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Tuesday, 31 May 2016

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NZ Music Month

Monday, 2 May, 10:15 AM » Tuesday, 31 May, 11:55 PM
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Find out more from the official website. Over 800 events are listed in the gig guide!

Go to: NZ Music Month

Youth Week: Giving Back is Giving Forward

Monday, 23 May, 9:00 AM » Wednesday, 1 June, 4:00 PM
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Poster for Youth Week, Giving Back is Giving Forward, Campus events

Samoan Language Week

Sunday, 29 May, 12:00 AM » Saturday, 4 June, 11:55 PM
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Find out more from the Human Rights Commission's website.

Sei (flower in hair) image for Samoan Language Week

A “SEI” is a flower that may be worn behind the ear or as a hair adornment. 

Gagana Sāmoa – Sāmoan Language

Here are some phrases that you might like to try this week:

Tālofa : Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Hello etc

Tālofa Lava : Greetings Indeed

O ā mai oe? : How are you?

Manuia fa’afetai : Fine, thank you

Ioe : yes

Leai : no

Fa’amolemole : Please

Fa’afetai : Thank you

Mālō : Well done

Calendar of Events in the Wellington Region, updated by the Ministry of Pacific Peoples: Calendar of Events

World Smoke Free Day

Tuesday, 31 May, 12:00 AM
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Writing competition due 31 May

Tuesday, 31 May, 12:00 AM
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111 Emergency Words — flash fiction competition

Entries are open now!

 The popular student-run literary competition at Whitireia is back. This year it's open to all of New Zealand.

There are several cash prizes — and winners will be decided by online vote. As ever, we hope new and established writers will rub shoulders.  

How to enter:

Write a piece of flash fiction — exactly 111 words long — themed around one of these categories: 'Fire; 'Police' or 'Ambulance'. (You may be abstract or literal, but the connection should be clear.)

Nine semi-finalists will be chosen in each of those three categories, and published online for public voting.

Votes will determine two runners-up and one winner in each category.

The winners and runners-up will then be re-published online for one last round of public voting to find the overall 111 Emergency Words winner.

Deadline: 31 May

Minimum prizes:

Each category winner: $60

Each category runner-up: $40

Overall winner: $80 on top of previous prize

Spot prizes may also be awarded.

To enter and read submission guidelines, head to https://111emergencywords.wordpress.com/

(Note — you retain all copyright in your entries.)

Porirua Campus: Paramedic Mass Casualty Exercise

Tuesday, 31 May, 12:00 PM » 4:00 PM
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Paramedic mass casualty exercise on campus Tuesday 31st of May 2016 
 
The Paramedic programme will be running a mass casualty incident exercise next Tuesday 31st May on Porirua campus from 12pm to 4pm. The first year students will be playing the role of patients, and will have casualty make-up applied to look like trauma victims (fake blood, prosthetic wounds, etc.). They will be acting as if they had been involved in a real disaster; screaming in pain, wondering around looking confused and frightened, etc. 
The scenario will be set up in D335, in the adjacent small rooms, in the basketball court next to the garage where the Training Ambulance is parked, and in the garage itself. If the weather is poor, we may be using indoor spaces which include the Learning Street in the Wk building, some of the downstairs classrooms in Wk, and Wk140 and 140B (the high-fidelity clinical labs). If the weather is good, more of the scenario will be run outdoors on the grass and concrete areas.
Please do not be alarmed if you see people walking around looking injured during these hours. There will be a number of Paramedic tutors around who will be easily identifiable; if you’re in any doubt, then don’t hesitate to approach one of them to confirm that what you’re seeing is part of the exercise and not a real emergency.