tiki performs at the INOK concert
PN Skate park's getting it's comp on!
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
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 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 to the value of $5,000.
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 is here!
Test your own limits and witness professional demonstrations by experienced freedroppers and BMX riders.
LOCATION The Square
DATE Thur, September 29
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 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.
HAVE YOU MET THE COACH?
Behind every great team is a passionate coach and you couldn't get much more passionate than our man Coach Dan.
Ok so you get that he's a passionate Dan, but what exactly does he coach? Well, that would be you Student City. Coach Dan coaches you.
Through his motivational speeches, facebook posts and presence at city events Coach Dan tirelessly rallies our students, business people and community together in support of higher learning. He champions the benefits of this city we call Palmy. He draws new students in and makes it his personal mission to ensure those already here enjoy the experience so much it hurts.
He's a man with a plan to take this city to the top. He's your coach Student City. Huddle round and listen up!
Coach Dan's alter ego wins big!
Don't judge a book by its cover, or a coach by his stubbies and, above all, follow your dreams.
That's the message put forth by Coach Dan today as he basks in the reflected glory of comedian alter ego, turned 2011 Billy T Award Winner, Nick Gibb.
Never one to shy away from a challenge, Coach Dan released Gibb on the comedy circuit just three years ago as an inconspicuous outlet for his pent up comic genius.
"I quickly learnt on the sports field that no one likes a comedian, but once I took the stage as Nick the laughs came thick and fast", he said.
Gibb has since taken out the 2010 Wellington Raw Comedy Competition crown and become a hot commodity nationwide.
Winning a Billy T Award is the ultimate in comedy kudos for New Zealand's up and comers.
Gibb beat out an extremely strong contingent to take out the yellow towel, an appearance on TV3's 7 Days and a $5,000 cheque to further his comedy career.
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.
Coach Dan congratulated him for rallying his peers together to attend the concert day and wished him well in his quest to become a high achieving aviation student in 2012.
His exact words were "May this iPad help you fly Kenneth. May this iPad help you fly."
Congratulations Kenneth and James. We are delighted to have you both as part of the Student City team.
