THE FINAL ECOWARS VLOGS ARE HERE!
Check them out via the link below.
NZ's got jazz festival
A showcase of New Zealand's finest young jazz talent
Wanna be a star?
OUR SECOND VLOGS HAVE LANDED!
latest Ecowars vlogs are online!
Check them out via the image below.
Palmy Parkour
Traceurs navigate the beating heart of the city - an urban landscape that inspires creativity.
Registrations for Eco Wars 2012
are Now open!
Do you have what it takes to become an eco warrior, going head to head in a quest to save dosh, save the world and win prizes, BIG prizes!? Get your team of four flatties together, click here to fill out a few details and let the battle begin... Good luck out there.
FX JAm 2
tiki performs at the INOK concert
Congratulating our sporty winners!
A big huge congratulations to all the winners at the 2011 Manawatu Standard Secondary Sports Awards held this week.
Click here to see some of the pics on our facebook page
Student City Arts Awards 2011
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Get Down and Celebrate the arts!
Student City Arts and Cultural Awards 2011
The Student City Awards recognise Palmerston North's most vibrant, talented and dedicated students. The awards celebrate student success and involvement in clubs, societies, student events and the arts, be it theatre, dance, music or visual. Some of the award categories include:
- The Student Service Award
- Club of the Year
- Campus Spirit Award
- Emerging Artist
- Artist of the Year
- Outstanding Achievement in the Arts
The awards ceremony will acknowledge students for their artistic and cultural contributions to student life in Palmerston North and will be held on Tuesday 18 October 2011.
Eco wars 2011 IS UNDERWAY!
That's right Student City, teams of four student flatties compete against each other, eager to save their wallets, save the world and win BIG PRIZES.
Inspired by success of the University of Canterbury's Eco-my-flat campaign, Eco Wars is the first competition of its kind to hit the mighty Manawatu and it's set to take the place by storm.
Student teams, known as platoons, participate in a series of five workshops over seven weeks designed to stretch the student dollar to the benefit of the environment.
Equipped with video cameras, platoons will document their eco adventures and contribute to an online blog as they vie for votes in their battle to take out the title of People's Choice.
There's even an incentive for landlords to get in behind their tenants, with the best landlord winning an insulation and heat pump package.
It's a pretty epic way to raise the profile of sustainability in our city... Did we mention the BIG PRIZES?
Vote for your favourite team now
AIRMAX 2011 is here!
Test your own limits and witness professional demonstrations by experienced freedroppers and BMX riders.
LOCATION The Square
DATE Thur, September 29, 2011
TIME 4pm - 8.30pm
ADMISSION Free
Not only can you experience the thrill of Freedropping you can also get a few mates together and test your rugby skills on one of three interactive inflatable rugby games.
- Rugby Rampage
- Dash n Dodge
- Bungy Touchdown
Te Wananga o Aotearoa are also going full noise and attempting to break not ONE but THREE major Rugby - related Guinness World Records. Come down and witness history in the making.
THE RECORD ATTEMPTS
- Most consecutive rugby passes
- The biggest rugby scrum
- Most rugby tackles in one minute
Witness impressive local talent including Palmy’s very own National Cheer Leading Squad, Zero Gravity. Meet national and local sports and media personalities and see gifted local DJs and Bands WOW the crowds from the main stage.
If you are a sports fanatic, adrenaline junkie or enjoy listening to some brilliant beats then AirMAX is the event you just gotta be at!!
In the event of poor weather, the World Record attempts will be moved to Highbury Whanu Centre.
Rugby World 2011 Cup fever is among us!
Anyone can support their own country, but it takes a real fan of the game to take another country and support them as if their own.
Georgia, Romania and Argentina are coming to Palmy and our challenge to all you buckets heads out there is to get creative. Leave the green buckets at home and don your most creative bucket ever in support of your adoptive team for the Rugby World Cup.
WHO Georgia vs. Romania WHEN Weds, September 28
WHO Argentina vs. Georgia WHEN Sun, October 2
Click here to get your tickets
Click here to download 'How to Become a Bucket Head' Instructions
Get Involved!
We also have an little inter-district competition between our Manawatu District Mayor Ian McKelvie and Palmerston North Mayor Jono Naylor. Jono won the toss for yellow and support of Romania, so Ian is asking residents to don the red for Georgia. Who will have the most supporters? We need 18,000 fans in support of either team. As a community let's welcome the world and get involved!
The square will be alive from 3.30pm Weds 28th September before the big game.
Support Romania and pick up your yellow bucket from the i-site today!
Little Ripper match
Here's a must attend event!! The Square is hosting a free 'Little Ripper' Georgia vs Romania pre-match match. During the morning of the big game see Aaron Cruden refereeing the Little Ripper game with Jono Naylor and Ian Mckelvie leading their teams. Plus don't miss the free sausage sizzle and free buckets for all you bucket heads out there!! Next Weds 28th Sept.
Congratulating Kenneth
Tararua College Head Boy Kenneth Metekingi took his place among legends as the secondary school winner of Student City's Win an iPad competition.
The tertiary prize went to Massey extramural student James Turipa who is currently studying health.
Both students plan to make good use of their iPads... once they've finished downloading pointless apps and playing games of course.
Kenneth attended Student City Day in March as part of the "introduce secondary students to the benefits of life in this studenty city of ours" initiative.
Congratulations to Kenneth for rallying his peers together to attend the concert day. He is wished well in his quest to become a high achieving aviation student in 2012.
Congratulations Kenneth and James. We are delighted to have you both as part of the Student City team.
