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The Circles · C-37

Christchurch Circle

A city circle carrying the southern network's largest sitting rota.

Place
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Recognised
2005
Affiliated house
South House
Assigned steward
Hine Waititi
Convener
Tessa NgataiOccupational therapist. Term began 2026; first year.
Ordinary meeting
Fortnightly, Wednesday evenings
Typical attendance
16 to 23
Access
Open to visitors

Local history

Recognised in 2005. The rota was suspended for eleven months in 2011 and resumed; both facts are in the returns and neither is elaborated on.

The outward obligation

Companionship and hospice

Sitting and companionship rota, held with a regional hospice service.

Evening and overnight sitting, and a weekly visiting round for people at home.

The forms it carries

  • The Quiet Twelve

    Twelve minutes are kept before the reading. Nothing is assigned to the silence.

  • The Repair Table

    A table, a bench, or a marked shelf where ordinary objects wait to be mended.

The shared forms, as they are kept in the houses

Also attached to South House

Elsewhere in Asia and Pacific