Coming up...
Watch this space for info about our next events and displays.
If you have an idea for something mathsy you'd love to see or collab with us for, let us know!
You can read what sorts of things we've got up to previously below.
Mathapoetica: Mathematical Poetry Workshop
Join us at the CWEA on Sunday 3rd August for an exciting three-hour workshop exploring the poetry of mathematics and the maths of poetry. All backgrounds and levels of experience are welcome, from maths-phobic poets to mathematicians who’ve never seen a sonnet!
Delivered in collaboration with the Canterbury Poets’ Collective.
Show Your Working
Christchurch City Libraries Speaker Series @ Tūranga
This November, come along to a night of presentations by professionals about the interesting ways they use maths in their work. Featuring:
How Surveyors use Maths by Phil Dewar and Alex Liggett
Statistics: The Backbone of the Global Seed Industry by Kelly Evans
Software Engineering for Geoscientists by Kelsey Vavasour
🗓️ 6:00PM – 7:00PM, Thursday, November 13, 2025
📍TSB Space, Level 1 Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square
Nerd Nite #39: For the love of maths
This April Fools Day, Mathateca are collaborating with Nerd Nite Christchurch to bring you an evening of entertaining talks in a pub about the maths behind juggling, human anatomy and crafting - be there AND be square!
🗓️ 6:30 - 8:30 PM, Wednesday 1 April
📍A Rolling Stone, 579 Colombo Street, Christchurch Central
Tickets $15 /$10
Exercise Your Brain with Logic Puzzles!
Join us on Level 4 at Tūranga, Christchurch's Central Library on the second Sunday of every month from 3:00pm - 4:30pm for our free logic puzzle workshops delivered by New Zealand's top puzzle solver, James McGowan.
Whether you're new to logic puzzles or looking to sharpen your skills, come along to train your brain and have a good time!
Women and Girls in STEM
Join us at Tūranga from 10am-3pm Saturday 21st February for an inspiring and hands-on STEM expo perfect for scientists aged 5-15 and their whānau.
Tabletop Tūranga - a free boardgame festival for Canterbury
Join friends old and new for a weekend of tabletop gaming at Christchurch's Central Library. All welcome, from seasoned gamers to those who are brand new to the hobby. Mathateca will be running the maths of Hex activity on Saturday 7th and the maths of Mancala on Sunday 8th, with round robin tournaments in the afternoons both days to test your skills.
🗓️ Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th June, 2025
📍Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square
Pi Day Calculation-a-thon
Calling one-and-all to attempt to calculate as many digits of pi as we can, using nothing but paper and pencil.
This pi day, number enthusiasts in Christchurch are gathering to continue calculating as many digits of pi as we can by hand. If you can do long division (or are willing to learn) then you have the required skills to participate.
Come along to rooms 222 and 223 of Rātā building at the UC campus, anytime from noon-5pm on Saturday 14th March to help us in our monumental calculation endeavour!
