Hi guys,
Welcome back to semester two. We are looking at starting the semester with a bang, so first week back we thought we could hit up the international film festival - We were planning to head to 'Secrets of the tribe' on Wednesday 21 July.
We will meet at Mezze bar at 7:30 for hot chocolate and a quick look at what is coming up this semester. The film starts at 8:30 so we will head to the Academy cinemas just past 8. It will be $12 for student tickets and $14 for non students - bring anyone who will be interested!
See the links below for all the required details!!
Meeze Bar - http://www.mezzebar.co.nz/location.htm
Academy Cinemas - http://www.academycinemas.co.nz/
Secrets of the tribe - http://nzff.co.nz/n8794.html?region=2
International Film Festival - http://nzff.co.nz/home
Hope to see you all there!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Spanish Speaking
Hey guys,
As we previously mentioned, Steph and I won't be available to come this week to run a film, so LAIFS will be having a spanish speaking week. We understand that many of you are getting into the frantic stages of the semester with final tests and assignments and so may not be able to attend. However, we do highlight how great this opportunity is for those of you studying spanish this semester and may have oral exams coming up. This is an ideal time to practice and prepare for those exams - in a relaxed environment, which generally helps the language flow.
We suggest that you meet as usual around 5pm at Mezze Bar on little high st, though if there are a group of you meeting elsewhere, please reply to this to let people know!! Cheers.
Saludos y suerte a todos!!
As we previously mentioned, Steph and I won't be available to come this week to run a film, so LAIFS will be having a spanish speaking week. We understand that many of you are getting into the frantic stages of the semester with final tests and assignments and so may not be able to attend. However, we do highlight how great this opportunity is for those of you studying spanish this semester and may have oral exams coming up. This is an ideal time to practice and prepare for those exams - in a relaxed environment, which generally helps the language flow.
We suggest that you meet as usual around 5pm at Mezze Bar on little high st, though if there are a group of you meeting elsewhere, please reply to this to let people know!! Cheers.
Saludos y suerte a todos!!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Los ninos de Rusia
Hola amigos,
This week we will be watching a film again. We realise this is slightly out of pattern, but this is because next week steph and I cannot attend and therefore we'll have a spanish speaking group that week.
So this week, we'll be back in Arts 1, Room 206 to learn a little bit about the Spanish Civil War, by watching Los ninos de Rusia (The Children of Russia).
Los niños de Rusia [videorecording] / un film de Jaime Camino ; During the Spanish Civil War, 3 million children were evacuated to the Soviet Union and many never returned home.
Hope to see you all there!
Fiona
P.S this will mean that week 12 will be our last film viewing week. If anyone has a burning desire to watch anything in particular, please do not hesitate to let us know!!
This week we will be watching a film again. We realise this is slightly out of pattern, but this is because next week steph and I cannot attend and therefore we'll have a spanish speaking group that week.
So this week, we'll be back in Arts 1, Room 206 to learn a little bit about the Spanish Civil War, by watching Los ninos de Rusia (The Children of Russia).
Los niños de Rusia [videorecording] / un film de Jaime Camino ; During the Spanish Civil War, 3 million children were evacuated to the Soviet Union and many never returned home.
Hope to see you all there!
Fiona
P.S this will mean that week 12 will be our last film viewing week. If anyone has a burning desire to watch anything in particular, please do not hesitate to let us know!!
Friday, April 16, 2010
Hola
We were hoping to attend the below seminar as a group. Kathryn Lehman will be translating so the main talk will be in a majority of Spanish. We are going to meet at 5 (like normal) on campus to speak Spanish among ourselves before heading over. Fi and Steph will be at the Tables in the foyer level 1 of the business school from 5 (that way if people
want to eat or drink we can head up to spicers (level 3)).
Looking forward to seeing you all again
Seminar Brought to you by UNYANZ:
Dr Edine von Herold Duarte, MP of the Costa Rican Congress:
"Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Disarmament for Development"
Wednesday 21 April, 6:00pm
University of Auckland,
22 Princes Street - Clock Tower - Lecture Theatre
Key Topics for Discussion
(a) nuclear weapons abolition
(b) disarmament for development
(c) the Depleted Uranium issue, especially as New Zealand has not yet
banned such weapons.
About Dr Edine von Herold Duarte
As an MP in the Costa Rican Congress, Dr von Herold has passed a number of bills adopted by the Costa Rican legislature including one to prohibit Depleted Uranium weapons manufacture in its Free Trade Zones. She has been appointed onto the Global Council for Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Disarmament (PNND). At von Herold's proposal, the entire Costa Rican Parliament has voted to endorse a declaration in support of a nuclear weapons convention.
About Costa Rica's Peace Initiatives
Costa Rica has a number of international peace initiatives – abolition of armies, disarmament for development (implementing Article 26 of the UN Charter), promotion of a Nuclear Weapons Convention, regional restrictions on small arms and light weapons, as well as a global arms trade treaty. They have also just adopted legislation banning Depleted Uranium weapons.
Please contact Wilson Chau if you have any questions regarding this event: auckland.uni@unyanz.co.nz
Event brought to you by BANG: Ban All Nukes Generation Aotearoa and the United Nations Youth Association of New Zealand.
want to eat or drink we can head up to spicers (level 3)).
Looking forward to seeing you all again
Seminar Brought to you by UNYANZ:
Dr Edine von Herold Duarte, MP of the Costa Rican Congress:
"Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Disarmament for Development"
Wednesday 21 April, 6:00pm
University of Auckland,
22 Princes Street - Clock Tower - Lecture Theatre
Key Topics for Discussion
(a) nuclear weapons abolition
(b) disarmament for development
(c) the Depleted Uranium issue, especially as New Zealand has not yet
banned such weapons.
About Dr Edine von Herold Duarte
As an MP in the Costa Rican Congress, Dr von Herold has passed a number of bills adopted by the Costa Rican legislature including one to prohibit Depleted Uranium weapons manufacture in its Free Trade Zones. She has been appointed onto the Global Council for Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Disarmament (PNND). At von Herold's proposal, the entire Costa Rican Parliament has voted to endorse a declaration in support of a nuclear weapons convention.
About Costa Rica's Peace Initiatives
Costa Rica has a number of international peace initiatives – abolition of armies, disarmament for development (implementing Article 26 of the UN Charter), promotion of a Nuclear Weapons Convention, regional restrictions on small arms and light weapons, as well as a global arms trade treaty. They have also just adopted legislation banning Depleted Uranium weapons.
Please contact Wilson Chau if you have any questions regarding this event: auckland.uni@unyanz.co.nz
Event brought to you by BANG: Ban All Nukes Generation Aotearoa and the United Nations Youth Association of New Zealand.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Uni Break
Hola...
Just a reminder that due to the university break we are also having a break this week and next week. We are planning on continuing with our Spanish speaking club the first Wednesday back (21st April) - most likely at Mezze Bar again. Keep an eye here for confirmation of details closer to the time.
Felices Pascuas a todos!!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Hola a todos!!
This Wednesday we are heading back for our second movie screening. Weare watching Venezuelan Film - El Sistema. We will start the filmaround 5:20 in Arts 206.
‘El Sistema’ is a network of children’s and youth orchestras, musiccentres and workshops in Venezuela, in which more than 250,000children and young people are currently learning to play aninstrument.It was set up over thirty years ago by José Antonio Abreu, who wasdriven by the utopian vision of a better future. In the dangerous andpoverty-stricken shanty towns of Caracas, Abreu lifts children out ofpoverty through music, changing both people and structures. The story,which has all the makings of a fairytale, is the extraordinary accountof a vision that has become reality. Several of the system’s younggraduates now rank amongst the most coveted young talent in Europe -the most prominent being the 26-year-old conductor Gustavo Dudamel andthe double bass player Edicson Ruiz, who at the age of 17 became theyoungest musician ever to join the Berlin Philharmonic.
The film ‘El Sistema’ shows how Abreu’s astonishing ideas have led theway out of the vicious circle of poverty - and how the power of musichas been able to change the lives of hundreds of thousands of youngpeople.Check it out on http://www.el-sistema-film.com/
See you thereLAIFS
This Wednesday we are heading back for our second movie screening. Weare watching Venezuelan Film - El Sistema. We will start the filmaround 5:20 in Arts 206.
‘El Sistema’ is a network of children’s and youth orchestras, musiccentres and workshops in Venezuela, in which more than 250,000children and young people are currently learning to play aninstrument.It was set up over thirty years ago by José Antonio Abreu, who wasdriven by the utopian vision of a better future. In the dangerous andpoverty-stricken shanty towns of Caracas, Abreu lifts children out ofpoverty through music, changing both people and structures. The story,which has all the makings of a fairytale, is the extraordinary accountof a vision that has become reality. Several of the system’s younggraduates now rank amongst the most coveted young talent in Europe -the most prominent being the 26-year-old conductor Gustavo Dudamel andthe double bass player Edicson Ruiz, who at the age of 17 became theyoungest musician ever to join the Berlin Philharmonic.
The film ‘El Sistema’ shows how Abreu’s astonishing ideas have led theway out of the vicious circle of poverty - and how the power of musichas been able to change the lives of hundreds of thousands of youngpeople.Check it out on http://www.el-sistema-film.com/
See you thereLAIFS
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Hola a todos,
This week (Wednesday 24th) we will be having our first casual spanish speaking get-together at Mezze Bar/Cafe in Little High St - so be ready to brush up on your Spanish over a glass of sangria (or what ever your hearts desire) with a great group of native and non-native speakers!!
We welcome people with ALL levels of Spanish (new and existing members too).
A group of us will meet outside the general library on campus between 5 and 5.10pm, to head down to Mezze Bar together. If you are coming later, feel free to meet us there!! Contact us on 0276646676 should you get lost or have any quieres :)
Nos Vemos Pronto!
This week (Wednesday 24th) we will be having our first casual spanish speaking get-together at Mezze Bar/Cafe in Little High St - so be ready to brush up on your Spanish over a glass of sangria (or what ever your hearts desire) with a great group of native and non-native speakers!!
We welcome people with ALL levels of Spanish (new and existing members too).
A group of us will meet outside the general library on campus between 5 and 5.10pm, to head down to Mezze Bar together. If you are coming later, feel free to meet us there!! Contact us on 0276646676 should you get lost or have any quieres :)
Nos Vemos Pronto!
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