Observance of Passover

Members of our UC community will be observing the Jewish festival Passover (or Pesach in Hebrew) from sundown on Saturday 12 April, to nightfall on Sunday 20 April, (or in the Hebrew Calendar, Nissan 15-22). Pesach celebrates the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt. You can find out more here. There are varying levels of observance of Pesach among the Jewish community; students in halls of residence or flatting might participate in a celebration of Seder (ritual meal), but not the traditional thorough spring-cleaning of the kitchen. Some will abstain from any leavened bread or products containing yeast for Pesach week, and others (usually for medical reasons) do not.  

We wish all those participating a wonderful Pesach.   

Heating and Cooling Outage Tupuānuku Accommodations 15 April

There will be a total heating and cooling outage affecting the Tupuānuku Student Accommodation Building between 11am and 4pm on Tuesday 15 April while contactors install electrical circuit breakers on the switchboard feeding the heating and cooling circuits for the building.

The outage has been scheduled from 11am to ensure that there is a build-up of heating mass to the building and that the work is completed in the period when the most solar gain (heat) is available to students and staff.

Please remain aware that heating and cooling will be unavailable during this period. Students should utilise other Campus facilities, such as the library, if needed during the outage., and ensure that you dress for the weather if in the building.

Please direct any enquiries to fmassist@canterbury.ac.nz

Thank you for continuing to support required electrical connection works during the Tupuārangi Construction.

Facilities Management

Complete Water Outage UC Rec Centre and UC Warehouse 16 April

There will be a complete water outage to UC Warehouse and the Recreation Centre from 8am until 6.30pm on Wednesday 16 April, while Facilities Management Compliance Contractor Aquapro replace the backflow preventers associated with these buildings.

This means that there will be a complete water outage to the listed buildings until the works are completed. Please note that Building Sprinklers are feed from a different supply so these will not be affected.

This outage affects the UC Warehouse and the UC Recreation Centre Buildings (see inset map).

The UC Rec Centre have made the decision to remain closed during the water outage on Wednesday 16 April, however the UC Warehouse will operate as usual .

Please direct any enquiries to fmassist@canterbury.ac.nz

Thank you for your patience as we perform these required compliance maintenance works.