Kingitanga Day 2017

今週[こんしゅう]の木曜日(9月14日)、ワイカト大学で、キンギタンガ・デーというイベントがあります。今年で9年目です。誰[だれ]でも来ることができます。詳[くわ]しくは(= for details)このページを見てください。ぜひ、ワイカト大学に来てください! We will have an event called Kīngitanga Day this Thursday (14 September 2017).  Kīngitanga Day, now in its ninth year, is an annual event that honours our special relationships  with Kīngitanga and Waikato-Tainuiand and celebrates the University’s unique identity, distinctive culture and leadership. ALL WELCOME; so please have a look at this […]

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春遠からじ3 Spring is just around the corner…3

ニュージーランドでは、9月1日から春[はる]が始[はじ]まると考[かんが]えられています(= to be thought)。8月も今日で終わり、まさに、春遠[とお]からじ(= not so far)です。 上の写真[しゃしん]は、今朝[けさ]撮[と]りました。プラムの木です。 People in New Zealand think spring starts on the 1st of September. August is almost over and yes, indeed, spring is just around the corner… I took the above photo this mroning; this is a prum tree.

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Free Japanese film showing in July 2017

We will show another film this Thursday. Please come along! FREE Japanese film showing in July 2017 Date: Thursday 20 July 2017 Time: 7:00 PM – 8:50 PM Location: L3 Contact: athena.chambers@waikato.ac.nz Website: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/about/school-of-arts/languages/japanese-film-showings Free Admission! No booking required! English Subtitles! ALL WELCOME. ‘Osaka Hamlet’ Director: Fujiro Mitsuishi Cast: Keiko Matsuzaka, Ittoku Kishibe 2009 | […]

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Free Japanese film showing – June 2017

FREE Japanese film showing in June 2017 Date: Thursday 22 June 2017 Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location: L3 Contact: athena.chambers@waikato.ac.nz Website: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/about/school-of-arts/languages/japanese-film-showings Free Admission! No booking required! English Subtitles! ALL WELCOME. “BAKUMAN。” © 2015 “BAKUMAN。” Film Partners Director: Hitoshi Ohne Cast: Takeru Sato, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shota Sometani 2014 | 120min. | PG What […]

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ニュージーランドの新聞の中の日本、続き Japan that appears in a New Zealand newspaper continued

動物園[どうぶつえん](= zoo)に行かなくても、ニュージーランドではハリネズミが見られます。下の写真は、先週[せんしゅう]家[いえ]に帰[かえ]る途中[とちゅう]で(= on the way home)撮[と]りました。 You do not have to go to a zoo to see hedgehogs in New Zealand! I took the following photo last week on the way home…

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