25 episodes
Canterbury Workers Educational Association Plains FM
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- Education
Educational lectures, workshops and courses
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Canterbury Workers Educational Association - Backyard Bee Keeping with Gordon Nairn - Part 3
Delve into the wonderful world of beekeeping an find out why bees are so vital to our world. Gordon Nairn is the hive master at the Christchurch Hobiest Bee Keeping Club. In this three part series from his talk at the CWEA Gordon shares his passion for bee keeping and breeding queen bees.
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Canterbury Workers Educational Association - Backyard Bee Keeping with Gordon Nairn - Part 2
Delve into the wonderful world of beekeeping an find out why bees are so vital to our world. Gordon Nairn is the hive master at the Christchurch Hobiest Bee Keeping Club. In this three part series from his talk at the CWEA Gordon shares his passion for bee keeping and breeding queen bees.
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Canterbury Workers Educational Association- Backyard Bee Keeping with Gordon Nairn - Part 1
Delve into the wonderful world of beekeeping an find out why bees are so vital to our world. Gordon Nairn is the hive master at the Christchurch Hobiest Bee Keeping Club. In this three part series from his talk at the CWEA Gordon shares his passion for bee keeping and breeding queen bees.
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Canterbury Workers Educational Association- The Tale of Our Whale from the Canterbury Museum
Assistant Curator of Natural History at the Canterbury Museum, Jonathon Ridden, tells the tale of the Canterbury Museum's blue whale. From being washed to shore at Ōkārito in 1908 to the current renovations here the story of this incredible natural history treasure that has endured for generations.
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Canterbury Workers Educational Association- Oral History from Vinita on being a new migrant and finding community at the CWEA
This programme is part of an oral history from tutors, students and life long learners from Roopu Kaimahi Matauranga o Waitaha, Canterbury Workers Association (CWEA). In this episode Vinita shares how she found a place to belong and give back to the community through her knitting class. This oral history was created as part of the Christchurch Heritage Festival in 2023 with generous funding from the Christchurch City Council's Christchurch Heritage Festival Fund.
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Canterbury Workers Educational Association- Oral History from Peter who's association with the trade union movement first brought him to the CWEA
This programme is part of an oral history from tutors, students and life long learners from Roopu Kaimahi Matauranga o Waitaha, Canterbury Workers Association (CWEA). In this episode Peter talks about how he values the informal learning environment that allows people to be themselves. This oral history was created as part of the Christchurch Heritage Festival in 2023 with generous funding from the Christchurch City Council's Christchurch Heritage Festival Fund.