CANTA Magazine

Another Canty student event is shaping up to be a big one as tickets for Tea Party (Stein) went on sale early Thursday morning. By 8.30am the line at the UCSA was out of the building and 3-4 people deep. Hundreds of students braved the brutal wakeup call to ensure they’re part of the end [...]

Technology is a funny thing. You never realise how much you depend on it until it turns on you and bites you in the ass. Hence my frustration when, having the chance to interview the leading man of one of New Zealand’s most entertaining rock bands, the conversation was cut short about 8 minutes through [...]

African warriors mixed with Edwardian princes to create a cultural, culinary and dance extravaganza at the inaugural University of Canterbury Diversity Prom.
Co-president of the University’s 20-Something Club Andrew Phillips said last term’s event was intended to create the opportunity for students of different ethnicities and age groups to bond in a neutral environment and share [...]

Organisers of the the Undie 500 car rally have announced that the event will not be returning to Dunedin in the foreseeable future.
In a joint statement, Canterbury University’s engineering society (ENSOC) and students’ association (UCSA) said the event would no longer run in its current form.
“The importance of our member’s futures means we need to [...]

This year’s éntre prize-giving kicked off to a roaring start as nervous participants entered Christchurch’s spacious Art Gallery entrance.  With $95,000 worth of prizes up for grabs and a speech from Eric Hertz, C.E.O of new mobile company, 2degrees, the event promised to achieve its goal, celebrating student’s entrepreneurship, hard work and ingenuity.
Student run and [...]

For some time now I’ve had a badly kept secret of the darkest and guiltiest variety – slave trade chocolate. Switching to Fairtrade coffee was easy because most of the locally owned roasters source beans from New Zealand charitable organisation Trade Aid. Chocolate however, is something I eat a lot of, so switching to Fairtrade [...]

Press Release
There will be no Student Function at Riccarton Park Racecourse this year. The Club after considerable debate and review has cancelled the event which would have taken place on Saturday September 19th.
Over recent seasons the behaviour of students has been of concern with serious issues involving track invasion, damage to property and a general [...]

New safety requirements by the New Zealand Department of Labour has meant substantial changes to the civil engineering bridge building competition under class ENCL 211. The bridge building competition sees students designing and building a bridge that will hold two students but snap under three students’ weights.
Concerns about the students’ safety has meant that the [...]

Dream much? Ever had that dream that successfully manages to give most people a shock? The dream where you realise you’re naked in a completely public environment and you’re being scrutinised, gossiped about and receiving condescending looks? For some of society, everyday life has been a-likened to that dream. While not all of them would [...]

British reality star Jade Goody was the rough and ready television personality, who rose to fame in the UK version of Big Brother.  Her brash and bawdy personality placed her in the spotlight where she became a regular in UK tabloid press.  And her controversial antics polarised public opinion about her.  However it was Goody’s [...]