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⚠️ To whomever left their origami unicorn in the elevator at PJH library, do not fret!!! We are looking after it well ❤️

Mōrena - just a reminder Macmillan Brown Library's Aotearoa Room is closed today and tomorrow for construction work (we're installing more power points - and better lighting!🎉🎉) Just let the MB team know if you need to access books in there. Discussion room access is unaffected.

Macmillan Brown Library's Aotearoa Room will be closed on Monday and Tuesday 5-6 August, for building work. Please let the MB team know if you need access to any books held there. Access to the discussion rooms is not affected. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Give Blood next week in Central Library, Room 224!

Check your eligibility here https://www.nzblood.co.nz/become-a-donor/am-i-eligible/
Make sure to book an appointment https://rb.gy/fogymf

Blood is needed to save lives in times of emergencies and to sustain the lives of those going through cancer treatments, undergoing surgery, childbirth, as well as those with autoimmune disorders or bleeding disorders.
By choosing to be a blood donor, you’re making a lifesaving difference in communities across New Zealand

A single donation has the power of saving up to three lives, your donation could truly make a difference this Winter.

Give Blood next week in the Undercroft!

Check your eligibility here https://www.nzblood.co.nz/become-a-donor/am-i-eligible/
Make sure to book an appointment https://rb.gy/fogymf

Blood is needed to save lives in times of emergencies and to sustain the lives of those going through cancer treatments, undergoing surgery, childbirth, as well as those with autoimmune disorders or bleeding disorders.
By choosing to be a blood donor, you’re making a lifesaving difference in communities across New Zealand

A single donation has the power of saving up to three lives, your donation could truly make a difference this Winter.

The Visualise Your Thesis entries have all been submitted, which means it's time for you to vote for your favourite video(s) to win the People's Choice Award! All you need to do is 'Like' your favourites on YouTube and the video with the most likes on 19 July at 12noon, wins!
Check them all out here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOjs3_qT0lFyvPC44KfufYK2gAQ0mZDXz&si=mH2PD-Gi9V_tW8Mu

It's cold and wet outside - great film weather! Get along to the extended season of "Maurice and I" - at the Deluxe or (soon) Lumiere Cinemas. It's a great Christchurch story featuring amazing 1980s footage of Ōtautahi, plus appearances by UC's College House and archives from Macmillan Brown Library. If you lived through quake-era Christchurch, it's a must-see.

MAURICE AND I - official trailer This is "MAURICE AND I - official trailer" by Belmont on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

All libraries will be closed today. 🌠

Reminder that all libraries will be closed for Matariki. 🌠

Te Tira: A Journal of Māori and Indigenous Leadership has just released it’s first article for Volume 2, 2024.

Te Tira is an open access journal publishing primarily the works produced by our students at UC in the Master's of Māori and Indigenous Leadership degree. The aim is to encourage high quality contributions from those students and to foster discussions among academics, policy-makers and community workers in the area of Indigenous leadership and Indigenous knowledges.

Our latest article is called ‘Reindigenisation in the context of psychotherapy and counselling’ by Brent Tohiariki (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui; Te Arawa (Tapuika))

Putanga | Issues · Te Tira: A Journal of Māori and Indigenous Leadership · UC Library Omeka This article articulates a therapeutic pathway centred in a reindigenisation construct, Puna, an indigenous-centric counselling approach. This model repositions counselling and psychotherapy away from the dominant western hegemonic reverberating with the binary of coloniser/colonised, recentering th...

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Calling all night owls! 🌚🦉

Golden Ticket is back! Starting tomorrow, twice a day on our instagram stories we’ll be posting hints to help you find where we’ve hidden our golden ticket between our 3 libraries - your reward for finding it? A free block of Whittakers chocolate!

Our way of brightening up study week!

Reminder that Central and EPS will be open tomorrow for King's Birthday. 👑

Central Library extended hours kick off on Monday!! 🌚🦉

King's Birthday hours for UC Libraries. 👑

Some of our amazing team repping their pink shirts for today! If you haven’t had a chance left there’s a positivity wall on lvl 2 PJH to leave kind comments!

This Friday is Pink Shirt Day!! 🌸🌷🩷
Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora – Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying!
Head along to Central Library and add a positive message to our Positivity Wall.
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Next week is your last chance to check out some beautiful heritage architectural drawings by Cecil Wood, the man responsible for many of Ōtautahi's most-loved buildings. Visit the 'Drawing Connections' exhibition at Tūranga Christchurch City Libraries before Sunday May 19th to see some gems from our Macmillan Brown Library archives.

Library exhibition spotlights iconic pre-quake buildings The architectural landscape of Christchurch looks very different to 100 years ago, with post-quake buildings like Tūranga reflecting our resilience and bicultural values.

This week is New Zealand Sign Language Week - Te Wiki o Te Reo Turi.
Check out the great taster class below!

NZSL Taster Class – General – New Zealand Sign Language Week

Happening tomorrow! 11 - 2pm in Puaka - James Hight!
Come along and check out the building and our display which features everything from the building's 1974 opening programme to a photograph of Margaret Thatcher checking out construction progress. 🏢📙🥰

Puaka-James Hight (Central Library) exhibition, Sun: 11am-2pm | Open Christchurch Puaka-James Hight was New Zealand’s largest university building when it opened in 1974. Designed by the Ministry of Works and originally constructed by C.S. Luney Ltd, the building, with its striped, exposed concrete façade and internal floating stairs, is an important example of Brutalist archit...

We're excited to be 'on show' this Sunday as part of weekend. Pick up one of the bright yellow programmes around campus or visit openchch.nz to see where you can peek behind-the-scenes of some incredible local architecture. And on Level 2 of the Central Library check out our new display of architectural drawings from Macmillan Brown Library's archives.

Tui Emma Gillies Explores the Intersection of Indigenous Arts and Technological Innovation | University of Canterbury CHRISTCHURCH, 30 April 2024 --- Tui Emma Gillies, Resident Artist of the Macmillan Brown Center for Pacific Studies (MBC), University of Canterbury, opened her first solo exhibition at the Fibre Gallery on Friday the 5th of April. This exhibition is entitled View from the Deep and is open until the....

Happy May Day! May 1st is International Workers Day, celebrated in many countries with a day off.
We might still have to work in Aotearoa, but it's a good day to browse Macmillan Brown Library's archive of Canterbury trade unions and workplaces. We hold papers and photographs from a variety of local unions dating back to the 19th century, such as the Cook's and Bakers' and the Tailors' Unions, seen here. And photos of local workers, such as the typing pool of the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company and the iconic Edmonds' Baking Powder factory. For more, browse our Workers and Unions collection https://kohika.canterbury.ac.nz/

Happening next week! 🏢📙💘
Open Christchurch University of Canterbury

Puaka-James Hight (Central Library) exhibition, Sun: 11am-2pm | Open Christchurch Puaka-James Hight was New Zealand’s largest university building when it opened in 1974. Designed by the Ministry of Works and originally constructed by C.S. Luney Ltd, the building, with its striped, exposed concrete façade and internal floating stairs, is an important example of Brutalist archit...

Save the date!!
We will have free postcards, bookmarks and badges available on the day!
University of Canterbury Open Christchurch

All Libraries Closed for Anzac Day.