University of Waikato Events Calendar

• Kotahitanga - "E kore teenei whakaoranga e huri ki tua o aku mokopuna!”

  

  Date	Monday 13 July - Friday 11 September 2020
  Location	Calder & Lawson Gallery, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato

  We must provide our children and their children a better platform than the one we inherited. [1] While the roots of the Kiingitanga were sown in divided and bloodied soil…

• Suit Up Donations Request

  Date	Monday 10 August - Monday 2 November 2020
  Location	The Wellbeing Hub

  We are on the hunt for more donations. Suit Up aims to provide our students with formal wear for when they need it. If you have any formal wear to donate…

• Suit Up Donations Request

  Date	Tuesday 11 August - Tuesday 3 November 2020
  Location	The Wellbeing Hub

  We are on the hunt for more donations. Suit Up aims to provide our students with formal wear for when they need it. If you have any formal wear to donate…

• Suit Up Donations Request

  Date	Wednesday 12 August - Wednesday 4 November 2020
  Location	The Wellbeing Hub

  We are on the hunt for more donations. Suit Up aims to provide our students with formal wear for when they need it. If you have any formal wear to donate…

• Find out more about career opportunities in the Social sector post COVID - Liz Davies, SociaLink

  Date	Wednesday 12 August 2020
  Time	1pm - 2pm
  Location	Online via Zoom

  Liz Davies (General Manager at SociaLink) will be joining us online to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the Social sector. Liz will be providing a brief overview of the…

• Picturebook Club

  Date	Wednesday 12 August 2020
  Time	1:10pm - 2pm
  Location	Teaching Resources Library

  The Picturebook Club is open to all university staff and students. We meet every Wednesday in the cultural hour in the Teaching Resources Library on the third floor of the…

• Ministry for Primary Industries - 2021 Graduate Programme

  Date	Wednesday 12 August 2020
  Time	5pm - 6pm
  Location	Online via Zoom

  The Ministry for Primary Industries will be hosting a webinar as part of the Careers Maori and Pacific virtual event. The MPI session will cover: A chance to find out…

• Figure drawing club

  Date	Wednesday 12 August 2020
  Time	6pm
  Location	TA Block

  Our group meets every Wednesday night on campus to study human anatomy and gesture. Students, staff, and local artists are warmly invited as well as new or professional models for…

• Find out more about Dynamic Advisory Limited - Careers Maori and Pacific Virtual Event

  Date	Wednesday 12 August 2020
  Time	6pm - 7pm
  Location	Online via Zoom

  Join Meleane Burgess, Director at Dynamic Advisory Limited, online as part of the Careers Maori and Pacific Virtual Event. Meleane will be sharing details of her career journey from University…

• 3MT Doctoral Final

  

  Date	Wednesday 12 August 2020
  Time	7pm - 9:30pm
  Location	Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts

  Join us for a night of academic insight and entertainment. The 3MT final is an event not to be missed! This is a free public event and everyone is welcome…

• 2020 Virtual Open Day

  Date	Thursday 13 - Friday 14 August 2020
  Location	Virtual

  Virtual Open Day is the perfect chance to explore study options, chat to our staff and students and get a taste of Waikato student life. We’ll have plenty of things…

• Suit Up Donations Request

  Date	Thursday 13 August - Thursday 5 November 2020
  Location	The Wellbeing Hub

  We are on the hunt for more donations. Suit Up aims to provide our students with formal wear for when they need it. If you have any formal wear to donate…

• Computer Science Seminar: GeoInformation Research in Cardiff: Spatial Natural Language Processing and Mapping the Environment with Social Media

  Date	Thursday 13 August 2020
  Time	11am - 12pm
  Location	G.1.15

  This talk will provide a brief overview of research in GIS and geographical information retrieval in the School of Computer Science & Informatics in Cardiff University, and focus on two…

• Anthropology Seminar - 13 August 2020

  

  Date	Thursday 13 August 2020
  Time	3:10pm - 4:10pm
  Location	University of Waikato (Room K.G.06) and via Zoom ( Meeting ID: 719 684 2758 / Password: @nthr0 )

  Rhizomatic Assemblages: Towards a Deleuzian Conceptualisation of Charismatic Revival In their book A Thousand Plateaus (1987), French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari advocate the botanical metaphor of the rhizome…

• Suit Up Donations Request

  Date	Friday 14 August - Friday 6 November 2020
  Location	The Wellbeing Hub

  We are on the hunt for more donations. Suit Up aims to provide our students with formal wear for when they need it. If you have any formal wear to donate…

• 2020 New Zealand High School League of Legends Championship final

  Date	Saturday 15 August 2020
  Time	12pm - 5pm
  Location	Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts

  See the two best high school teams battle it out in the national final of the High School League of Legends championship! Witness a live esports event at the Gallagher…

• Local Night Bites

  

  Date	Saturday 15 August 2020
  Time	4pm - 8pm
  Location	Gate 2B Carpark, Knighton Road, The University of Waikato

  Street food and stalls for all. Come along and grab a bite to eat, listen to local music, and check out the stalls. Based at Gate 2B carpark on Knighton…

• Suit Up Donations Request

  Date	Monday 17 August - Monday 9 November 2020
  Location	The Wellbeing Hub

  We are on the hunt for more donations. Suit Up aims to provide our students with formal wear for when they need it. If you have any formal wear to donate…

• Linguistics Seminar - 17 August 2020

  

  Date	Monday 17 August 2020
  Time	11am - 12pm
  Location	University of Waikato - Room MSB.1.20

  Task planning, working memory capacity and second language speech performance This talk reports on a research project (Guará-Tavares, 2011, 2013, 2016,; Guará-Tavares and Carvalho, 2018; Paula and Guará-Tavares forthcoming) that…

• Suit Up Donations Request

  Date	Tuesday 18 August - Tuesday 10 November 2020
  Location	The Wellbeing Hub

  We are on the hunt for more donations. Suit Up aims to provide our students with formal wear for when they need it. If you have any formal wear to donate…

• TeachInfo Night - Hamilton

  

  Date	Tuesday 18 August 2020
  Time	5:30pm - 7pm
  Location	Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education foyer

  Come along to find out where a teaching qualification at the University of Waikato can take you. Find out more about teaching options in Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary School…

• Kaupapa Kōrero - little talks, big topics -'Cutting Edge Community Care'

  

  Date	Tuesday 18 August 2020
  Time	5:45pm - 7pm
  Location	Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, Knighton Road, Hillcrest, Hamilton

  REGISTER HERE ‘Cutting Edge Community Care’ How healthcare training can benefit from Waikato’s world-leading medical research Featuring University of Waikato academics and healthcare experts, this panel discussion will explore Waikato’s…

• Suit Up Donations Request

  Date	Wednesday 19 August - Wednesday 11 November 2020
  Location	The Wellbeing Hub

  We are on the hunt for more donations. Suit Up aims to provide our students with formal wear for when they need it. If you have any formal wear to donate…

• Inter-Faculty Futsal Hamilton

  Date	Wednesday 19 August 2020
  Time	10am - 2pm
  Location	UniRec

  The second Inter-Faculty Sports event for 2020 is Futsal! If you are a current student, make sure you join in with your University of Waikato Faculty for the ultimate clash…

• How to stand out from others in today's job market - Heather Connolly

  Date	Wednesday 19 August 2020
  Time	1pm - 2pm
  Location	Online via Zoom

  Director of Professional Programmes and Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management, Heather Connolly will be hosting a live webinar on Wednesday the 19th August. Dr Heather Connolly is the Director of…

• Picturebook Club

  Date	Wednesday 19 August 2020
  Time	1:10pm - 2pm
  Location	Teaching Resources Library

  The Picturebook Club is open to all university staff and students. We meet every Wednesday in the cultural hour in the Teaching Resources Library on the third floor of the…

• Figure drawing club

  Date	Wednesday 19 August 2020
  Time	6pm
  Location	TA Block

  Our group meets every Wednesday night on campus to study human anatomy and gesture. Students, staff, and local artists are warmly invited as well as new or professional models for…

• Hamilton Book Month Young Adult Writers Panel

  

  Date	Wednesday 19 August 2020
  Time	6:30pm - 8:30pm
  Location	Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, Knighton Road, Hillcrest, Hamilton

  REGISTER HERE During the month of August Hamilton Book Month celebrates New Zealand authors and their writing. A conversation with Eileen Merriman, David Hill, Gareth Ward and Tina Shaw will…

• Suit Up Donations Request

  Date	Thursday 20 August - Thursday 12 November 2020
  Location	The Wellbeing Hub

  We are on the hunt for more donations. Suit Up aims to provide our students with formal wear for when they need it. If you have any formal wear to donate…

• Philosophy Seminar - 20 August 2020

  Date	Thursday 20 August 2020
  Time	3:10pm - 4:10pm
  Location	University of Waikato - KB.07

  The metaphysics of taste disagreement Despite the old  de gustibus  adage, we disagree about taste all the time.  But what is it to disagree about a matter of taste?  At first glance…

• Anthropology Seminar - 20 August 2020

  

  Date	Thursday 20 August 2020
  Time	3:10pm - 4:10pm
  Location	University of Waikato - Room K.G.06 & via Zoom ( Meeting ID: 719 684 2758 / Password: @nthr0 )

  Colonial mappings of corruption: the dirty South and the clean North Each year, Transparency International – the biggest player in the global anti-corruption “industry” – publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index…

• TeachInfo Night - Tauranga

  

  Date	Thursday 20 August 2020
  Time	5:30pm - 7pm
  Location	Te Manawaroa, University of Waikato Tauranga campus

  Come along to find out where a teaching qualification at the University of Waikato can take you. Find out more about teaching options in Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary School…

• Suit Up Donations Request

  Date	Friday 21 August - Friday 13 November 2020
  Location	The Wellbeing Hub

  We are on the hunt for more donations. Suit Up aims to provide our students with formal wear for when they need it. If you have any formal wear to donate…

• Local Night Bites

  

  Date	Saturday 22 August 2020
  Time	4pm - 8pm
  Location	Gate 2B Carpark, Knighton Road, The University of Waikato

  Street food and stalls for all. Come along and grab a bite to eat, listen to local music, and check out the stalls. Based at Gate 2B carpark on Knighton…

• Suit Up Donations Request

  Date	Monday 24 August - Monday 16 November 2020
  Location	The Wellbeing Hub

  We are on the hunt for more donations. Suit Up aims to provide our students with formal wear for when they need it. If you have any formal wear to donate…

• Launch Your Engineering Career

  

  Date	Monday 24 August 2020
  Time	6:30pm - 7:30pm
  Location	Hamilton Campus (25th and 26th August) or Tauranga Campus (24th August)

  Be part of the solution. Become a professional engineer. At Waikato, we challenge our students to be creative engineers focused on solving issues that matter to people. Join us at…