Is cannabis a vote winner for students?
Hannah Herchenbach asks students if legalising cannabis is an issue likely to influence their vote in the upcoming election.
University of Canterbury
Students slow to take up free flu jabs
Jess Pullar reports that only one in 10 UC students has opted for the university’s free flu vaccinations.
Astronomy buffs aim to rebuild historic telescope
Olivia Bascand reports on the efforts to restore the historic Townsend telescope badly damaged in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
Why don't students vote?
Michael Cropp reports on the low turnout for the UCSA elections.
LIVE: NZ Election Debate
To follow this blog post, please start at the bottom of the screen. Parting words from Prof Alex Tan: exercise your sacred right to vote. Otherwise someone else might vote for you. Debate ends: 1.40pm Candidates now have the opportunity to put a plug in for their party. 1.30pm Woods: this… Read More »LIVE: NZ Election Debate
Canterbury students develop photographic drone
University of Canterbury students and alumni are pooling their talents to develop a photographic drone, dubbed SelfieBot. Project leader Owen Flanagan said the team hoped to have a functioning prototype of the small flying robot, which will hover and take photographs from just about anywhere, in the next two months.… Read More »Canterbury students develop photographic drone
Human rights abuse claims spike after quake
Human rights abuse claims have spiked in New Zealand as Canterbury residents file claims against insurance and construction companies. Earthquake-affected residents are resorting to Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) guidelines that require companies to respect the human rights of those affected by their activities. Claimant Gavin Johnstone’s Mairehau… Read More »Human rights abuse claims spike after quake
Christchurch cyclists asked what's needed
By Grace Cabell, reporting for the Christchurch Mail A Christchurch cycling survey that aims to find ways of increasing the number of bike commuters in the city has gathered 1000 responses so far. Post-graduate researchers in the University of Canterbury Masters of Engineering Transport programme, in conjunction with the Christchurch… Read More »Christchurch cyclists asked what's needed
Potter hand-crafts chimney pots for rebuild
By Georgia Weaver for The Press Lyttelton ceramicist Cheryl Lucas has an unlikely role in Christchurch’s rebuild – handmaking chimney pots for heritage buildings. Her latest piece, a metre- high ceramic pot to match the surviving chimney pots atop 160-year-old Riccarton House, was put in place yesterday. Lucas, a renowned… Read More »Potter hand-crafts chimney pots for rebuild
UC students on Pora case
By Rick Jordan for the Christchurch Mail Two Canterbury law students will travel to London in November for convicted murderer Teina Pora’s Privy Council appeal. The students, whose flights and accommodation will be paid for by the University of Canterbury, are preparing legal opinions for the Pora appeal, which relies… Read More »UC students on Pora case
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