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SBS Christchurch marathon
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Gym in a suitcase
A traveller's guide to keeping fit and healthy eating in Christchurch. Information on fitness facilities, swimming pools, mixed and women only gyms and health clubs. Includes guide to healthy eating, vegetarian, and organic.

WorkSite PaeMahi
WorkSite combines the resources of a number of Government agencies to help users make decisions about work. Includes information about education and training, career planning, finding work, finding employees and establishing and operating a business as well as publications and other information about working in New Zealand.

The Body Global Festival of Global dance and culture

July 24 - August 3

The Body Global will feature performers in a wide variety of styles on stage - and it also gives people the chance to actively participate in dance. The themed workshops and performances have a different culture in focus each day.

Some of the styles you can try:
Sun 27 July - Middle Eastern Mediterranean - Flamenco, belly dancing, and the exotic veil dance
Mon 28 July - Pacific - Breakdancing, M.C.ing, and Freestyling - get your moves hotted up for the Hip Hop Summit in Auckland (Fri 10 - Sat 11 October)
Tues 29 July - Maori - Poi, Tirakau, and kapahaka
Weds 30 July - Latin - Tango
Fri 1 Aug - Asian Indian - Indian Bollywood style
Sat 2 Aug - WISE (Welsh Irish Scottish English) - Morris dancing

The Body Global website gives full information on events.

Other dance related events have formed an exciting part of the Arts Festival:
Estampas Portenas from Argentina is a hot Tango show
Groove is in the Art - DJs take control of the TV One Pavilion in Victoria Square

If you want to know more about dance in Christchurch and Canterbury, localeye's dancing category is the one start shop and a search in Cinch (Community Information Christchurch) on dance will show up more dance groups and classes. Highland dancing, ballet, jazz dance, Ceroc, round dance, ballroom, ballet, folk, and Latin - there are any number of ways to express yourself.

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Professional & Trade Associations

localeye has a category listing Professional and trade associations. A variety of professions and trades are represented. The websites of these associations are a good source of relevant news and information. One of the more recent additions to localeye is the organisation Women in Technology. WIT aims to support and enable women in technology to reach their career and personal goals.

Medicine and health are well represented in this category. The New Zealand Medical Association site has information for doctors and patients. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation site raises current issues affecting nurses.

Associations linked to trades, the hospitality industry, education, and training can be found under this heading, as can links to union websites.