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Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ)

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GRASSROOTS MUSIC VENUE. Ōtautahi, Aotearoa; Christchurch, New Zealand. Community clubhouse. Venue. Home to @PizzaTrapnz.bsky.social pizzeria, Doki Hair Salon & @03sessions.bsky.social

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Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 4d

I tēnei wiki!

WENEREI: CSS members meeting & movie showing - 6:30pm

TAITEI: Drunk Mums w/ Slim Krusty & Ride On Super Sound DJ’s 7:30pm

PARAIRE: The Art of A Low Hum book release 8pm

HĀTAREI: Adam Hattaway & The Haunters w/ Minnie Robberds 8pm

RĀTAPU: Labour Party event 3pm
Lord Rochester 7pm

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Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 3h

Party Dozen
Incredible!

Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 11h

'Party Dozen' (Australia) playing i tēnei pō/tonight (Paraire/Friday)

Antifane-Marie van Rijn 🟥🟥 @marierijn.bsky.social · Jul 23

Te gek: Party Dozen in De Kromme Haring! By @ekkonl.bsky.social
#PartyDozen

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Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 11h

Āpōpō / tomorrow!!! (Sat)

@badginsanctuary.bsky.social & Leather Jacket Records present the release of the seventh, full-length album by @adamhattaway.bsky.social

'Hot Variety' is arguably their most immediate and unfiltered record yet 💽

Tīkiti/ tix : www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/98291/Ad...

Adam Hattaway & The Haunters @adamhattaway.bsky.social · Jun 6

Tommy Sees Ghosts🦇 out now!

Video by Hēmi Baker

m.youtube.com/watch?v=KH_T...

Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 11h

@adamhattaway.bsky.social @badginsanctuary.bsky.social

Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 11h

Check out DARTZ' music video for 'Paradise' - which won 'NZ On Air Te Taumata o te Ataata | Best Music Video Content' award at the 2025 AMA (Aotearoa Music Awards)

DARTZ - Paradise (official music video)

YouTube video by DARTZ

www.youtube.com

Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 11h

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 18h

2025 Best Rock Artist winners DARTZ are bringing their massive party-punk anthems to Pōneke, Tāmaki Makaurau and Ōtautahi in January 2026!!

Get tickets immediately via UTR 🎸🔥🍻

DARTZ Tiny Summer Tour Announced

2025 Best Rock Artist winners play in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch this January.

www.undertheradar.co.nz

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audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 15h

Ōtautahi Christchurch friends, this is cool!
The Art of A Low Hum (Triple Book Release) is on tonight at Space Academy, with some great acts poerforming.

Also, you can check out our 2-part story on the legendary Blink and his Low Hum ventures:
www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/a-l...

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Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 15h

I tēnei pō (Fri), The Art of A Low Hum celebrates 25 years of A Low Hum with 3 books of art, archives, & colouring in!

Party Dozen
Vanessa Worm
Night Lunch
BWD x bubbi deww
will bring the party to our stage

Doors 8pm - tīkiti: www.alowhum.com/triple-book-...

@pizzatrapnz.bsky.social open 5-8

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Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 1d

!!!

Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 1d

The boys are back in town(s): smokedartz.com/tour

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Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 1d

May it hold

Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 1d

Gaza, you have changed the world forever. A ceasefire is only the beginning, we will continue to fight for your full liberation and your full freedom. A free Palestine is coming. 🇵🇸

Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 1d

Culturally appropriate

Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 1d

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Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 1d

For your viewing pleasure… see what you’re in for:

TOODY COLE – Live at Lollipop Shoppe 2023

YouTube video by szim

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Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 1d

Toody Cole (of Dead Moon) & band, bring that singular gravel rock fire to Space Academy for her Aotearoa tour - joined by Jenny Don’t & The Spurs, the raw rock’n’roll tornado!

See the original mistress of dirt rock or maybe never see anything like it again…

www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/98548/Ro...

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Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 1d

Find Birdlings Flat’s music that thrives on contrasts—bold and understated, blurred and polished, commanding and inviting, right here:

birdlings flat

🎷

birdlingsflat.bandcamp.com

Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 1d

I tēnei pō (Thu), Drunk Mums take the stage from Melbourne w/ āwhina from Slip Krusty & Ride On Super Sound DJ’s!

Doors open 7:30pm - tīkiti here: www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/98115/Dr...

@pizzatrapnz.bsky.social open 5-7:30 for dine in or take away 🫶

Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 2d

Damn

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

We fear what Israel will do to us if they seize our ship. But we are not turning back | Naoise Dolan

Our captured flotilla colleagues have been subjected to violence and degrading conditions in an Israeli prison. This has only made us more determined, says Irish writer Naoise Dolan

www.theguardian.com

Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 2d

Birdlings Flat is the project of Marcus Burton. With one foot in indie folk & the other drifting through alt-pop

Following his debut album "Collection from Second Year", Burton offers something raw & resonant

Āwhina from Amber Carly Williams

25/10 - www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/98767/Bi...

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Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 2d

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 2d

birdlings flat teleports listeners to a fully realised avant-folk world of their own on Collection from Second Year.

Catch the Ōtautahi artist playing at Space Academy on 25th October with Amber Carly Williams! Get tickets via UTR.

Listen to Birdlings Flat's Debut Album 'Collection From Second Year'

Playing at Ōtautahi's Space Academy on 25th October with Amber Carly Williams.

www.undertheradar.co.nz

Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 2d

Time to make the effort e te whānau/ fam
Time to make the effort

This weekend, it's too late

Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 2d

📨You can post your voting papers using the postage paid envelope you should have received in the mail
📨OR you can cast a special vote at the Council if you haven't yet enrolled.

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Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 2d

Police to people aggression on our streets Ōtautahi

PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 2d

Great to see the New Zealand Police haven't allowed themselves to be emboldened by the behaviour of their US counterparts, oh wait
#nzpol

‘Thrown backwards into a garden’: Activists allege rough treatment as police make dozens of arrests

The protesters blockaded the building in an attempt to shut down the National Aerospace Summit.

www.stuff.co.nz

Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 2d

Bend people over railings much?

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 2d

Scores of peace activists have set up a blockade around a convention centre in central Christchurch to protest against an aerospace summit taking place in the city.

Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 2d

🎫🎫🎫 👇

www.undertheradar.co.nz/tour/31002/B...

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