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Unsure of what you're going to be doing this summer? Want to make some exciting plans? How does putting your degree to practice while gaining academic points towards your degree sound?   A PACE internship could be just the thing for you this summer!   The PACE Internship Programme have many exciting internship opportunities for summer with organisations including, Christchurch City Council, NZ Police, Fertility NZ, Youthline, SVA and more!   Available to all students Courses at 200 level (5 week internship) and 300 level (10 week internship)   Come along to our PACE Information Session to learn more about the PACE programme, the opportunities available for summer, and hear from some PACE Partners and students!   1:30pm – 2:30pm, Wednesday 5 October   https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/subjects/professional-and-community-engagement/ and https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/internships-programme/  

Come and join New Zealand's fastest growing startup, Partly, as a Software Engineering intern or Data Science intern this summer! A bit about Partly: Partly's mission is to connect the world's parts. We're building the first global platform for replacement parts, starting with auto parts. We've tripled our team over the last 12 months and expect to double in size again next year as we build out our NZ and UK offices. The internship consists of 400 hours across ten weeks. What can you expect? * Use bleeding-edge technology to solve incredibly hard problems * Work on real, meaningful projects that impact Partly's customers * Engineering: React, TypeScript, NodeJS, GraphQL, PostgreSQL * Data Science: Python, Scikit-learn, PyTorch, Pandas, Google Cloud, PostgreSQL * Chance to secure a graduate role with a competitive salary and equity Does this interest you? If so, please attend our Information Evening, where we'll talk more about the company, the roles and answer questions you may have! Food and drinks will be served with vegan/gluten free options. If you have any special catering needs, please contact francis.phan@compsoc.org.nz.

This is an engaging account of life at Vanda Station in 1969 as five men carry out their daily tasks in an environment that challenges and transforms them: temperatures as low as –57°C, eight months of total isolation including four of continual darkness, and daunting mechanical and logistical challenges.   All welcome, RSVP to universitypress@canterbury.ac.nz

As noted by Māori scholar Dr Nēpia Mahuika, “New Zealand history is Māori history” first and foremost. Despite this, the histories of Aotearoa New Zealand are often examined in connection to Britain and discussed in terms of colonisation. While this is an important feature of our colonial history, focusing on this alone neglects the wealth of other connections and serves to erase the vast and rich histories of Māori and links back to Polynesia. The histories of Aotearoa are more accurately situated in a Polynesian context.   By examining the period of Polynesian arrival and settlement in Aotearoa, the rich history of the people and land prior to the arrival of Europeans is illuminated. What insight is gained by reframing our history in this way?  Based on University of Canterbury historian Dr Madi Williams’ 2021 book Polynesia, 900-1600 (Canterbury University Press, $24.99), her upcoming Tauhere UC Connect public lecture explores notions of identity and connection in Aotearoa history. In Reframing History in Aotearoa & Polynesia, Dr Williams will take a longer view of the history of these islands and place them in their Pacific, Polynesian context.  Reviewer Paul Moon said of her first book: “Perhaps Williams’ greatest feat is the alchemic way she takes base history, and turns it into something that challenges, informs, provokes, and ultimately, shapes our thinking on the subjects she addresses. And in an age with an appetite for instant answers, and a growing fetish with the eternal present, this considered view of a long history, carefully curated, and wonderfully articulated, is just the sort of cultural corrective we need at this moment.”  About the speaker: Dr Madi Williams (Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Kōata) is a lecturer in Aotahi – School of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Canterbury. Dr Williams’ research focuses include iwi histories, philosophy of history, and historical perspectives. Her first book Polynesia, 900-1600: An overview of the history of Aotearoa, Rēkohu, and Rapa Nui, looks at the European Middle Ages in South Polynesia. She is currently working on transforming her PhD thesis into a book entitled Ngāti Kuia: Stories About the Past.