New spaces, big changes

Nofo'anga

Your new Learner Lounge in the Library

We are excited to announce that the new and improved Learner Lounge, Nofo'anga, will be available to all Nelson Campus learners from 6 October. Nofo'anga is Tongan for "a place like home." We would love Nofo'anga to be your home on campus: a place to get comfortable, collaborate, celebrate, and connect. Located right next to the Learner Success Helpdesk in M109, we're excited to hand this space over to our learners.

Learner Lounge: Available 8.30 am - 5.00 pm (Mon-Fri)
Fishbowl: Available 7.00 am - 10.00 pm (Every day)

This new space has had a lot of love put into it, including new flooring, paint, and a revamped student kitchen area. You'll notice that some of the older equipment hasn't reached M Block: for now, some will stay in Ake Ake. We'd like to know how you'd like to see your Nofo'anga evolve.

We're excited to share this space with you and see how you use it. To celebrate the new space and Mental Health Awareness Week, the Wellbeing and Learner Success teams will run lunchtime events from 6 October. These events will focus on creating a new home in Nofo'anga, and on the Five Ways to Wellbeing:

• Connect
• Keep Learning
• Give
• Take notice
• Be active

More details on this will go up on our digital screens in the coming weeks. Keep an eye out.