This page contains an archive of titles and presenters of lectures given at U3A in Wellington, beginning at May 2006. For lectures in the current year please see the Lecture Programme page.
All 2006
Tuesday Lectures
May 16 and 23
The Greeks and Democracy
Dr Matthew Trundle, lecturer in Classics, VUW.
June 13
Ursula Bethell, New Zealand poet
Peter Whiteford, Lecturer in English Literature, VUW.
June 20
From Observation to Fiction, N.Z. in some 19th century French fictional works
Christiane Mortelier, Retired Lecturer in French Language, VUW.
June 27
The Work of the Chief Censor
Bill Hastings, Chief Censor.
July 25
The International Whaling Commission and New Zealand
Sir Geoffrey Palmer.
August 1
The Road to Stonehenge
Richard Hall, Phoenix Trust.
August 8
Krystine Tomaszyk, author and member of U3A Ohariu will talk on her book Essence. The story of an amazing voyage from her home in Poland, to her arrival in New Zealand, in the 1950’s.
August 15
The Colonial Player: professional theatre in New Zealand in the 19th century
Adrienne Simpson.
August 22
The French Republican Heritage and recent events in France
Philip Knight, retired Professor of French, VUW.
August 29
Myanmar/Burma, the sick man of Asia
Peter Coates, N.Z. film producer.
September 5
Constable and New Zealand Art History
Jonathan Mane Wheoki, Director, Art and Collection Services, Te Papa.
September 12
How Dealer Galleries operate and trends in contemporary New Zealand art
Marcia Page, Director, Tinakori Gallery.
September 19
The establishment and development of the NZ Portrait Gallery, portraiture in general and overseas portrait galleries
Avenal McKinnon, Director, New Zealand Portrait Gallery.
October 10
Libraries, Festivals and Research Centres – the working life of a reader
Lydia Wevers, Associate Professor, VUW, Director, Stout Research Centre.
October 17
Harvey McQueen, writer and political adviser on education, will speak on books and writing.
October 31
C.S. Lewis: his Life and Influences
Harry Ricketts and Kathryn Walls, Associate Professors, VUW.
November 7
The Teaching of Creative Writing
Professor Bill Manhire, Director, Institute of Modern Letters, VUW.
Friday Lectures
May 19
Document and handwriting examinations for the Police, Government Departments and various fields in the business sector
Sergeant David Boot, New Zealand Police.
May 26
A full life in Valuation
John Gibson, Chief Executive, Age Concern.
June 9
The scientific study of prehistoric time in relation to rocks and New Zealand’s oldest fossils
Dr Roger Cooper, GNS Gracefield.
June 16
The Undersea Phenomenon
Dr Cornel de Ronde, GNS Gracefield.
June 23
Engineering Solutions: Wellington Inner City Bypass
Jonnette Adams, Transit NZ and Keith Atkinson, Opus International.
June 30
Bird Song: themes and variations
Associate Professor Ben Bell, School of Biological Sciences, VUW, and Director, Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology.
July 21
A rational and informed approach to the problems of motor vehicles fuel cost increases, taking into account expected technological developments
John Leighton, Managing Director, Mitsubishi Motors N.Z.
July 28
From Bean Counting to Controlling an Epidemic: The Meningococcal Story
Dr Diana Martin, Environmental Science Research.
August 4
Work at the Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit at Keneperu Hospital
Dr Geoff Robinson, Drug and Alcohol Addiction.
August 11
Te Ara: the online Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Jock Phillips, Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
August 18
Chatham Islands Explored
Dr Hamish Campbell.
August 25
Biomineralisation: what it is in the history of the earth and why it is an active area in current research
Dr Kathryn McGrath, Associate Professor, Chemical and Physical Sciences, VUW.
September 1
An overview of the work trained volunteers do to help people tackle serious financial problems
Peggy Upfold, Coordinator, Lower Hutt Budget Advisory Service.
September 8
The Utilization of Electric Vehicles to benefit the New Zealand economy
Andrew Clark, NZ Water Environment Research Foundation.
September 15
Talking about Nuclear Power: is it time?
Dr Rodger Sparks, recently retired from the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences.
September 22
Annual General Meeting
Our speaker will be Mr Alan Royal of Senior Net. His topic will be: “Getting the Net Under Control.”
October 13
The history of New Zealand’s fauna and flora: revealing our past animals and plants from the fossil record – it’s more informative than you thought
Dr George Gibbs, Research Associate, VUW.
October 27
The history of New Zealand’s fauna and flora: the rise of the Southern Alps and its influence on our animals and plants
Dr George Gibbs, Research Associate, VUW.
November 3
The phenomenon of global warming on climate change, its significance and the scientific evidence on which it is based
Dr Vincent Gray, Climate Consultant and Physicist.
All 2007
Tuesday Lectures
March 13 & 20
Picasso – The Demoiselles at 100
Professor Tony Bellette.
March 27
James K. Baxter and Classical Myth
Professor John Davidson, School of Classics, VUW.
April 3
Early Music
Peter Walls, Chief Executive, NZ Symphony Orchestra.
May 1
Residency at the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF)
Ann Barrie and Tracy Powell
May 8, 15 & 22
The Canterbury Tales
Dr Ian Jamieson
May 29
The first Pilgrim’s Progress: Guillaume de Deguileville’s ‘Pilgrimage of Life’ (an illustrated account)
Associate Professor Kathryn Walls, VUW
June 5
Russia
Martin Boswell
June 19
Are New Zealanders Good Global Citizens?
Barry Coates, CEO, Oxfam New Zealand
June 26
Talking About Elections
Professor Margaret Clark and Dr Jon Johansson, Department of Political Science, VUW.
July 24
The Language of Shakespeare
Professor Robert Easting, School of English, Film, Theatre & Media Studies, VUW
July 31
Gerald Manley Hopkins
Associate Professor Peter Whitford, School of English, Film, Theatre & Media Studies, VUW
August 7, 14, 21
Women in Ancient Greece
Dr Matthew Trundle, School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, VUW
August 29 – Wednesday
Early French Explorers, Missionaries and Settlers in NZ
Philip Knight, Emeritus Professor of French, VUW
September 4
Making Britons of them in British and Imperial Juvenile Literature 1905-1914.
Andrew Francis
September 11
The Writers of Maoriland: the Literature of Late Colonial New Zealand
Jane Stafford, Department of English, VUW
October 9
Cathy Downes, Director of Downstage will talk about the running of Downstage Theatre.
October 16
Rita According to Rita: the letters and self portraits of Rita Angus
Jill Trevelyan, Art Historian and curator
October 30
A Guru at my Table: Researching Cults in New Zealand
Dr Heather Kavan, Department of Communication and Journalism, Massey University.
November 6
The Cult of Rembrandt, Master Printmaker
David Maskill, School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, VUW.
November 13
New Zealand International Festival of the Arts 2008: The Festival Programme 2008
Lissa Twomey, Director
Friday Lectures
March 9
From Scrabble Champs to Antarctica Science: A Reporting Life
Kim Griggs
March 16
Iran
Professor Lloyd Geering
March 23
Earthquake Risk in Istanbul
Dr David Hopkins, Consulting Engineer
March 30
Critical Issues in International Women’s Health
Professor Anne Firth Murray
May 4
Legal issues for retirement age people
Wayne Chapman
May 11
The History of Private Hospitals in Wellington
Dr Ron Easthope, retired Cardiologist, Wellington Hospital
May 18
Prosperity through Productivity
Dr Andrew Cleland, CEO, Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, (IPENZ)
May 25
Work of the Families Commission
Paul Currie
June 1
Making the Wellington Region Strategic Plan Work
Murray McCaw, Independent Chair, Wellington Region Strategy Forum
June 8
Emerging Digital Scenarios and Enabling Technologies
Jonathan Usher, Director, Consumer Media Technology, Microsoft Corporation
June 15
A Snapshot of the Life of a Rural Veterinarian
Alan Royal
June 22
The Alternative Education Project
Mark Wallis, Wellington City Mission’s Youth Division
June 29
Antarctica – Past and Future
Professor Peter Barrett, Director, Antarctic Research Centre and Professor of Geology, VUW
July 27
Work Patterns and Sleepiness among Junior Doctors
Professor Phillipa Gander
August 3
The Psychology of Eyewitness Evidence
Matthew Gerrie, School of Psychology, VUW
August 10
Theatre Design
Dr Raymond Boyce, MBE
August 17
Child Abuse in New Zealand; is it really that bad?
Dr Dawn Elder, Senior Lecturer University of Otago, Wellington School of Medicine
August 24
The changes to the structure of N.Z. Education since ‘Tomorrow’s Schools
Dougal Scott, Dean, Faculty of Education, VUW
August 31
The Role of Local Government. What Purpose? What Value?
Ian McKinnon, Wellington City Councillor
September 7
Russian History
Martin Boswell, Accreditation Manager, Faculty of Commerce and Administration, VUW will continue the talk on Russian History that he gave in June.
October 12
Volcanism in New Zealand, Past & Present
Dr. Ian Graham, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
October 26
Three Corporate Videos
Tom Williamson
November 9
Increasing Wealth via High Technology
Professor Paul Callaghan, Alan MacDiarmid Institute, VUW
November 22
Review of the Victoria University Centre for Bio-Diversity and Restoration Ecology
Associate Professor Ben Bell, VUW
All 2008
Friday March 28
High Country Muster’ – a video set in the Canterbury high country.
Tom Williamson
Tuesday April 1 & Tuesday April 8
“For I will give you the morning star” : Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s, A Scots Quair, published under this collective title in 1946 but individually as Sunset Song(1932), Cloud Howe, (1933) and Grey Granite, (1934).
Dr Ian Jamieson, Department of English Literature, VUW (retired).
Friday April 4
Lessons of History: Dying for a Smoke
Dr Peter Martin, Medical Director of the QUIT programme.
Friday April 11
Churchill at Sea
Dr Wyn Beasley, a retired orthopaedic surgeon and now writer.
Tuesday April 15
The Heather and Fern Entwined: Scots in New Zealand
Dr Brad Patterson, Stout Institute, VUW
Tuesday May 6
The Rt. Hon Walter Nash, CH, MP (1882- 1968)
Bruce Brown, QSO, Senior Fellow Centre for Strategic Studies .
Friday May 9
The Economics of Diabetes – of doing nothing
Suzanne Sniveley
Tuesdays May 13, 20, 27
The History and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
Matthew Trundle, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington. ‘
Friday May 16
The History of Tuberculosis from the Past to the Present Day
Dr Peter Martin, physician in respiratory medicine from 1973-2004 at Wellington Hospital
Friday May 23
Climate Change and Conservation in New Zealand
Kevin Hackwell, Advocacy Manager, Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society
Friday May 30
Nuclear Future
Dr Rodger Sparks, GNS Science
Tuesday June 3
Who is the Family Court for – Men, Women or Children?
Anne Wilson, Barrister & Mediator
Friday June 6
The Great White Sharks at the Chathams
Dr Malcolm Francis, Principal Scientist Inshore and Pelagic Fisheries, NIWA
Tuesday June 10
How fast is (or was) a galliard?
Jennifer Shennan, Dance teacher and reviewer
Friday June 13
Buried Alive at Kicking Horse Pass: the Remarkable James Hector
Hamish Campbell, GNS Palaeontologist and Geological Adviser to Te Papa
Tuesday June 17
Ceramics on the tranny? Dance over the airwaves: The challenges of covering the arts on radio (without pictures)
Lyn Freeman, Radio NZ Presenter
Friday June 20
Aging – Tips, Tricks and Traps
Sally Keeling, Director of the Institute for Research into Ageing at Victoria University of Wellington
Friday 27 June
DNA Revolution in forensic science
Peter Wilson – Forensic scientist at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd (ESR) and National Client Manager of the Forensic Business Group.
Tuesday July 22
Early Wellington through the eyes of John Plimmer
Malcolm McGregor – President of the Maritime Archaeological Association of NZ.
Friday July 25
The World Bank
Douglas Webb – former senior official of the World Bank working in Washington
Tuesday July 29
The Complete Conservationist: Pérrine Moncrieff of Nelson (1893-1979)
Dr Robin Hodge
Friday August 1
Wellington’s Public Transport
Wayne Hastie – Divisional Manager, Public Transport
Tuesday August 5
Colin McCahon, prophet in the Wilderness
Lloyd Geering
Friday August 8
Wellington Water Supply
Murray Kennedy – Divisional Manager, Water Supply, Parks and Forests
Tuesday August 12
Selling the Empire – Commercial advertising in New Zealand during the Great War
Andrew Francis – lecturer in Social and Cultural History, VUW
Friday August 15
NZ Archaeology in the Maori Period
Bruce McFadgen – archaeologist
Tuesday August 19
Writing a biography of a Holocaust survivor: Clare Galambos Winter
Sarah Gaitanos
Friday August 22
Nature, culture and citizenship in NZ between 1900 and 1960
Kirstie Ross – Curator of History at Te Papa
Tuesday August 26
Georges Braque, a painterly meditation at work
Christiane Mortelier
Friday August 29
Consulting Engineering- Serious Fun
David Hopkins
Tuesday September 2
Drama in Music
Michael Fulcher – Musical Director of the Wellington Orpheus Choir and Director of Music at Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Friday September 5
Facing the Music – Charles Baeyertz and The Triad
Joanna Woods
Tuesday September 9
Playing for Time – Philip Noel-Baker and the fate of sporting pacifism in the Twentieth Century
Charlotte McDonald – Associate Professor of History at VUW
Friday September 12
Elephant Satellite Programme
John Holland – Head of Postgraduate Studies in Natural Resource Management, Massey University
Tuesday September 16
Change and Fashion in Urban Design and Architecture
Gerald Blunt – Chief Urban Designer, Wellington City Council
Friday September 19 – AGM
Deepwater discoveries in the Antarctic: the Tangaroa voyage to the Ross Sea in 2008
Malcolm Clark – Principal Scientist, Deepwater Fisheries, NIWA
Tuesday October 14
Fashion and History in Modern Europe
Alexander Maxwell – School of History, Political Sciences and International Relations at VUW
Friday October 17
Marijuana and the lung
Richard Beasley – Director of the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
Tuesday October 21
Medieval Literature: Books of Hours
Peter Whiteford – Head of the School of English, Film and Media Studies, VUW
Friday October 24
New Zealand Tides
Mike Foster
Friday October 31
On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers – the extraordinary life of a Victorian nurse – with a Wellington connection
Ron Easthope- retired Wellington Hospital cardiologist
Tuesday November 4
Changes in New Zealand English
Paul Warren – Head of the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, VUW
Friday November 7
What is the role of Science today?
Jeffrey Tallon – Professor of Physics at VUW and Distinguished Scientist at Industrial Research Ltd
Tuesday November 11
Parole in New Zealand today – the Value and the Problems
David Carruthers – Chairman of the New Zealand Parole Board
Friday November 14
Beaches and coastal plains on the Kapiti Coast and Oriental Bay
David Kennedy – Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, VUW
All 2009
Tuesday 10 March
The Two Elections of 2008. A discussion on the two elections which absorbed us last November and their respective ramifications for us and the world.
Professor Nigel Roberts, Political Science Department, VUW.
Friday 13 March
Dr Huhana Smith, Senior Curator Matuaranga Maori at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and practising artist.
Tuesday 17 March
Selling Science.
Dr Di McCarthy ONZM, CEO Royal Society of New Zealand.
Friday 20 March
Professor Tim Stern, Professor of Geophysics Victoria University of Wellington.
The Alpine Fault and Wellington.
Tuesday 24 March
Freedom of Speech.
Cate Brett, until recently editor of the Sunday Star Times, and now working for the Law Commission.
Friday 27 March
Forensic Dentistry ‘Twilight Zone’.
Judy Hinchcliffe, Forensic Pathologist.
Tuesday 31 March
Claude Monet.
Christiane Mortelier
Friday 3 April
Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA : the passions and obsessions of New Zealand scientists.
Rebecca Priestley
Tuesday 7 April
Kippenberger and the Gift of Leadership.
Denis McLean, a former Defence Secretary and Ambassador to the USA.
Friday 1 May
Mapping the New Zealand Ocean Floor. How and why we map it in detail.
Helen Bostock, marine geologist, NIWA
Tuesday 5 May
Ripping Yarns and Grimm Stuff.
Lynne Jackett, the National Library Children’s Collection Research Librarian.
Friday 8 May
Behind the Explosion at Karori Sanctuary.
Raewyn Empson, Conservation Manager at Karori Sanctuary.
Tuesday 12 May
A Balancing Act.
Annie Ruth, Director of Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School.
Friday 15 May
The Objectives and Functions of the New Zealand Transport Agency.
Mark Owen, Operations Manager Central, New Zealand Transport Agency.
Tuesday 19 May
Ballets Russes.
Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Director of Art and Collection Services at Te Papa National Museum of New Zealand.
Friday 22 May
The Role of the Broadcasting Standards Authority.
Dominic Sheehan, CEO of the Broadcasting Standards Authority
Tuesday 26 May
Antarctica and Poetry.
Bill Manhire, Director of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.
Friday 5 June
God, Gaia and Us
Lloyd Geering, Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies, VUW.
Tuesday 9 June
Shakespeare’s ‘The Rape of Lucrece’.
Dr Geoffrey Miles, Senior Lecturer in English at the School of English, Film and Theatre, Victoria University of Wellington.
Tuesday 16 June
Ray Henwood
Friday 19 June
Through the Eyes of a Miner; The Photography of Josef Divis.
Dr Simon Nathan, a geologist and writer.
Tuesday 23 June
Keeping up with the News and the News we Forget.
Peter Kitchin, journalist.
Friday 26 June
The Worry Cure.
Fiona Mathieson, a clinical psychologist and lecturer in psychology at Otago University in Wellington.
Tuesday July 21
The Role of the Clerk of the House
David McGee CNZM, QC
Friday July 24
Claude Monet
Christiane Mortelier
Tuesday July 28
New Zealand’s Engineering Heritage
Dr Rob Aspden
Friday July 31
The Role of the Charities Commission
Trevor Garret
Tuesday August 4
Walking with Ghosts: Creating a Jewish Museum in the Old Nazi Capital
Ken Gorby
Friday August 7
A Perspective on the Treaty of Waitangi and the Crown
Dr Matthew Palmer
Tuesday August 11
The Developing Profession of Music Therapy in New Zealand
Daphne Rickson
Friday August 14
Our Galaxy? Whose Universe?
Denis Sullivan
Tuesday August 18
Corruption
Jeremy Pope
Friday August 21
Wellington Sculpture Trust
Neil Plimmer
Tuesday, August 25
Fashion
Angela Lassig, Senior Curator in History at Te Papa
Friday August 28
Today’s World
Terence O’Brien, former NZ diplomat
Tuesday September 1
Living the Dream
Rosanne Livingstone, former textiles collection manager, Te Papa
Friday September 4
The Work of the Ambulance Service
Alan O’Beirne, CEO of the Wellington Free Ambulance Service
Tuesday September 8
Roman Wall Painting
Dr Judy Deuling, lecturer in ancient arts and archaeology at VUW
Tuesday September 15
Latin American Cities: Similarities and Uniqueness
Daniele Abreu e Lima, lecturer at the School of Architecture, VUW
Friday September 18 AGM
The Outward Bound School
Trevor Taylor, CEO of the Outward Bound School
Tuesday September 22
Prostitution in Paris
Rodger Ridley-Smith, retired GP
Tuesday October 13
WW1 Poets
Harry Ricketts, Associate Professor of English at VUW
Friday October 16
Arthritis
Dr Jacquie Harper
Tuesday October 20
Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.
Professor John Davidson, Head of School, Classics Department, VUW.
Tuesday October 27
Rediscovery of the past: the re-appreciation of the pre-Revolutionary French art in the 19 century.
David Maskill, Programme Director and a senior lecturer in art history at VUW
Friday October 30
The Global Financial Crisis
Brian Easton
Tuesday November 3
The Large Hadron Collider
Dr Rodger Sparks
Friday November 6
The International Festival of the Arts, 2010
Sue Patterson, Executive Director of the International Arts Festival
All 2010
Tuesday March 23
Six months writing in Menton, France
Jenny Pattrick
Friday March 26
How to grow cannabis and (not) get away with murder
Glenys Knight
Tuesday March 30
Contemporary New Zealand Theatre
David O’Donnell
Friday April 23
A Brief History of Botanical Art
Sue Wickison
Tuesday April 27
New Directions for our National Library
Penny Carnaby
Friday April 30
The Four Horsemen of the New Enlightenment Ride Out
Geoff Chambers
Tuesday May 4
Ulysses: the banned book and the film
Bill Hastings
Friday May 7
The Tenths Trust
Sir Ngatata Love
Tuesday May 11
Rediscovering a City: historic archaeology in central Wellington
Dr Rick McGovern-Wilson
Friday May 14
The Paradox of Aid: Non Governmental Organisations’ responses to people trafficking
Chris Frazer
Tuesday May 18
The Grand Tour of Italy from 17-19th century
Catherine Trundle
Friday May 21
Antarctica Ice Sheets in a Warmer World
Professor Tim Naish
Tuesday May 25
Memoir
Dame Fiona Kidman
Friday May 28
Update of ‘Ghosts of Gondwana’
Dr George Gibbs
Tuesday June 1
Revitalising a City – the challenges of economics and heritage
Robert McLean, Snr. & Alison Dangerfield
Friday June 11
Dangerous Goddesses – or why you should never upset the Pharaoh’s divine mother
Sarah Vidler
Tuesday June 15
Privacy: personal, social and political
Marie Shroff
Friday June 18
The origins of New Zealand: the fossil evidence
Dr Hamish Campbell
Tuesday June 22
When Trams were Trumps in Wellington
Graham Stewart
Friday June 25
Denouncing Darwin
Wyn Beasley
Friday July 23
Cooking the Planet: The Economics and Politics of Climate Change
Professor Jonathan Boston
Tuesday July 27
An Absence of Occidentals: Thoughts on Asian Cities in the 21st Century
Dr Malcolm McKinnon
Friday July 30
Out of Sight out of Mind?
Helen Kettles
Tuesday August 3
Religions in New Zealand: Dialogue, Diversity, Directions
Professor Paul Morris
Friday August 6
Albatrosses on my Doorstep
Chris Robertson
Tuesday August 10
Investigations of Electronic Crime
Maarten Kleintjes
Friday August 13
Golden Wool – Nanoscience Adds Value to NZ Wool
Professor Jim Johnston
Tuesday August 17
By Fire Rocks and Ice – Hazards of Nineteenth Century Ship Travel to New Zealand
Ken Scadden
Friday August 20
Graduate Students’ Research Projects:
Gesine Pufal (VUW): The influence of a rain operated opening mechanism on dispersal strategies in New Zealand alpine Veronica
Bindi Thomas (Massey): The use of satellite tracking technology to track wildlife. A case study approach
Tuesday August 24
‘A Tortuous and Ungodly Jumble.’, How can we Make the Law Easier to Read and Understand?
Professor John Burrows QC
Friday August 27
Reserves and Walkways Development via Policy
David Halliday
Tuesday August 31
The Disputes Tribunal: the Work it Does and Where it Fits into the Legal Process
Judge Peter Spiller
Friday September 3
Who are the Russian Mennonites?
Dr James Urry
Tuesday September 7
The Greenwoods at home and abroad
Tony Mackle
Friday September 10
Kiwis in the Hindu Kush
Major Jon Martin
Tuesday September 14
Living in Ancient Greece Part 1
Dr Matthew Trundle
Friday September 17 AGM
What has Happened to the Tree of Life?
Dr Bob Brockie
Tuesday September 21
Living in Ancient Greece Part 2
Dr Matthew Trundle
Friday October 15
South Africa – A Personal Perspective
Michael Hodgen
Tuesday October 19
“Hey! Stop that! What on Earth D’you Think You’re Playing at?” Antonia Forest, the Danger of Fantasy and Other Matters
Associate Professor Harry Ricketts
Friday October 22
Food Allergy – is Skin – Deep so Superficial After All?
Dr Elizabeth Forbes
Friday October 29
Catching Crooks and Fighting Felons
Trevor Morley
Tuesday November 2
Youth, Alcohol and Drugs
Murray Trenberth
All 2011
Tuesday March 15
Telling our own stories on stage and screen and from behind the camera
Miranda Harcourt
Friday March 18
Our relationship with our natural capital
Dr Morgan Williams
Tuesday March 22
Is There a Better Way? Rethinking Crime and Punishment
Kim Workman
Friday March 25
To Russia with love … and danger
Chris King
Tuesday March 29
Charles de Gaulle as a writer
Christiane Mortelier
Friday April 1
Time to eat the dog? The real guide to sustainable living
Professors Robert and Brenda Vale
Tuesday April 5
Roman Society Part 1 – The structure of Roman society, particularly looking at the poor
Professor Arthur Pomeroy
Friday April 8
North Pole South Pole – a search for the cause of magnetism
Dr Gillian Turner
Tuesday April 12
Roman Society Part 2: Staying Alive – Food and Security
Professor Arthur Pomeroy
Friday May 6
Some climate change questions: has 2010 been a turning point?
Professor Martin Manning
Tuesday May 10
James K Baxter on Mythology
Dr Geoff Miles
Friday May 13
The establishment of Scott Base, Antarctic 1956-7
Randal Heke
Tuesday May 17
The Governors of New Zealand – their public and private lives
Gavin McLean
Friday May 20
The 2010 Canterbury Earthquake and what it means for New Zealand
Dr John Beavan
Tuesday May 24
Who Were Our Pakeha Ancestors? – Immigrants from Britain and Ireland from 1800 to 1945
Jock Phillips
Friday May 27
Generating resilience – civil defence and emergency management in New Zealand
John Hamilton
Tuesday May 31
The duty of care of the State, and the Confidential Listening and Assistance service, a truth and reconciliation model for New Zealand.
Judge Carolyn Henwood
Friday June 10
Marine and Coastal Area Bill
Hon Chris Finlayson
Tuesday June 14
The Wreck of the General Grant
Ken Scadden
Friday June 17
Museums – past and future
Mike Houlihan
Tuesday June 21
New Zealand Cartoons of the 1950s and 1960s
Pauline Hannah
Friday June 24
A Diplomat’s Story
George Cunningham
Friday July 1
New Zealand’s mineral bounty
Ian Graham
Tuesday July 5
Is the NZ Supreme Court a worthy successor to the Privy Council? – This and other perspectives from a criminal defence lawyer
Greg King
Friday July 8
The Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology
Associate Professor Ben Bell
Tuesday July 12
The Next Generation
Colin James
Friday August 5
Transplantation and the law
Dr Peter Hatfield
Tuesday August 9
Life in Ancient Sparta (1)
Dr Matthew Trundle
Friday August 12
Strawberry Birthmark – A Quest to Find a Better Treatment
Professor Swee Tan
Tuesday August 16
Life in Ancient Sparta (2)
Dr Matthew Trundle
Friday August 19
Dyslexia
Glenys Moir
Tuesday August 23
Magic at the court of Queen Elizabeth 1
Dr Glyn Parry
Friday August 26
Exotic Origins – Four of our members: Anke Atkins, Alfie Des Tombe, Inna Grbich and Krystine Tomaszyk will talk about their early years growing up in a different culture.
Tuesday August 30
John Mulgan and Report on Experience
Dr Peter Whiteford
Friday September 2 (Annual General Meeting)
The latest advances in the treatment of disease and a global perspective of the needs of human health
Professor Graham Le Gros
Tuesday September 6
“Larks’ Tongues in Mead.”
Duncan Galletly
Friday September 9
Water – the new carbon?
Murray Gibb
Tuesday September 13
Italy in crime fiction
Barbara Pezzotti
Friday September 16
The Evolution of the Universe
John Field
Tuesday September 20
Kiwirail; Wellington Station Entry Project- Increasing Capacity
Peter Twomey, Engineer – Project Director, Beca and Keith Robertson Engineer – Project Manager
Friday 23 September
How to achieve optimal compliance with fisheries legislation
Dean Baigent
Tuesday September 27
Building Design for the 21st Century
Matthew Lander
Friday September 30
Speak up! is anonymous
Lou Gardiner
Tuesday October 4
First views of Wellington, 1840-1900
Marian Minson
All 2012
Tuesday March 20
How globalization drives New Zealand’s transformation: trading goods, ideas and labour
Dr. Kirdan Lees
Friday March 23
Antarctic marine benthos
David Bowden
Tuesday March 27
The Global Financial System – Reflections on the current crisis
Dennis Rose
Friday March 30
Genetics and the Origin of Polynesians
Dr. Geoff Chambers
Tuesday April 3
Revisiting what the French call “Le Grand Siècle” – Part 1
Christiane Mortelier
Tuesday April 24
Revisiting what the French call “Le Grand Siècle” – Part 2
Christiane Mortelier
Friday April 27
What We Owe to Ancient Iraq
Professor Lloyd Geering
Tuesday May 1
The Hellenistic Age 323-30 BC – Part 1
Matthew Trundle
Friday May 4
Fukushima & Nuclear Power
Murray Bartle
Tuesday May 8
The Hellenistic Age 323-30 BC – Part 2
Matthew Trundle
Friday May 11
The Measurement of Poverty
Bob Stephens
Tuesday May 15
The Hellenistic Age 323-30 BC – Part 3
Matthew Trundle
Friday May 18
New Zealand’s 100% pure delusion; the inconvenient reality
Dr. Mike Joy
Tuesday May 22
Religion of Islam
Negar Partow
Friday May 25
Bring light and cleanliness to the masses – a brief history of lighting and hot water in New Zealand
Nigel Isaacs
Tuesday May 29
The Arab Spring
Alex Maxwell
Friday June 1
Department of Conservation – Works
Tom Williamson
Tuesday June 5
The Bible and Literature
David Norton
Friday June 8
Changes to Sleep with Ageing, Dementia and Caregiving
Rose Gibson
Tuesday June 12
Standing Firm on Heritage: Building Resilience in the Face of Change
Shonagh Kenderdine
Friday June 15
Telling Stories in Spaces
James McLean
Tuesday June 19
Pasifika Education at Victoria University
Winnie Laban
Friday June 22
Introduction to Sufism and Rumi
Dr. Art Beuhler
Tuesday 17 July
A Wellington Woman in China 1930-1945: Observations from Agnes Moncrieff when an International secretary with the YWCA of China.
Barbara Francis
Friday 20 July
Real Life meets theory: the hermaphrodite and the sexologist
Mani Mitchell and Dame Margaret Sparrow
Tuesday 24 July
Diplomatic Ladies: New Zealand’s unsung Envoys
Joanna Woods
Friday 27 July
The development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft
Bob Ellison
Tuesday 31 July
A playwright’s career
Dave Armstrong
Friday 3 August
To get to the other side
Bob Norman
Tuesday 7 August
Pickwick Club of Wellington
Lydia Wevers
Friday 10 August
Don Merton: the man who saved the Black Robin
Alison Ballance
Tuesday 14 August
Global economy
John McDermott
Friday 17 August
Lost in translation
Vicky Watson & Naomi Scow
Tuesday 21 August
Gallipoli – a health hazard
Roger Ridley-Smith
Friday 24 August
The origins of Todd Energy, where it is today and where it is heading
John Palmer
Tuesday 28 August
Maori in Australia: a history of risk and opportunity
Paul Hamer
Friday 31 August
New Zealand at the click of a mouse: Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Jock Phillips
Tuesday 4 September
French Influences on the English Country House
David Maskill
Friday 7 September
Fraud, deception and drugs
Dallas Mildenhall
Tuesday 11 September
New Zealand’s Oil & Gas Heritage
David Robinson
Friday 14 September
To Quit or not to Quit
Peter Martin
Tuesday 18 September
Prime Ministers of New Zealand
Michael Bassett
Friday 21 September
AGM then ‘Green’ Concrete
Ken MacKenzie:
Tuesday 25 September
Kauri – The History
Tom Williamson
Tuesday 16 October
Charles Dickens – the literary reporter
Nikki Hessell
Friday 19 October
From vine to wine: Linking grape chemistry to wine flavour and aroma
Rob Keyzers
Tuesday 23 October
Joan of Arc in New Age Spirituality
Heather Kavan
Friday 26 October
A surgeon in Vietnam
Michael Shackleton
Tuesday 30 October
Making Festivals Matter in the 21st Century
Shelagh Magadza
Friday 2 November
Researching, Writing and Publishing Local & National History
Judy Siers
All 2013
Tuesday 12 March
Captain Cook’s Polynesian navigator
Joan Druett
Friday 15 March
New Zealand and the war in Vietnam
Ian McGibbon, Malcolm McKinnon and Keith Locke, Gerald McGhie, (moderator)
Tuesday 19 March
From global to local: Women, development and human rights
Dr Gill Greer
Friday 22 March
Surveying and mapping in Antarctica: The past and the present
Graeme Blick
Tuesday 26 March
What a conglomeration! He kohikohinga miharo!
Paul Diamond
Friday 5 April
Earthquakes and civilisation
Bruce McFadgen
Tuesday 9 April
Mission possible
Denise Carnihan
Friday 12 April
Stem cell transplantation
John Carter
Tuesday 16 April
World Heritage sites: What it takes to become one
Les Molloy
Friday 19 April
Getting roped into science
Julian Thomson
Tuesday 7 May
Happy families: So you think your kids get on well
Greg Kelly
Friday 10 May
Don’t Put Your Foot in it! – Common foot conditions & how to deal with them
Trevor Tillotson – Registered Podiatrist/Podiatric Surgeon
Spit, slaver, slobber and drool – saliva and health
Dr Rose Mary Jones
Tuesday 14 May
The changing face of James Hector
Simon Nathan
Friday 17 May
The Environmental Protection Authority
Kerry Prendergast
Tuesday 21 May
The New Zealand Howard League for Penal Reform
Mike Williams
Friday 24 May
Thirty years of Morning Report
Geoff Robinson
Tuesday 28 May
Finding a lost masterpiece
Elizabeth Kay
Friday 7 June
On edge: The awesome forces continue
Hamish Campbell
Tuesday 11 June
2012 report from the Office of the Children’s Commissioner on child poverty
Bob Stephens
Friday 14 June
Local Body elections
Sir Geoffrey Palmer
Tuesday 18 June
Jules Verne, his life and works
Christiane Mortelier
Friday 21 June
Australia and New Zealand: Two countries, one system?
John Larkindale
Friday 28 June
How best to redistribute income and wealth in New Zealand via the tax and welfare system
Susan Guthrie
Tuesday 2 July
How Jerusalem became the Holy City
Sir Lloyd Geering
Friday 5 July
The New Zealand food assurance and control system
Mike Clear
Tuesday 9 July
Restorative justice
Judge Sir David Carruthers
Friday 2 August
So They Can: Educational projects in Kenya
Cassandra Treadwell
Tuesday 6 August
Let’s save our newspapers
Richard Long
Friday 9 August
Lessons from the Canterbury earthquake
Adam Thornton
Tuesday 13 August
Travels to Central and South America and China
Nathan Guy
Friday 16 August
Everybody and everything wants to be unique
Peter Stevens
Friday 23 August
Weather and forecasting
Erick Brenstrum
Tuesday 27 August
Justice for the vulnerable
Sonja Cooper
Friday 30 August
Space
David Hall
Tuesday 3 September
Creative ageing
Nicola Pauling
Friday 6 September
Mongolia Unplugged – the tale of an aspiring diplomat and part time camel herder
Peter Allport
Tuesday 10 September
Bolton Street Cemetery: An amazing heritage in central Wellington
Kate Fortune and Priscilla Williams
Friday 13 September
Ecological corridors in the Wellington region
Russell Bell
Tuesday 17 September
How the Asia New Zealand Foundation is equipping New Zealanders for the Asian century
John McKinnon
Friday 20 September
Travel
Dr Jenny Visser
Tuesday 24 September
SF: A personal view
Phil Mann
Friday 27 September
End-of-life choice
Hon Maryan Street, Dr Brian Ensor, Yvonne Shaw, Dr Alistair Macdonald (moderator)
Tuesday 15 October
Grandma and the aunties
Jessie Munro
Friday 18 October
A novel method to protect the heart during surgery
Jenni Williams
What makes a superbug so super: A day in the life of hospital bacteria
Laura Green
Tuesday 22 October
Early New Zealand collectors and their 15th-century books
Ruth Lightbourne
Friday 25 October
How stable is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in a warming world?
Nancy Bertler
Tuesday 29 October
New Zealand’s China experience
Chris Elder
Friday 1 November
NZ Festival of the Arts 2014 programme
Shelagh Magazda
All 2014
Tuesday 18 March
A Wellington actor
Ray Henwood
Friday 21 March
Keyhole surgery: The journey from candle to robot
Dr Dynes McConnell
Tuesday 25 March
The Kermadec Islands: Vignettes from their history
Steven Gentry
Friday 28 March
An insider’s view of the World Bank
Helen Sutch
Tuesday 1 April
A year on an island adrift in time
Gwen Levick
Friday 4 April
High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Pole 3 Project: The inter-island link
Andrew Gard
Tuesday 8 April
What goes on at our Interest Group meetings?
Friday 11 April
River dog
Grant Muir
Tuesday 15 April
What do unions do?
Helen Kelly
Tuesday 6 May
New Zealand in political time: The 2014 general election and beyond
Dr Jon Johansson
Friday 9 May
Modern weather forecasting
Dr Mike Revell
Tuesday 13 May
Sewing freedom: Philip Josephs and early New Zealand anarchism
Jared Davidson
Friday 16 May
New Zealand fossils
James Crampton
Tuesday 20 May
‘Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink’: Vision and violence in Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Heidi Thomson
Friday 23 May
The New Zealand coast watchers in the Pacific in WW II
Dale Williamson
Tuesday 27 May
The role of the Banking Ombudsman scheme
Deborah Battell
Tuesday 3 June
Remembering war: New Zealand’s changing international situation
Terence O’Brien
Friday 6 June
Sustainable utilisation of fisheries resources in New Zealand
Dr Kevin Sullivan
Tuesday 10 June
Transport, climate and health: Wellington at the crossroads
Russell Tregonning
Friday 13 June
Wellington’s roads of national significance
Rod James
Tuesday 17 June
Colours of India
Valerie Carson
Friday 20 June
A New Zealand environmental issue
Dr Jan Wright
Tuesday 24 June Midwinter lunch
Exhibiting colonial culture
Dr Rebecca Rice
Friday 27 June
Linking eco-restoration, reproductive behaviour and climate modelling to predict tuatara offspring sex ratios
Anna L Carter
Tuesday 1 July
An Insider View into the World of Translation
Liz Seymour
Friday 4 July
Environmental sustainability in New Zealand depends on people, cows and water. What can you do?
Dr Mike Joy
Tuesday 22 July
Mahy magic in New Zealand’s School Journal
Vivien van Rij
Friday 25 July
Wellington’s zoo
Baukje Lenting
Tuesday 29 July
What is it that diplomats do for New Zealand when posted overseas?
Gerald McGhie, Derek Leask, Suzanne Blumhardt, Denise Almao
Friday 1 August
Recent ‘shakes’ in Wellington and the future
Russ van Dissen
Tuesday 5 August
Montecassino, the abbey and WWII: A story of fall and resurrection
Barbara Pezzotti
Friday 8 August
Alcohol
Geoff Robinson
Tuesday 12 August
New Zealand politics in the 1950s: Was it such a boring decade?
Elizabeth McLeay
Friday August 15
Our living city
Myfanwy Emeney
Tuesday 19 August
From Worcestershire to Wellington: A musical voyage
Mark Dorrell
Friday 22 August
The Karori Lunatic Asylum
Dr. Roger Ridley-Smith
Tuesday 26 August
From Brooke to Borges, Brecht to Billy Bragg: Kipling’s legacy
Harry Ricketts
Friday 29 August
3D printing
Ross Stevens
Tuesday 2 September
Talk at work: Addressing challenges for new immigrants
Janet Holmes
Friday 5 September
To mine or not to mine, that is the question
Ian Graham
Tuesday 9 September
SPCA and its future
Iain Torrance
Friday 12 September
Clostridium botulism: Old enemy, new threat?
Steve Flint
Tuesday 16 September
Sewing freedom: Philip Josephs and early New Zealand anarchism
Jared Davidson
Friday 19 September AGM
My life in science
Mike Berridge
Tuesday 23 September
Reporting the full picture
Michael Johnston
Friday 26 September
Medical ethics: Good people doing the right thing cost effectively for a diverse population
Ben Gray
Tuesday 14 October
“A hitch-hiker’s guide to trade agreements”
Stephen Jacobi
Friday 17 October
The Art of Genetic Science.
Dr Kate Neas
Tuesday 21 October
New Zealand Portrait gallery
Avenal McKinnon
Friday 24 October
Maritime Law
Judge Tom Broadmore
Tuesday 28 October
Panel discussion: What agendas are driving tertiary education policy and what are the effects on staff, students and NZ communities?
Dr Sandra Grey, Dr Todd Bridgman, James Houkamau, Rory McCourt, Dr Charles Sedgwick
Friday 31 October
The Origins of New Zealand
Dr Hamish Campbell
All 2015
Tuesday 3 March
New Zealand Art on the World Stage
Dr Rebecca Rice
Friday 6 March
Rainwater Collection
Stan Abbott
Friday 13 March
Managing and Minimising Your Power Bill
Bruce Medcalf
Friday 20 March
The Science of Geodesy: Measuring a Dynamic World
Dr Graeme Blick
Tuesday 24 March
New Zealand Schools: A Changing Landscape?
Dr Cathy Wylie
Friday 27 March
Radiation Technologies. Science, the Public and Controversy
Dr Peter Roberts
Tuesday 31 March
New Zealand Trade Policy: CER Today
Charles Finny
Tuesday 21 April
Stealing Beauty – The Fate of Great Art in Wartime
Judge Arthur Tompkins
Friday 24 April
Crohn’s & Colitis (Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD): a New Zealand Story
Brian Poole
Tuesday 28 April
Organised Crime: It’s What We Do
John Goddard
Friday 1 May
Accelerating Today for a Better Tomorrow
Dr William Rolleston
Tuesday 5 May
The NZ Legal System Today – Changes, Themes and the Future
Christine Grice
Friday 8 May
The NZ – Germany Bilateral Relationship: A Proven Recipe for Success in a Changing World
Dr David Lowe
Tuesday 12 May
Patients’ Rights and Citizens’ Rights: Reflections from a Former Health and Disability Commissioner and Current Parliamentary Ombudsman
Professor Ron Paterson
Friday 15 May
Place Names in New Zealand
Wendy Shaw
Tuesday 19 May
Transparency International & the Broader Implications of its Work for NZ
Suzanne Snively
Friday 22 May
The Surveying of New Zealand
Tony Bevin
Tuesday 26 May
The Independent Bookseller’s Response to the Electronic Age
Lincoln Gould
Tuesday 2 June
A 12th-century manuscript in the Alexander Turnbull Library
Ruth Lightbourne
Friday 5 June – Note: Change of topic & speaker
What Lies Beneath? – Wellington’s Archaeology
Mary O’Keeffe
Tuesday 9 June
Investigative Journalism: “How it is Done and Why it is Needed”?
Nicky Hagar
Friday 12 June
The Corporation Yard: A Forgotten Microcosm of Wellington’s Urban Working-Class
Gábor Tóth
Tuesday 16 June
A 3D Printed World
Ross Stevens
Friday 19 June
Surviving Pol Pot
Dr Max Stevenson
Friday 26 June
Fruit and Vegetables for Human Health
Professor Julian Heyes
Tuesday 30 June
Niue Island Involvement in World War I
Margaret Pointer
Friday 3 July
Food and Food Manufacture in the Future
Professor Richard Archer
Tuesday July 21
“I’ve just got no idea what you’re talking about – just absolutely no idea:” music students talk about transition to tertiary study
Lynne Wenden
Friday July 24
Modern Wooden Building
Alistair Cattenach
Tuesday July 28
Outlook for NZ Growth Amidst High Uncertainty
Tony Alexander, Chief Economist, Bank of NZ
Friday July 31
Euthanasia, a Debate – or a discussion on how to live with people we disagree with
Dr Ben Gray
Tuesday 4 August
Trade Aid: improving the life of the world’s most disadvantaged
Ken Nelson
Friday 7 August
Tsunamis in New Zealand – their past impact and implications for the future.
Dr Bruce McFadgen
Tuesday 11 August
The Opportunities and Challenges of Asia – three views based on the personal experiences of three New Zealand Ambassadors.
Friday 14 August
India – A Superpower-in-waiting?
Srikanta Chatterjee, Emeritus Professor, School of Economics and Finance, Massey University
Tuesday 18 August
Sobieniowski, Wyspianski and Kraków: Katherine Mansfield and Poland
Dr Gerri Kimber
Friday 21 August.
Landcorp Farming Limited, the Growth Years
Christopher Kelly
Tuesday 25 August
Thornbirds to Luminaries: historical fiction and why it’s hot
Dr Lydia Wevers
Friday 28 August
The Role of the Hikurangi Plateau in the Canterbury and Cook Strait Earthquakes
Dr Martin Reyners, Principal Scientist at GNS Science, Lower Hutt
Tuesday 1 September
Capturing Courtesans, Cardinals and Caliphs: the Renaissance portrait reconsidered
Phyllis Mossman
Friday 4 September
Natural Disasters: a function of global environmental change
Dr Michael Crozier
Tuesday 8 September
Gold Card Years: delights, challenges, and opportunities.
Anne Horrill
Friday 11 September
Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World.
Assoc. Prof. Andrew Mackintosh, Deputy Director, Antarctic Research Centre
Tuesday 15 September
Matiu Somes – the Jewel in our Harbour
Gerald Rawson
Friday 18 September AGM
The Sistine Chapel
Dr Christopher Longhurst
Tuesday 22 September
The Young Eye
Kate De Goldi
Friday 25 September
Recent Advances in Medical Imaging in New Zealand with Nuclear Medicine Techniques
Dr Trevor Fitzjohn
Tuesday 13 October
PHARMAC’s Value to Health in New Zealand
Dr John Wyeth, Medical Director, PHARMAC
Friday 16 October
Te Araroa – NZ’s Long Pathway From Cape Reinga to Bluff
Bill Wakelin
Tuesday 20 October
Jane Austen: Body and Mind
Heidi Thomson
Friday 23 October
The Real Oil: exploring for New Zealand’s elusive (or illusory?) petroleum resources
Dr Peter King
Tuesday 27 October
Cartoon number 2000
Dr Bob Brockie
Friday 30 October
Modern Harbour Management
Mike Pryce
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All 2016
March 1
Writers’ Week
Kathryn Carmody
March 4
Cancer, Therapy Resistance and the Surprising Role of Mitochondria.
Dr Melanie McConnell
March 8
Does New Zealand Need a New Written Constitution?
Sir Geoffrey Palmer
March 11
Cancer Immunotherapy – The Science
Professor Gavin Painter
March 15
The Making of the Film Festival
Lindsay Shelton
March 18
Work of the Land and Water Forum
Alastair Bisley
March 22
Private Lives of Empire: Edinburgh, Rothschild and New Plymouth
Charlotte Macdonald
March 29
Sustainable Development Goals
David Payton
April 1
The Cartoonist in NZ
Martin Doyle
April 8
Polish Children Immigration to Paihiatua
Adam Mantreys
April 12
UNTAC
Rae Julian
April 15
All You Ever Wanted to Know About TTPA
Stephen Jacobi
May 3
Climate Change: A New Deal? Making Sense of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Adrian Macey
May 6
Wellington: from Conception to Capital to Empire City
Gabor Toth
May 10
Should Wellington emulate Oslo’s goal of fossil free public transport by 2020?
Paul Bruce
May 13
Forensics of Catastrophe: Volcanic Eruptions
Colin Wilson
May 17
St Peter’s Basilica, Rome – a ‘Communis Patria’
Christopher Longhurst
May 20
The Commercialisation of University Technology
Geoff Todd
May 24
New Zealand Opera in the 21st Century
Stuart Maunder
May 31
Cabinet, Ministers and Cabinet Office: Is Yes Minister a documentary?
Marie Shroff
June 3
Chinese Immigration in Wellington
Lynette Shum
June 7
Inequality: Where We’ve Been, and Where We’re Going
Max Rashbrooke
June 10
Freaky Scientists Who Have Come My Way
Bob Brockie
June 14
50 Countries in 50 Years
David Barber
June 17
400 Years of Shakespeare
Dawn Sanders
June 24
WWI Exhibition at Te Papa
Sir Richard Taylor
June 28
Never work with kids and animals
Karen Fifield
July 1
The Place of the Battle of the Somme in WW1
Chris Pugsley
July 5
New Zealand’s Marine Estate From the Perspective of a Seafloor Geomorphologist
Joshu Mountjoy
July 8
The United Nations – Can it Survive, Can it be Fixed?
Colin Keating
July 26
Human rights and human wrongs in New Zealand
Judy McGregor
July 29
Exploring Northeast Zealandia
Hamish Campbell
August 2
Diabetes and obesity
Jeremy Krebs
August 5
International Court of Justice
Sir Kenneth Keith
August 9
The future of privacy: the internet of things and other challenges
John Edwards
August 12
Economics of Wellbeing
Dr Arthur Grimes
August 16
The notorious Captain Hayes
Joan Druett
August 19
Work of a Coroner
Peter Ryan
August 23
What Rudyard Kipling can do for you
Harry Ricketts
August 26
From Mull to Mongolia – Wanderings of a materials scientist
Ken McKenzie
August 30
Community music: what is it and who is it for?
Julian Raphael
September 2
Creating new Futures with the Children of the Mist
Hugh Tennent
September 6
Being a Public Servant in Wellington and Whitehall
Len Cook
September 9
Emissions Trading Systems and Pathways to a Low Emissions Future
Dr Suzi Kerr
September 13
UnionAID – cycling solo in Myanmar
Mike Naylor
September 16
Botanic intrigues – from g-forces and radicals to Agincourt
Reg Harris
September 20
Renaissance art and science
Phyllis Mossman
September 23
Photography at Te Papa
Athol McCready
October 11
What’s all this about poverty and inequality in New Zealand?
Bryce Wilkinson
October 14
Devils on Horses
Terry Kinloch
October 21
South Island Alpine Deep Fault Drilling Project
John Townend
October 25
Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Heidi Thomson
October 28
Mountains, Mausoleums and Murder along the Silk Road
Dr Les Molloy
All 2017
Tuesday 7 March
All New Zealanders are equal, but some are more equal than others
Professor Lisa Marriott
Friday 10 March
Portholes to the past
Sir Lloyd Geering
Tuesday 14 March
PMs wise and wonderful, PMs great and small
Professor Nigel Roberts
Friday 17 March
The life and work of Suzanne Aubert
Sister Josephine
Tuesday 21 March
The role of police in modern society
Greg O’Connor
Friday 24 March
Old St Pauls. Bringing stories out of the woodwork
Elizabeth Cox
Tuesday 28 March
My life in film
Gaylene Preston
Friday 31 March
Travelling in Iran repairing rugs, and viewing the demise of the carpet trade
Anna Williams
Tuesday 4 April
The kidney: medical history
Dr Peter Hatfield
Friday 7 April
Researching the everyday life of NZ Women who self-identify as “fat.”
Julie Howe
Tuesday 11 April
Psychiatry, blindness and me
Dr Toni Marks
Tuesday 2 May
Making and managing orchestral music in Aotearoa
Christopher Blake
Friday 5 May
NZ Radar, raiders and speed cops
Cam Smart
Tuesday 9 May
The role of business in achieving gender equality
Dr Jackie Blue
Friday 12 May
Applied Mathematics: Problem solved
Dr Mark McGuinness
Tuesday 16 May
Turning knowledge into value
Bill Macnaught
Friday 19 May
Maori relationship building at Treasury
Atawhai Tibble
Tuesday 23 May
Preparing Wellington for the shocks and stresses of the 21st century
Mike Mendonca
Friday 26 May
60 years of NZ science endeavour in Antarctica: What we learned and why it is important
Nancy Bertler
Tuesday 30 May
The state of play in our media
Colin Peacock
Friday 2 June
VUW: A true-blue green university
AProf Marian van den Belt
Tuesday 6 June
Victoria University: past, present and future
Sir Neville Jordan
Friday 9 June
Co-creating with a computer
Ross Stevens
Tuesday 13 June
Translation as socio-political commentary: Heaney and history
Dr Marco Sonzogni
Friday 16 June
Stone rubble masonry buildings – can they survive earthquake effects?
Win Clark
Tuesday 20 June – Mid-winter lunch
‘While I don’t agree with everything you write…’
Dave Armstrong
Friday 23 June
The past and future of virtual reality
Prof Neil Dodgson
Tuesday 27 June
The complexity of youth offending – the more we know the harder it gets
Judge John Walker
Friday 30 June
Economic developments in China and Asia: What NZ needs to know and look out for
Prof Siah Hwee Ang
Tuesday 4 July
Living together: Aotearoa/New Zealand’s new religious diversity
Professor Paul Morris
Friday 7 July
Bringing New Zealand’s industrial heritage back to life.
Tom Williamson
Tuesday 25 July
The office of the Ombudsman – democratic watchdog
Judge Peter Boshier
Friday 28 July
New Initiatives in crime prevention
John Goddard
Tuesday 1 August
Our elusive constitution
Professor Claudia Geiringer
Friday 4 August
Digital media design and wearable technology
Prof Anne Niemetz
Tuesday 8 August
Brexit and New Zealand: is history any guide to the future?
Professor Jim McAloon
Friday 11 August
Golden keys for your grandchildren – unlocking New Zealand’s future
Dr Rosalind McIntosh
Tuesday 15 August
The headquarters of the verb: A vision for the Wellington region
Derek Fry
Friday 18 August
What’s wrong with my house
Nigel Isaacs
Tuesday 22 August
Why consumer protection matters
Sue Chetwin
Friday 25 August
Upping the ante on antibiotics
Dr Rob Keyzers
Tuesday 29 August
My life in film
Gaylene Preston
Friday 1 September
Digital futures and learning
Prof Steven Warburton
Tuesday 5 September
Prospects for democracy in Asia-Pacific monarchies
Christine Bogle
Friday 8 September
Antarctica
Kevin Norton
Tuesday 12 September
Frances Hodgkins, people painter
Dr Pamela Nunn
Friday 15 September – AGM
Development of thermal insulation for NZ houses
Nigel Isaacs
Tuesday 19 September
A Suffrage Day reflection on New Zealand’s struggle for gender equality before and since 1893, when women won the right to vote
Sue Kedgley
Friday 22 September
Antarctica, the Southern Ocean and a cold day in Wellington.
Prof Lionel Carter
Tuesday 26 September
The Great War for New Zealand: Waikato, 1800-2000
Dr Vincent O’Malley
Friday 29 September
NZ China relations in the Trump Era
Dr Jason Young
Tuesday 17 October
Writers and cricket
Professor Harry Ricketts
Friday 20 October
Urban development in NZ
Dr Arthur Grimes
Tuesday 24 October
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, two hundred years on
Dr Heidi Thomson
Friday 27 October
The history of the breast in art and medicine
Dr Burton King
Tuesday 31 October
Who owns the sea and the seabed? Prospects for peaceful use or conflict
Bill Mansfield
Friday 3 November
Tackling poverty in New Zealand: reflections from the 2016 regional workshops
Wendy McGuinness
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