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Kai for Octacan 2025
Kai for Octacan 2025, Presbyterian Support Otago’s major winter food drive, is holding their annual collection day just before the shortest day of the year on Thursday 19 June, as we look forward to Matariki – the Māori New Year, which is the time of year when harvest would traditionally have happened.
Help your community gather and secure food for those who are grappling with the impact of hardship by donating cans of food to help re-stock Dunedin’s busiest foodbank.
Matariki is important as it signifies our connection to food resources and the environments they can be found in. Five of the Matariki stars are connected to areas of our environment where food is harvested. This year the Octacan team will again be arranging donated cans into the shape of the Matariki cluster, and each star will represent a particular food group.
Getting involved is easy! Donate online at psotago.org.nz/octacan or start gathering cans and coins. Donation drop-offs can be made at the Family Works Foodbank, 407 Moray Place, Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 5pm or in the Lower Octagon 7.30am – 2pm, on Thursday 19 June 2025.
Stitch Kitchen
Stitch Kitchen is a community sewing studio with sewing machines, public classes, and a huge collection of fabrics, patterns and sewing supplies available to help you with mending, upcycling, costume making and more! Time banking and volunteer opportunities are available, PLUS an education discount - all students and educators receive 15% off all full-priced items. Check our their website www.stitchkitchen.nz or get in touch to book a machine, or drop in at 474 Princes Street, Wednesday - Saturday from 12 - 4pm.
Creative Wellbeing at Artsenta
Artsenta is a creative space for tangata whaiora - people seeking wellbeing. They provide a safe and supportive environment for anyone 17 years or older accessing support for a mental health or addiction issue, to be creative in artistic mediums. They provide free materials and equipment as well as expert help and support. Check out their website at artsenta.org or drop into their space at 462 Princes Street, Monday-Friday between 9am-4pm to find out more.
Dunedin Curtain Bank
Are you struggling to stay warm? Curtains make a significant difference to the warmth of a home; a third of all heat loss in an un-insulated home occurs through windows. Even double-glazed windows let out more heat than un-insulated walls. The Dunedin Curtain Bank is a community organization that up-cycles unwanted and unused curtains, lines them, and distributes them to those in need for just $5 per pair. Located at 174 Princes Street, they also accept donations of usable curtains for distribution.
Thursdays in Black
Thursdays in Black is a student-led movement working towards a world free from sexual violence, and runs events raising awareness and providing education around the issue of sexual violence on campus. Sexual violence is a significant problem on tertiary campuses, but a different reality is possible. All students and staff of the University of Otago are invited to stand together, and wear all black, some black, or a Thursdays in Black badge, every Thursday to show support and solidarity for survivors of sexual violence. The way to change statistics about sexual violence is to: see, acknowledge, understand and address these issues. If you would like to get more involved, message the Thursdays In Black Facebook page or email tibotago@gmail.com.
OUSA $4 Lunches
OUSA $4 lunches are served weekdays from 12 - 2pm in the Evison Lounge at OUSA's Clubs and Societies Centre on 84 Albany Street. There's ample seating available for those that want to eat in, or you can bring along a container and have takeaways. This is a grassroots program brought to you by Tandooree Garden. Payment is via EFTPOS/CREDIT as you enter or cash at the kitchen. The $4 lunch is vegetarian and there are dairy-free and gluten-free options available.
Re:Store
Looking to buy things you need while helping a good cause? ReStore on the corner of Gordon and Vogel Streets is there if you’re looking for something a little different, retro or cheaper including clothes, kitchenware, furniture, books and more. Make your income go further by shopping with ReStore which helps raise money for the Malcam Charitable Trust and for Habitat For Humanity.
