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General montly social event guide (subject to change):
January / February - Icecream in
the park and welcome party
March - St Patricks Day
celebrations
April - Easter Party
May - Challenge Cup - e.g. Pub
quiz
June - Mid-Winter Celebrations
July - MADSCI Summer Studentship
Party (showcasing new projects of on offer)
August - Challenge Cup - e.g.
Cranium
September - Themed food e.g.
Asian food
October - Oktoberfest
November - Challnge Cup - e.g.
The Amazing Race
December - Icecream in the park
and end of year celebration
Monthly PhD Student Morning Teas:
Once a month we get together for free biscuits, tea & coffee for a chat about
our PhD journeys with other PhD students. This opens up a chance to share your
challenges and triumphs with your fellow students and catch up with fellow
students and friends at the FMHS. All FMHS PhD students are welcome
to attend. Watch out for monthly emails advising the day and time
to come along. Bring a mug!
Seasonal Academic Style Morning Teas:
A couple of times during the year the FMHS-PGSA hosts morning teas where speakers are invited
to talk bout issues directly related to postgraduate students at the FMHS. For
example a past topic was "Career paths in academia, how the big guns got there".
Of course there is some free food and drink at the event. All postgraduate
students and staff welcome. Keep an eye out for FMHS-PGSA emails about the
academic morning teas for more information.
Past events:
View past Challenge Cup winners.
2009
Oktoberfest
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16th October 2009
Student Study Room
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Pub Quiz
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August 2009
Student Study Room |
Mariokart Wii Challenge
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29th May 2009
Student Study Room
The Challenge Cup was up for grabs, with departments taking each other on in a battle
of the Wii controller. Delicious sushi sponsored by Nunc.
Congratulations to the Department of Medicine for winning the Cup.
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Late Easter Festivities
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24th April 2009
Student Study Room
Our very own Easter bunny! With sponsoring from Roche, students enjoyed the late
easter festivities with the return of hot pizzas, drinks and chocolate eggs.
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Chocolate Fountain Day
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27th March 2009
Student Study Room
Our most anticipated annual chocolate fountain is back! With Merck as our sponsor,
we welcomed the "innocent noobs" and "not-so-innocent wise" students as well as
staff with free food and drinks.
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International Polar Bear Day
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27th Febrary 2009
Auckland Domain
Our polar bear mascot went missing! But that didn't stop the postgrads (and some
over-enthusiastic undergrads) from winning movie tickets and of course - ice cream!
Thanks to Global Science for their generosity!
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Ice-cream in the Park
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30th January 2009
Auckland Domain
Big thanks to Sigma-Aldrich for saving our postgraduate students from the heat with
cold ice-cream on a hot summer day!! Some of us ignored the heat and played softball/soccer;
while some started a water fight!
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2008
Amazing Race Challenge
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21st November 2008
Outhwaite Park, Carlton Gore Road
The final challenge of 2008. Despite a slight hiccup with the route and having to
do impromtu relays instead, the Bone lab emerged as the challenge winner (again!)
It was a sunny afternoon with the BBQ waiting for participants+spectators at the
start/finish line.
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Oktoberfest
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17th October 2008
Student Common Room
We present to you a mini-Oktoberfest right here in med school! Thanks to BioRad
for their meat platters from authentic german butchery! Great feedback.
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Asian Food Festival
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19th September 2008
Student Common Room
We celebrated the end of the 2008 Beijing Olympics with our famous Asian Food Festival!
A big thank you to our sponsor, In Vitro Technologies, for their sushi platter!
There was a wide variety of food - from shrimp dumplings, spring rolls to egg roll,
moon cake and onion ring snacks. A huge turnout!
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Cranium 2 Challenge Cup
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15th August 2008
Student Common Room
Cranium is back! This year 6 teams battled it out and Biomed Honours chamption team
proved to everyone that they may still be in the transition year but they have the
brains of postgraduates! A big welcome to the CMHSE team, first time entrants!
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MADSCI 2008
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25th July 2008
Student Common Room
The return of our MADSCI 2008 congregation! Summer studentships were advertised
and eager undergraduates were given the opportunity to ask postgrads about their
research lives. All the students kept up with the tradition - finishing 50 pizzas
in one go!
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June Winter Warmer
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27th June 2008
Student Common Room
This winter has been raining cats and dogs... hail, lightning/thunder, flooding,
mini-tornado - what else? We drowned our cold miseries out with hot food like tacos,
chips, sausage rolls, pies and most importantly - the alcoholic beverages and hot
chocolate!
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Wii Tennis Challenge Cup
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23rd May 2008
Student Common Room
Congratulations to the 2008 virtual tennis champion... Department of Anatomy with
Radiology!! All the alcohol and pizzas disappeared within minutes, and everyone
showed off their tennis skills on the Nintendo Wii console.
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Celebrating Kiwiana
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24th April 2008
Student Common Room
Pavlova, hokey pokey ice cream, ANZAC biscuits, L&P, pineapple lumps etc! What
better way to celebrate Kiwiana life by having famous NZ food!
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Extending Easter
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28th March 2008
Student Common Room
Our first social function of 2008! We welcomed everyone back with our famous chocolate
fountain! Congratulations to Jie for winning the raffle!
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2007
Petanque Challenge Cup +
Xmas BBQ Party
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23rd November 2007
Outhwaite Park
We had tons of fun playing petanque on a sunny afternoon! The Department of Medicine
(Bone lab), the defending champions, again defeated 7 other teams and took the Challenge
Cup home!!
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Halloween Party
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19th October 2007
Manaakitia Room
Heaps of lollies and chips and alcohol! Everyone agreed that Cherrie's scaaaaaaaary
makeup/costume/poses deserved the grand prize! Prizes also went to Melanie and Rex
for their poses.
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International Food Festival
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14th September 2007
Manaakitia Room
A lot of effort went into preparing our 1st International Food Festival (thanks
to Deepa and Naomi). The foods spanned 5 continents, ranging from Chinese Moon cake
and homemade Japanese sushi, to Italian antipasto and South African Koek sisters.
The multicultural atmosphere was heightened with music and displays from around
the world.
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AGM + Winter Challenge Cup (Wine, Beer and Cheese Tasting Competition)
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17th August 2007
Manaakitia Room
After a brief report from our President and Treasurer on the year's progress, we
had an exciting Challenge Cup where 9 teams from different departments fought it
out to see who could distinguish the most white wines, red wines, beers and cheeses.
The finals saw a close battle between MMP and Medicine to see who could distinguish
between coke, diet coke, coke zero, pepsi and caffeine-free diet coke. Medicine
proved to be the best team on the day. Congratulations!!
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MADSCI 2007
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20th July 2007
Manaakitia Room
There was a great turnout, from postgrads and undergrads alike! Undergrad students
had the chance to ask about postgrad life, and also some supervisors were available
to discuss summer studentship/Honours/Masters opportunities. The 45 pizzas we ordered
disappeared almost instantly! The enthusiasm of this new generation is to be commended,
and their eagerness for free food makes them ideal PhD candidates!
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Queen's Birthday Party
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1st June 2007
Manaakitia Room
Everyone brought their mugs along to enjoy some traditional tea and baked scones!
To suit our British theme, we even provided fish fingers and hot chips. Of course
the usual beer, wine and nibbles go without saying.
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Autumn Challenge Cup- Thinking on your feet (Impromptu presentations)
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11th May 2007
Manaakitia Room
Departments got their teams together again for the triannual Challenge Cup. Each
member of a team took a turn at giving a brief talk about a slide they had never
seen before, while each team had to stick to their designated theme, no matter how
random the slide was. They were also judged on humour,originality and flow. We are
very grateful for the members of the city-PGSA Board who came to be judges to avoid
bias. In the end, Anatomy took the Cup home for the 2nd time in a row!
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Post-Easter drinks
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19th April 2007
Manaakitia Room
Easter eggs, sausage rolls, wine and beer for everyone!! Congratulations to Ally
from Ophthalmology and Colin from Anatomy for winning the spot prizes for being
the best-dressed bunnies!!
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1st Friday Postgraduate Forum 2007
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30th March 2007
Manaakitia Room
A relaxing Friday afternoon with free wine, beer and sausage rolls!! Thanks to everyone
who gave feedback and suggestions for future events!
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FMHS-PGSA Welcome Function 2007
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16th March 2007
Manaakitia Room
A great turnout from new and "not so new" postgrad students. Everyone enjoyed the
free snacks and drinks, and of course, the CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN!!
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2006
Xmas BBQ + Summer Challenge Cup (Crazy Relays)
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22nd November 2006
Outhwaite Park
Challenge cup winners: Anatomy with Radiology
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