Past Events

Games and game technologies are an increasingly attractive and popular approach to providing learning in both schools and homes. This presentation provides an overview of some of the ways in which they are used and their potential benefits and challenges. We will also explore how some of the principles of game design could be applied to create engaging online learning experiences.

In this presentation Joanna Norris, Chief Executive of ChristchurchNZ, will share the latest updates about:
- the changes being experienced in Ōtautahi Christchurch
- the impact on employment
- the skills needed to guide us into the future
- new opportunities for our region

Join an interactive conversation about project-based skills learning and explore with us how we might help our people overcome the fear of failure & learn the skills necessary for innovation and problem-solving. We'll examine how Trailblazer is thinking about helping young people & as well as educators scale project-based learning.

Explore the exciting world of H5P. Create share and reuse interactive HTML5 content on any site. H5p requires no coding experience. Take the first step and join the millions of others using this completely free and open technology.
This session is designed for Years 9-13 and will set a project to be completed by the end of the Learning Days week. The winning design will be broadcast on the Catalyst website.

Join Derek Wenmoth and Josh Hough to discuss how we might continue to strive for equity whilst trying to innovate in education.
There are many examples of innovations that occur which unintentionally (and sometimes intentionally) privilege one group over another. How can we ensure that equity is one of the key drivers of innovative practice? Also when might we look to innovation to address inequity?
In this breakfast webinar we’ll discuss and unpack equity in innovation. If you’re in Ōtautahi, we’d love you to attend live at the CORE Education office for a kai and a worthy kōrero. Breakfast will be on us!

In this session Steven Moe will share everything he's learned in running seeds podcast www.theseeds.nz for the last three years.
Now with more than 200+ interviews and more than 77,000 listens it has been a labour of love but the feedback about its impact makes doing it worthwhile.

Get creative and be involved in some hands-on practical problem-solving using Epro8 engineering equipment designed and made here in New Zealand. This is not a competition and no previous experience is required. In fact, no previous experience would be preferred!
Enter an inter-generational team of four. Ideally, teams would consist of a primary aged student, secondary aged student, and 2 adults of different generations. If you have your own Epro 8 Kit we would love you to bring it for your team.

Join Lex Davis and Josh Hough as they share some of the work they have been doing alongside takatāpui youth in Ōtautahi.
To be Māori and queer and to find your place to stand in our schools can be really challenging. We want to share how we are working to create ways for our youth to stand in this space, and ask; how do you stand in this space? How do you support others to stand in this space?

This LinC Activator speaker event offers you the opportunity to hear from local community leaders, reflecting on their journey that emerged from the 2010 earthquake until now.
The highs, the lows, social innovation, community connection and much more.

Te Papa Hauora brings you its free annual research talks event. Lead researchers from Te Papa Hauora partners talk about a variety of health issues being studied including destigmatising gout, oral health in our tamariki, care of vulnerable communities in a disaster, management of chronic pain.... and more.

Remake Learning is a network that ignites engaging, relevant, and equitable learning practices in support of young people navigating rapid social and technological change.
Gregg Behr, the founder and co-chair of Remake Learning and executive director of The Grable Foundation will share the journey of a learning city and how it has made a difference in the community.

An online presentation to increase your self-awareness of your approach to people leadership and explore how conscious, intentional ways of 'being' and 'doing' can improve the way we lead others by looking inward.

Join CORE Education’s Early Years team for a kōrero and to learn about Tapasā - the cultural competencies framework for teachers of Pacific learners. This session will introduce Tapasā, its background and context and explore Ngā Turu (the competencies) and ways to integrate them into planning and teaching practices.
In this interactive session you will explore Tapasā, learn about Pacific perspectives, values and knowledge.

Let’s ignite the conversation on Digital Equity for Ōtautahi Christchurch. Our goal is to create actionable steps that can be taken on the ground in our city - where learning can be made possible for anyone in our community.
Hear from a variety of speakers to gain understanding then bring your insight and actionable ideas to help chart a way forward.
Aimed at people in the city that have ideas to affect change and the connections/organisational resources that can progress change.
In order to make the most of people’s time on the workshop, the commitment needed is to attend/watch the Expert Panel and join for the full morning of the virtual workshop.

What are learning ecosystems and why are they even more important than ever? What can we learn from the global experiences of learning ecosystems in action? How does this connect with universal wellbeing? In this conversation global expert Rosie Clayton will explore some of the city wide and global approaches connecting learning at all levels.

Hiring managers and leaders talk at length about the importance of the soft-skills in their new hires & employees. Soft-skills can be developed overtime like any skill. If you lead teams, join this interactive coaching & learning session where we explore how soft skills can be developed in a structured way, unlocking performance in your people & teams.

How can our educational systems value and incorporate a range of possible futures for school leavers?
Boma New Zealand Campfires are an opportunity to engage in a facilitated conversation on a single topic affecting our shared future, so that we can be more intentional and intelligent about the future we’re creating. Come and add your voice to the wide-ranging, far-reaching discussion and leave with new insights and perspectives you’ve never considered.

A game creation competition for school aged ākonga and their whānau across Canterbury. The aim is to create a game using pick a path style coding.
How much do you know about your local area in Ōtautahi/Christchurch? Tell a story through gaming of its history/historical significance. We encourage tamariki to work alongside their whānau, ask them to tell you stories about the past and what Ōtautahi means to them.
A Rubber Ducky project inspired by Gerard MacManus.

A fun, interactive tech day for ākonga (students) in years 1-10, their whānau and kaiako (teachers).
Ākonga and whānau: Have fun using technology to complete challenges linked to our local community. You’ll get to play with some cool tech like robotics, drones, augmented reality, Minecraft, and coding kits to create something awesome.
Kaiako: Come along and be supported by our team of facilitators to learn how you can engage ākonga in locally-contextualised challenges using exciting and accessible digital tech.

The Ako Ōtautahi Learning City Christchurch Trustees and advisors will share their ideas and aspirations for growing a learning city where access, equity and innovation are a lived expectation. How do we honour the past, live in today and create a future where all thrive?

An online presentation to increase your self-awareness of your approach to personal leadership by exploring your external ways of 'doing' and internal ways of 'being' that influence your wellbeing and performance, and the impact it has on yourself, the people around you and your environment at home, at work or in your community.

Every Day Matters. This Impact Summit will empower you to create a more sustainable world, one decision at a time.

Impact week 2020 puts the spotlight on growing Individual Action towards Sustainability with a range of events and activities across Canterbury.

More opp-her-tunities need to be offered to our wahine ākonga to show them that a career integrated with DigiTech is exciting, challenging, rewarding and empowering.
This is for people who want to have a first go, and also learners who are looking at how understanding Digital Technologies could add value to their career path. There will also be an opportunity to work with industry professionals and be challenged by their thinking.

Launching on 25 September (the anniversary of the SDGs adoption) the SDG Art Exhibition will showcase the work of 17 incredible and diverse New Zealand Artists, each artwork being a visual representation of each SDG.
From 26 September-1 October families, students, businesses, everyone, can come to the exhibition to learn about the SDGs and be educated on what you can do to action the goals. This exhibition is about raising awareness for the SDGs, raising funds to charities and organisations that action these goals and raising our glasses to celebrate the power of creativity!

Join the Christchurch tech community for a 1 hour showcase as we hear from young Pacifika innovators as they pitch their software projects in true Dragon’s Den style.

The Māori Language Moment is coming up on 14th September 12pm. We're joining the movement to grow te reo speakers to 1 million.
It’s an open invitation to celebrate te reo for a moment, a week, a month or even the whole year-round.

An evening of stories and discussion about the importance in Christchurch to be Upstanders, encourage inclusivity and respect diversity in all its forms. This is a special LinC Activator event in collaboration with Christchurch City Libraries as part of the The Children’s Holocaust Memorial.

In this month’s meet up, we’ll be hearing all about Christchurch’s future as laid out in the Christchurch Supernode strategy. If you’re a startup, an innovator, or mapping out your ambitious future in our fair city, then this is the day you want to get up early and find out what part you can play in that future.

Techweek is a nationwide series of events, showcasing and celebrating New Zealand innovation. They provide a platform for everyone to meet, share ideas and create connections to enhance our future world.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Techweek2020 will be digitally led. This means that while Techweek2020 events may include a physical component, all events must include a way for people to attend virtually.

A transformational and immersive three-day programme designed to help you understand the many vectors of disruption coming at us, and work through tools, models, and frameworks so that you can lead confidently through dramatic change.

At this months Startup Breakfast Club, Startup Incubation Manager at Te Ōhaka Centre for Growth and Innovation, Jacob Varghese, will show you how to transform your ideas into a solid business proposition using the ‘Lean Canvas’ startup methodology. You will also hear from Krissy Sadler-Bridge, NZ Marketing Manager at MYOB and Charlene Sell from Wynn Williams about the fundamentals of setting up a business and how to get it off the ground and running.

At this Coffee & Jam, we're chatting with Michael Batko - the CEO of Startmate - which is described as Australia and New Zealand's most ambitious startup accelerator. In this webinar, Michael will give you an overview of the programme, share some founders stories with you, and then go through the criteria for entry, what the application process looks like, and what founders can expect to get out of the programme.

Young leaders bring passion and fearlessness to their work – and they also make their decisions based on values. This powerful, effective and humane approach is the future. Our first LinC Activator of 2020 is a chance for you to meet some next-generation leaders who lift their communities by utilising passion and building on strengths. We’re thrilled to offer this opportunity to hear from these outstanding young leaders. You’ll be inspired and you might learn something very useful for your own community. This is our first virtual event, come along and have a kōrero online.

A free session by the organisers of New Zealand's First Virtual Impact Unconference. In this Zui (Zoom hui), we want to share with you our reflections on the process and what we learned. Members of the core organising team will cover some of the key issues we faced ranging from technology to community building and why we invited musicians and poets, as well as other decisions we made and responses to feedback.

Facilitated by Kaila Colbin, CEO of Boma New Zealand, and featuring a panel of exceptional Kiwi entrepreneurs and startup community leaders, this session will shed light on the unique position of Aotearoa's innovation ecosystem in the global startup landscape, the distinct strengths that separate us from other global innovation hubs, and how we can leverage these gifts to emerge stronger and thrive as a community.

This event is a great opportunity to hear from Miranda Burdon, Chair of Meadow Mushrooms on their approach to food waste reduction and how you too can be involved. Creating the energy to move the future of agri forward requires a commitment to innovation, a willingness to doing things differently and action. Connections between the organisations on the precinct can be grown and strengthened to advance these outcomes

This workshop is for kids to learn about different materials our waste is made from, what gets recycled, how it gets recycled and to explore was to reduce our rubbish.

Confused about what can go in your Council Organics bin? Confused about the current state of plastic recycling? Want to vent frustrations, meet like minded people and learn ways to reduce waste? Come to this workshop!!

From the fascinating history of flight to boarding a real aircraft, take learning to new heights at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Learning Days Christchurch Event! Build your own kit-set glider after you have learnt about aircraft parts and the four forces of flight by helping reassemble our custom-built T-6 Texan II model aircraft.

In this Workshop you will learn tips and tricks on how to tell meaningful stories about the people around you. Learn to connect and engage with family members or people in your community using the tools that are available to you. This two part workshop run by The Humans of Christchurch Ōtautahi team will help you develop and publish your own ‘humans of’ style stories.

Sport teaches participants so much. It’s a ‘classroom for life’ and provides huge opportunities for learning… but what do we learn? And how are these 'lessons' transferred to everyday life? How could sport leaders and sportspeople reflect on and clarify their learning and use this as a catalyst for change in other areas of their lives, workplaces and communities?

MicroBites is an event created to strengthen the network of people who are interested in thinking about how we can build up our brilliant city using micro-learning and micro-credentials. We bring people together to learn and think about how to use micro-credentials and micro-learning to build a bright future for Ōtautahi.

A hui around making the Sustainable Development Goals more visible in practise. Attendees will go away with tools to kick start a conversation at work, whether it is with students in schools, or colleagues in the workplace.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are a universal call for action. There are 17 goals that touch upon almost every aspect of global society, we can all do something to contribute to them. Come along to learn more about the goals and how we can create a sustainable future by achieving them here in Christchurch.

As part of global Boma Education Week, Boma New Zealand is hosting a session called Rethinking Education on Wednesday, 6 May, to talk about how we can make positive changes to the education space in New Zealand. Hear from Claire Amos, Principal at Albany Senior High School; Green School NZ Co-founders Rachel and Michael Perrett; year 12 St John's College student and inventor Dylan Wijaya; and Dr Melanie Riwai-Couch, Kaihautū Māori and education consultant for Evaluation Associates. Registration for the livestream is free.

Add your voice to this facilitated conversation about the purpose of Education. Boma's Campfire format allows robust debate and diverse ideas to flow while still creating at atmosphere of intimacy, where everyone has the opportunity to share.

During this time of lockdown, many of us are lucky enough to have friends and family we can keep in regular contact with; however, we are missing those random everyday connections we make with strangers. 👩🏼‍🦰🧔🏻 Well never fear! You can now enjoy those interactions from the comfort of your own home. Whether it be your lounge, kitchen, makeshift office, wherever your place is, get cosy and come have a Chinwag with some global strangers online!

Boma New Zealand is hosting a facilitated discussion for youth (in this instance, students aged 16-20) to share their perspectives on and aspirations for education in our current COVID-19 context and beyond. While the conversation itself is for young people, we are opening up the viewing of this discussion to the public space, for anyone who would like to learn how youth have been affected and the changes they would like to see within the education space going forward.

In this session we will hear first hand from Steven Moe who has been doing Seeds Podcast since 2017 on a weekly basis. Now with 160+ episodes he will share everything that he wished he had known at the start!

New Zealand’s First Virtual Impact Unconference 24 April 2020: He waka eke noa … we are all in this together. An event to learn from each other, share new thinking and resources and connect to build real community, with challenges and interactions that last beyond the event. In short, we don’t just want a lot of talking: we want to inspire action.

Join us on Wednesday April 15th for Bomas second global virtual summit in partnership with Zoom to illuminate the lessons we can learn on mental health and remote health, as it relates to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Canterbury Tech Cluster (Canterbury Software Inc.) is Canterbury’s leading professional association dedicated to advancing innovation, commercialisation and export. It aims to develop globally successful technology companies through collaboration and education for businesses small and large. We invite you to join us via Zoom for our upcoming monthly Canterbury Tech event where we will hear from four guest speakers.

A speech, spoken word, art and meme competition for young people aged 11-24. This competition will be entirely ONLINE this year due to the Covid-19 situation.It is an opportunity for young peple to engage in some good online research and to hone their speaking or artistic skills whilst in lockdown while also meeting a number of curriculum outcomes.

Kickstart the Decade of Action by connecting with fellow advocates across the city. After Learning City Christchurch hosted an SDG meet-up mid last year, there has been a build up of momentum around the Global Goals in Christchurch! Come together to hear about people & organisations taking actions, learn more about the 2030 Agenda and help shape this growing network.

20th February 2020 is International PechaKucha Day! On this day in over 1,200 cities all across the world, PechaKucha speakers will share the creative stories which have shaped their personal lives. Join us in celebrating creativity in Otautahi through this global sharing event. In Vol.41 we’ll explore an eclectic collection of talks from speakers across our community.
PechaKucha Nights are devised and shared by Klein Dytham Architecture.

Plain Sight Augmented Reality Street Art guided tours FREE.
Come on a 30 – 45min tour with Sam Evans Co-Creator of a augmented reality app called Plain Sight that brings street art to life. Explore and experience street art in a unique and interactive way like never before. In the tour we will visit 2 – 3 murals and discuss the creative process around bringing street art to life. At the same time the floor is open to any questions around Augmented Reality and how it works and what the future might look like with this exciting technology.
Meeting point: Paint n’ Pen Summer Exhibition at Tūranga Hapori | Community, Level 1 This is part of Paint n' Pen Programme https://thecommutingbook.org/paint-pen/

The Summer Startup Programme is a ten week intensive incubator/accelerator designed to enable student founders to take their ventures to the next level.
Come watch the top ten ventures from our Summer Startup Programme pitch their innovative ideas to a panel of local experts and catch up with members of the UCE community over drinks and nibbles.

Discover & discuss inner city life: join a free guided walk led by a local resident in south central inner city Christchurch.
This central city neighbourhood has a network of laneways, new public spaces and interesting local businesses. Get to know this area better by meeting people who live south of Lichfield, between Montreal and Madras and learn about their favourite spaces and places.

The Global Game Jam® (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. Think of it as a hackathon focused on game development.
Hosted by CHCH Game Dev in Christchurch.
Age Restrictions: 18+ only

Ako Ōtautahi Learning City Christchurch and Christchurch EnviroHub are pleased to co-host James Bishop from Koru Consulting. James is a trained facilitator of the 2030 SDG Game, which is an engaging and confronting tool that connects players to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Catering sponsored by Toitū Envirocare.

Yoobee Colleges - Christchurch Campus welcomes you to its Open Day Come along and tour our campus, meet the tutors, and get an overview of all the study options.

5 days of writing with fabulous tutors and like-minded classmates! Workshops, mentoring and collaborative opportunities. Registration essential. Limited places.

Accelerate your kid's Coding Skills this summer in Summer Code Camp.
A great chance to enlighten your kids from experienced Industry Professionals at Summer Code Camp. The goal is to fast-track your kid's coding skills for the fast-paced technology world. We are offering a variety of courses like Ninja Course, Hacker Course and Full Stack Course.

This practical photo and storytelling workshop from the Humans of Christchurch Ōtautahi project is perfectly timed for talking with whānau and friends as you gather for the holidays. Learn top tips for using your smartphone to capture perfect photos and stories that will become family treasures.

University of Canterbury is heading into the CBD at lunchtime to present a 5-day free speaker series at the Riverside Market. Each day will feature a different 15-minute talk between 12.00 pm - 12.30 pm, covering a range of topics delivered in bite-size morsels to enjoy over your lunch break.

The Tuia Mātauranga roadshow is coming to Te Whakaraupō – Lyttelton Harbour. Come and take part in a visual and interactive experience that showcases the history and dual heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Young people and their whānau will take part in fun and engaging activities that includes an activity book, mobile app-supported activities, and a virtual reality experience. There will be activities that they can participate in, supporting a shared learning experience.

Neurodiversity is an emerging field in the world of Psychology that challenges people's perceptions about those that think differently.

Every Friday, join The Green Lab team at their mobile workspace for this series of quickfire lunchtime workshops to support your home jungle habit!
In these free, half-hour workshops, Jane will demonstrate a new indoor plant propagation or plant care technique. Each session is different; you can drop in for one workshop in the series, come to a couple, or attend every time - no registration necessary. Participants will have a chance to get hands on with propagating some plants and may be able to take a plant baby home.

Secondary teachers and leaders are invited to take part in an exciting new project. This is aimed at sharing the ways in which learning in Canterbury secondary schools is becoming more flexible and personalised in order to better equip students for the future.

Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream.

In this Christchurch Conversation, Professor Antwi Akom explains how cities are commonly planned and designed in ways that can reproduce and exaccerbate social inequities based on race, gender, wealth, ability and culture.

Come along and hear more about Remix Plastic's work, learn ways to reduce your impact through avoiding single use plastics and ask any questions you have about recycling.

Learning City Christchurch warmly invites you to a Microcredentials Information Hui to be held on Thursday 31 October. This event will update you with the latest information about formal systems of microcredentials and how they are being used. There will be time to ask questions and interact with presenters.

Join WEA for this feature-length documentary from Happen Films. It follows a community in Australia who came together to explore and demonstrate a simpler way to live in response to global crises.

A public discussion on The Commons, how it might work in an urban city context and what a framework could be to hold The Commons at a city level to support wider engagement.

ChristchurchNZ invites you to an education focused workshop where we will look at the future industries of Christchurch and unpack the skills & knowledge, learning pathways and attraction channels required to ensure our rangatahi are prepared to realise the global opportunities within these industries.

ChristchurchNZ invites you to an education focused workshop where we will look at the future industries of Christchurch and unpack the skills & knowledge, learning pathways and attraction channels required to ensure our rangatahi are prepared to realise the global opportunities within these industries.

In this short workshop, it will focus on building your confidence and freeing your natural voice from nerves, and have some fun meeting each other in a friendly supportive community space.

Overview of the Children's University programme and how it is operating in Canterbury.

School and community groups can get involved in this free education programme that offers art-making activities linked to the New Zealand Curriculum.

Explore library programmes and sessions designed to help you become more comfortable with technology, and to make better use of your own computer tools.