sport’s amazing group fitness classes. Whether you’re a seasoned gym rat or a complete beginner, there’s a class for you. From heart-pumping HIIT to zen-inducing yoga, there’s something to get everyone moving. 

Here’s what you need to know: 

    • It’s FREE.  Yep, you read right.  Just sign up via the app, and you’ll get a BOGO voucher for Coffee Culture – just collect from our reception team.  
  • It’s going to be EPIC!  This year’s challenge is bigger and better than ever before, with over $3000 of prizes from Coffee Culture, Mobil, PaknSave and Daphne’s Restaurant – just for showing up 
  • Compete with your friends!  Find yourself on the challenge leaderboard and add a layer of friendly competition  
  • Try new classes! The challenge is a perfect excuse to step outside your comfort zone and discover your new favorite group fitness class.  
  • Starts Wednesday 1st May!   You’ll have 20 weeks to notch up 50 classes for maximum prize draw entries (but don’t worry, we have spot prizes, 25 class prizes and coffee giveaways for everyone).  

So, what are you waiting for? The UC Group Fitness Challenge is the perfect way to shake up your routine, get fit, and have a blast with the UC community. See you on the dance floor (or yoga mat, or spin bike…) 

Head to our website to read up a little more about the challenge, including the bonus bingo card for bonus prizes!  

Ngā mihi
Te Ratonga Hākinakina | UC Rec&Sport  

 

Events and entertainment, Our Community, The Community

UC Bio Blitz

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It’s City Nature University Challenge time, so come join us on Friday 26 April for a campus “Bio Blitz”! 🐛🐝🦋🍄🌱🐦
 
Meet outside Ancestral Cafe on the North side of the Ernest Rutherford building to join University of Canterbury staff and students for a biodiversity ramble across the University campus to hunt out all things living.
 
You will be helping capture a snapshot of the wider Christchurch biota and contributing to the University’s research. You will most likely learn something interesting about the natural world alongside experts and experts in the making. This event is suitable for all ages and abilities.
 
UC is competing against Lincoln University in the first ever City Nature University Challenge, so a good turnout for this would be awesome, although anything you record on the UC campus during the full four days of the challenge will help us win.
 
Check out the University Leaderboard here: https://inaturalist.nz/…/cnc2024-university-challenge…
 
Spread the word and we’ll see you there! 🕷
Community notice, Events and entertainment, Our Community, The Community, Wellbeing

Campus Foraging Tour 🍋

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Join us for a lunch-hour walk around campus to find the best spots to forage for edible fruits, native nibbles, herbs, nuts and berries! 🍋🍐🍎🍊

When: Thursday 2 May, 12pm – 1pm

Where: Meet at the fruit trees outside Cafe 1894

The walk will begin outside Cafe 1894 at 12pm and will end at Waiutuutu Community Garden just before 1pm. If you can, please stay for a cup of herbal tea in the garden afterwards.

Your guide Seamus is UC’s Biodiversity Co-ordinator and has years of experience working on and with the UC Grounds team.

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This event is part of Organic Week Aotearoa. Check out the other events happening in your community here.

More about UC’s edible campus and a foraging map can be found here.