Past Events

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.