# The Things Network Christchurch

A local community of The Things Network: people building an open, free LoRaWAN® network for the Internet of Things in and around Christchurch.

- Country: [New Zealand](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/new-zealand/)
- Status: Official community
- Founded: 2018
- Members: 46
- Location: -43.5321, 172.6362
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/christchurch/

## About

Our mission is to provide the entire Christchurch with Internet of Things data connectivity by crowdsourcing the network by its citizens and local companies.

We are happy to have you join the community. Contact the core team and help us unleash the Internet of Things in Christchurch.

## Contact

Feel free to contact us and join our community.  We are a small community so we make take a few days to get back to you.

Slack
https://ttnchc.slack.com/messages/CECFHT9J7/

TheThingsNetwork Forum
https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/christchurch-nz/20166

Twitter
https://twitter.com/TTN_CHC
- Chat: https://ttnchc.slack.com/

## Resources

- [TTN - Generic Presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49WRBg1NvMgM2lBcXRTU2ZqREU/)
- [Unleash Your City - Guide](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/labs/story/unleash-your-community-get-started-with-the-things-network/)
- [Christchurch-NZ](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/christchurch-nz/20166)

## In the media

- [The Next Web - The Things Network wants to make every city smart](http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/08/19/the-things-network-wants-to-make-every-city-smart-starting-with-amsterdam/)

## Recent updates

- [New Year, New Gateway](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/christchurch/post/new-year-new-gateway.md) (2024-01-08)
- [The Things Network upgrade to V3](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/christchurch/post/the-things-network-upgrade-to-v3.md) (2021-02-13)
- [The Things Virtual Conference 16-April-2020](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/christchurch/post/the-things-virtual-conference-16-april-2020.md) (2020-04-16)
- [The Things Virtual Conference](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/christchurch/post/the-things-virtual-conference.md) (2020-04-08)
- [Spare time during the lockdown?](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/christchurch/post/spare-time-during-the-lockdown.md) (2020-04-08)
- [TTN Christchurch mentioned on LinkedIn](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/christchurch/post/ttn-christchurch-mentioned-on-linkedin.md) (2020-03-13)
- [Happy Holidays to all.](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/christchurch/post/happy-holidays-to-all.md) (2019-12-22)
- [Big welcome to the new contributors !!!!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/christchurch/post/big-welcome-to-the-new-contributors.md) (2019-08-27)
- [It's that time again !!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/christchurch/post/its-that-time-again.md) (2019-07-02)
- [Catch-up Monday 25th February 7pm](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/christchurch/post/catch-up-monday-25th-february-7pm.md) (2019-02-20)

More updates: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/christchurch/posts