Learning Centres

Kia ora Christchurch FGC! Our next local is this Sunday from 10am at Rārākau Centre - Riccarton. That'll be $5, please 😤 start.gg/fmc26-6

Great turnout for our weekend Play Testing event at Tūranga library helping showcase our loca Game Developerl talent! @CHCHGameDev @NZ_Esports_ @Makerspaces_com @AftershockFgc great collaboration.

Great to have the local Fighting Games crew participating next to our High School Valorant Esports tournament. Great community event @AftershockFgc @MoirMan83 @UCGamingGuild @akatsuki_akira1 @ideekaynz @NZ_Esports_

Kia ora folks! A TO's job is never done 🫡 We're running a Smash Ultimate Tournament and Freeplay session alongside PB Tech's 'Come Play Event' at Tūrunga Library from 10am. No sign-ups, just come through! @chchLibLearning @pbtecheducation

All the new recruits from our #techweek2026 Aotearoa Aerospace Academy school programme. @Makerspaces_com @Christchurch_NZ @MandyNZ @RocketLab @ucaerospacenz @WiljDekkers

Really exciting to be running an Aerospace STEM activity at Library today. Great science based education for #techweek2026 @Makerspaces_com @WiljDekkers @MandyNZ @GCSNinAction @Christchurch_NZ @RocketLab @KeaAerospace

Awesome Rangatahi from Recreate - an org who provide holiday fun for young people with disabilities. Great use case for the social gaming aspect of our Esports facility. Smile says it all! @NZ_Esports_ @MoirMan83 @Makerspaces_com @pbtecheducation @WiljDekkers @AftershockFgc

Loving how we at Libraries can use this great #VR equipment to enrich the lives of our seniors. Many thanks @RendeverHealth for the platform. It was awesome to see these folks laughing at the experience! @Makerspaces_com @WiljDekkers @publiclibnews @L2_S2S #SeniorCitizens

Awesome having Esports Ōtautahi managing the gaming stage at #Armageddon this weekend! Bit of Marvel Rivals! Head down it's massive. Thanks to @pbtecheducation @NZ_Esports_ & @MoirMan83 @WiljDekkers @AftershockFgc @Makerspaces_com

Our Rārākau Esports space going great. Highlights of our Latest Rocket League Open. Young &Old competing and having a great time! Thanks @pbtechnz & @pbtecheducation! @MoirMan83 @WiljDekkers @NZ_Esports_ @UCGamingGuild @JotterB1t @AftershockFgc @AHOMango @ideekaynz #SocialGaming

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My coworker ended her five-year marriage over something most people would probably call “small.” She told me that in their home, she naturally took on the chores. She cooked. She did the laundry. She kept things running. It wasn’t something they formally discussed... it just became the routine. And she went along with it. Then she got sick. Not just a light cold... the kind where your body feels heavy and even standing up is exhausting. For once, she couldn’t function the way she usually did. That evening, her husband came home, saw the laundry basket, and separated his clothes from hers. He washed only his. Later, he made himself dinner, plated it, and ate. When she asked if he could make something simple for her too, he replied, “I’m exhausted. I don’t have the energy.” She said it wasn’t even the words that hurt. It was the absence of instinct. The absence of care. The fact that helping her didn’t occur to him automatically the way serving him had always occurred to her. That night, lying there sick and hungry, she realized she wasn’t in a partnership. She was in an arrangement where her labor was expected, but his effort was optional. People think love disappears in dramatic arguments or explosive fights. But sometimes it fades in moments like that... when someone watches you struggle and chooses convenience over compassion.

A "virtual" experience at a "real" Team Building exercise at the Library today. This was the @RendeverHealth "Winged-Flight" experience. Still great engagement to be had with VR & AR. We have 8 of these. Who is keen? @Makerspaces_com @WiljDekkers @Mr_Liu17 @L2_S2S @lightshow

We love upcycling. An innovative Rec & Sport swim instructor works in Library makerspace to laser cut trophies from old EVA foam kick boards. Learning new skills & less landfill. @Makerspaces_com @ChristchurchCC @WiljDekkers @L2_S2S @Mr_Liu17 #reuse

Awesome to have community based free 3D Print workshops at our Rārākau Esports & tech hub. Huge thanks to @pbtecheducation & @Creality3dP @CrealityCloud for the amazing support. @Makerspaces_com @WiljDekkers @L2_S2S

So priveleged to be able to follow this Canterbury Special Olympics BBall crew o their journey. Silver Medalists!!!! Pictured with the winners. Great sportspeople! Parakiore awesome venue! @SpecialOlympics @ChristchurchCC @Mr_Liu17 #CommunityFirst

Great athletes part of a great team of athletes from Ōtautahi competing in Special Olympics. @ChristchurchCC

Happy students from Te Komanawa - Rowley school taking part in a #Minecraft build challenge at Tūranga Library. 160 students involved in this awesome design & build project. Thanks to @WiljDekkers for the massive effort! & @MoirMan83 for support @Makerspaces_com @L2_S2S

Honoured to be able to watch our Canterbury Special Olympics BBall team today at the amazing Parakiore facility. Two wins so far!!! @Mr_Liu17 @L2_S2S @SpecialOlympics @ChristchurchCC @WiljDekkers

All the AV training in the library makerspace put to practice as high school students interview Special Olympics athletes. Great story with impact all round. Games begin this week! @Makerspaces_com @Mr_Liu17 @SpecialOlympics @ChristchurchCC @WiljDekkers #CommunitySupport

One of the more special projects that we have been working on so far. So excited to be supporting this amazing team. @SpecialOlympics @chchLibLearning