Programme

Lecture Programme 2026

[continually updated]

Lectures will usually be held on the first 3 Mondays of each month March to November, with adjustments around Easter

See the NEWSLETTERS page for details of each lecture.

[ TBC - To Be Confirmed ]

Series 1: GOING LOCAL

9 March: South Canterbury Museum - Past, Present & Future - Philip Howe

16 March: Two Big Macs who made their mark on South Canterbury - Sean Brosnahan

23 March: Work of a Crown Prosecutor - Andrew McCrae (Crown Prosecutor)

Series 2: HISTORY

13 April: Extraordinary New Zealanders in WW1&2 : Nancy Wake - David Hodgson

20 April: TBC - (followed by AGM)

27 April: ANZAC DAY substitute day - no lecture

Series 3: MEDICAL

11 May: Ideas about mental disorder in medieval Europe - Simon Kemp
18 May: Stroke - Jo Lambert
25 May: TBC -

Series 4: POLITICS

8 June: Local Government in NZ (TBC) - Janine Hayward
15 June: TBC -
22 June: TBC -

Series 5: LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

6 July: Shakespeare's Sonnets - Judith Coullie
13 July: Accents & Assumptions: Why do those people talk funny? - Kevin Watson

20 July: Divas, Drama & Delight - Rachael Walkinton

Series 6: TBC

3 August: TBC -

10 August: TBC -
17 August: TBC -

Series 7: TBC

7 September: TBC -
14 September: TBC -
21 September: TBC -

Series 8: TBC

5 October: TBC -
12 October: TBC -
19 October: TBC -

Series 9: POTPOURRI

9 November: TBC -
16 November: TBC -
23 November: TBC -