PROGRAMME
Lecture Programme 2025
[continually updated]
Lectures will usually beheld 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: SPEAKER'S CORNER
3 March: Some reflections on Stupidity .. Bonhoeffer - Chris Holmes
10 March: Conspiracy Theories : why we want to believe them - Deane Galbraith
17 March: New Zealand's changing foreign policy? China, ANZUS and independence - Nick R Smith
Series 2: SECURING OUR FUTURE
7 April: Pest Management through a regional biosecurity lens - Laurence Smith
(followed by AGM)
14 April: Our future on a plate - Miranda Mirosa
21 April: Easter Monday - no lecture
Series 3: THINGS GEOGRAPHIC
5 May: What do net-zero, the green energy transition, and the tooth fairy have in common? - Mike Joy
12 May: What caused the eruption that sent shock-waves around the world? - Marco Brenna
19 May: How much ice is (still) out there? - Wolfgang Rack
Series 4: POTPOURRI
9 June: LCA in the last frontier; the environmental impacts of running an Antarctic station - Enda Crossin
16 June: Moral panics and penal populism - Fairleigh Gilmour
23 June: Galactic Archeology of the Southern Sky - Clare Worley
Series 5: CHALLENGES
7 July: Archbishop Desmond Tutu: "No Freedom without Forgiveness" - Judith Coullie
14 July: Sex offenders; rehabilitation and recidivism - Jacinta Cording
21 July: Frauds & Scams - Rebecca Styles
Series 6: MEDICAL MATTERS
4 August: "Movement is Medicine - The Importance of Movement & Exercise on Pain, Happiness,
Health & Longevity." - Antony Bush
11 August: Messages from the heart - Mark Richards
18 August: Maternity Services in Mongolia and Nepal - Julie Dockrill
Series 7: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
01 September: TBA - Nicholas Khoo
08 September: Current Challenges for the European Union - James Headley
15 September: American Politics - Maureen Montgomery
Series 8: GEOGRAPHY
06 October: Earthquakes - Mark Stirling
13 October: TBC -
20 October: Urban Geography - Simon Kingham
Series 9: POTPOURRI
03 November: Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Anthony Robins
10 November: Finance for Seniors - Martin Hawes (TBC)
17 November: Social Media - Ksenila Zahrai