Guest Speakers
Programme of Speakers 2024:
February
9 John Harraway (Honorary Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago)
An invite to Yunnan Province in China to talk at a conference on the origins of the
medicinal plant Ginseng, and experiences traveling in China
23 Brian Tegg (Retired Secondary School Principal, and Ministry of Education Property Advisor)
100 Years of Secondary Schoolbus Services in new Zealand, and the replication of the
first school bus "Paemako"
March
8 Hannah Kessenich (Doctoral Student, Department of Physics, University of Otago)
Unravelling Recent Trends in the Anatarctic Ozone Layer
22 Dr Ali Hill (Senior Professional Practice Fellow, Department of Human Nurtition, University of Otago)
Eating for Healthy Ageing
April
5 Paul Donovan (Former camera operator, Natural History New Zealand)
Filming some of the World's Wildlife
Followed by 101st Annual General Meeting of the University Club
19 Professor Emerita Nicola Peart (Faculty of Law, University of Otago)
Family Property Law: out of step with society's expectations?
Followed by Special General Meeting of the University Club
May
3 Dr Donald Kerr (Heritage Collections Librarian, Dunedin Public Libraries)
Left vs Right: the battle of the book clubs (1936-1951)
17 Cam McCracken (Director, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Toitū Otago Settlers
Museum, Lan Yuan Dunedin Chinese Garden and Olveston Historic Home)
The international art market, Nazi plunder(?) and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery
31 Paul McIntyre (Editor-in-Chief, Otago Daily Times)
Trust in the Media: Social Media v Legacy Media
June
14 Antony Hamel (Author of the book 'Dunedin Tracks and Trails: an Illustrated Guide')
Dunedin Tracks - Update on the use of tracks by tourists and locals
July
12 Gretchen Kivell (Former Head of Toroa and Abbey Colleges, University of Otago)
Textiles from Uzbekistan
26 Sandy Elkin (Lecturer in Bioethics and Health Law, University of Otago, New Zealand Medical
Council Investigator)
Rwanda: Reflections of an Accidental Tourist
August
9 Jules Radich (Mayor of Dunedin City)
Vision for Dunedin
23 Dr Viktoria Kahui (Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Otago)
Should nature own itself? Comparing Rights of Nature case studies worldwide
September
6 Sean Brosnahan (Curator, Toitu Otago Settlers Museum)
The Journey to New Edinburgh film project: behind the scenes
20 Alan Matchett (Curator - Dunedin Botanic Garden)
Dunedin Botanic Garden - Planning for its Future
October
18 Austen Banks (Club Member, Past President)
My 5 weeks as a Solivagant (Defined by dictionaries as a solitary wanderer)
November
1 Patrick Mahoney (Chief Commercial Offcer, Escea Foreplace Company)
Fire for Life
15 Jim McQuillan (Emeritus Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago)
Burns Park Scenic Reserve: Rediscovered Gem within Dunedin City
29 Gill Brown (Principal Policy Advisor for Housing, Dunedin City Council)
Housing in Dunedin - some challenges and solutions
December
13 John Drummond (Emeritus Professor of Music, University of Otago)
"Nuisances"
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Programme of Speakers 2023:
February
3 Dr Ross Grimmett (Club Member, retired Professor of Chemistry, University of Otago)
"Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall" - memories of a childhood in Dunedin during World War II
17 John Matheson (Retired Orthopaedic Surgeon)
The Science and Art of Orthopaedics
March
3 Dr Donald Kerr (Former Special Collections Librarian, University of Otago)
Awakening a Curate's Library: the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887)
17 Kevin Winders (Chief Executive, Port Otago)
31 Dr John Holmes (Club Vice-President)
Printing for Pleasure -
Followed by 100th Annual General Meeting of the University Club
April
14 Dr Pamela Wood (Author and Nurse)
New Zealand nursing - through a Dunedin lens, 1880-1950. The key role of Dunedin nurses in changing
hospital care, developing new health services to meet emerging needs, and shaping nursing as a profession
28 Alexandra Cunninghame (Coroner)
The Coroner in Aotearoa - Speaking for the dead to help the living
May
12 Peter Hayden (Actor, Writer, Director and Producer)
Wild South....and other compass points
26 James Nation (Chief Executive, Sport Otago)
Sports and physical activity, and how this shapes people
June
9 Michael Macknight (Co-founder and Director of ADInstruments, and co-founder of MR EMG)
MR EMG - from concept to product
23 Rowan Ellis (Founder of Body Synergy and co-founder of MR EMG)
August
18 Dr Jennifer Cattermole (Head of Music Programme, School of Performing Arts, University of Otago)
Exploring taonga pūoro – traditional Māori musical instruments
September
1 The Very Revd Dr Tony Curtis (Dean of Dunedin, St Paul's Cathedral)
The Sympathetic Restoration of an Icon
15 Dr John Clarkson (retired Dunedin Public Hospital paediatrician and Senior Lecturer in Child Health,
University of Otago)
My Encounters with Neonatal Intensive Care
29 Jane Wilson (Tenancy Tribunal Abjudicator)
The Tenancy Tribunal - a journey
October
13 Al Robinson (Club Member)
Dr Dudley William Carmalt-Jones, Professor of Medicine, University of Otago
and founder of the University Club in 1923
27 Megha Senthilkumar (St Hilda's Collegiate)
Sleep and Adolescents - Winner of Aurora Energy Otago Science and Technology Fair
November
10 Professor Bernadette Drummond (Oral Sciences, University of Otago)
Fluoride Considerations - Past and Present
24 Professor Murray Thomson (Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Otago)
Watch your mouth - ageing and oral health
December
8 Dr Royden Somerville KC (Barrister and former Chancellor of University of Otago 2018-22)
Anniversaries and Reminiscences
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Programme of Speakers 2022:
February
11 Professor Nancy Longnecker (Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago)
Science communication has saved Kiwi lives during the Covid-19 pandemic
25 Lorraine Isaacs (Club Vice-President)
Grandmother's Lucky Life
May
6 Chris Boyd (Club Secretary and MLitt student)
Folklore from the Hebrides Islands, Scotland
20 Tahu Mackenzie (Education Officer, Orokonui Ecosanctuary)
Lessons from the Living World
June
3 Dr Matthew Schmidt (Senior Heritage Adviser, Department of Conservation)
Dunedin's Changing Shoreline: A city built on reclamation
17 Professor Emerita Jocelyn Harris (Department of English and Linguistics, University of Otago)
The Lost Ring of Philadelphia Hancock, the aunt of Jane Austen
July
1 Dr Anna Campbell (Co-founder, Zesttwellness)
Zewstwellness (Plant-based supplements to improve immunity and lung health)
15 Ryan Hartigan (Lecturer in Theatre Studies, University of Otago and Artistic Director)
29 Sam Purdie (Environmental Educator, Orokonui Ecosanctuary)
Otago's Discrete Denizens
August
12 Dr Olivia Harrison (Department of Psychology, University of Otago)
Breathing and Anxiety
26 John Matheson (Retired Orthopaedic Surgeon)
The Hand - Physiology, Philosophy and Pathology
September
9 Peter Bodeker (Regional Director, Ministry for Primary Industries)
The Mycoplasma bovis eradication program and foot and mouth disease
23 Angus Henderson (Student, University of Otago)
Otago University, Covid-19, and the modern age of learning
October
7 Charlie Unwin (Dunedin Arts Festival Director)
2022 Dunedin Arts Festival
21 Jonathan Cweorth (Chair of Gasworks Museum Trust)
Creative fire: Art and industrial heritage, our problematic past
November
4 Sir Jim Mann (Professor in Human Nutrition and Medicine, University of Otago)
Question and Answer Session
18 Nicola Taylor (Director, Children's Issues Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Otago)
Post separation arrangements for children, and international child abduction
December
2 Melloney Meek (Graduate History Student, University of Otago)
Swans and Kiwis: Anna Pavolova in New Zealand in 1926 and her lasting impact on ballet
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Programme of Speakers 2021:
February
12 Max Quinn (Polar and Natural History Filmmaker)
A life of extremes: the life and times of a Polar Filmmaker
26 Charlie Unwin (Director, Dunedin Arts Festival)
Dunedin Arts Festival Programme 9th to 24th April 2021
March
Elder Abuse out of the shadows
With the NHNZ in China: the Making of a Documentary
April
9 Lorraine Isaacs (Club Vice President)
Two Years of the Milton Men's Prison Book Club
23 David McKenzie (Manager - Community Ministries, the Salvation Amy)
2021 State of the Nation Report: stories and experiences of what is happening in our community
May
7 Colin Brown (Founder and Former Managing Director, TracMac, agricultural GPS)
How Trump got within 40,000 votes of winning the last US election, and why
he got 10m more votes than in 2016
21 Dr Bryan Lintott (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)
The Coldest Front: The Central Intelligence Agency and American Antarctic
Policy and Operations 1947-59
June
4 Ginny Green (Chief Executive, Otago Community Hospice)
Lets talk about dying
18 Dan Hendra (Festival Director, New Zealand International Science Festival)
The Wonderful World of Science Festivals
July
2 Lucy Marinkovich (Artistic Director, University of Otago Caroline Plummer Fellow in Community Dance)
When Dancing is the Answer - based on large-scale theatre production Strasbourg 1518, performed at
New Zealand Festival of Arts, focused on dancing for people with Parkinson's Disease
16 Peter Hanlin (Former Police Dog Handler, Team Leader of Animal Services, Dunedin City Council)
My 27 years as a police dog handler including work with Armed Offenders Squad and Search and Rescue,
and work with the Dunedin City Council
30 Marc Taddei (Music Director Vallejo Symphony and Orchestra Wellington)
Painting a scene with music - two pastoral symphonies
August
13 Ross Grimmett (Club Member)
The Vulgar Errors of Sir Thomas Browne
27 Meeting Cancelled
September
10 Meeting Cancelled
24 Meeting Cancelled
October
8 Meeting Cancelled
22 Meeting Cancelled
November
December
3 Meeting Cancelled
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Programme of Speakers 2020:
February
7 Dr Alpa Shah (Author, Associate Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science)
"Nightmarch - Among India's Revolutionary Guerillas" [ Book shortlisted for 2019 Orwell prize
for Political Writing]
14 Dr Tom Higham (Departments of Archaeological Science, Oxford University)
Dating Denisova - a cave in Siberia containing fossils of Neanderthal and Denisovan hominins,
humankind's evolutionary cousins
21 Dr Caroline Orchiston (Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago)
The Alpine Fault - disaster planning and preparedness
28 No Meeting
March
6 Dr Yoram Barak (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Consultant Psychogeriatrician, University of Otago)
Successful Ageing - Part 2
13 Professor Neil Gemmell (Department of Anatomy, University of Otago)
Using eDNA to study the Biodiversity of Loch Ness and other settings
July
10 Dr Charles Higham (Emeritus Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of Otago)
How does a state originate? Climate change and the Angkor Civilisation
24 Dr Brigit Mirfin-Veitch (Director, Donald Beasley Institute)
Transformative disability research - past, present and future
August
7 Paul Pope (Chair, Otago Peninsula Community Board)
The Otago Peninsula - Paradise Lost and Found
October
2 Professor Terence Doyle (Department of Medicine, University of Otago)
The Medical Mind of Shakespeare
16 Angus Henderson (Head Prefect, Otago Boys High School)
A High Schooler's perspective of education in 2020
30 Emeritus Professor Warren Tate (Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago)
Living as a senior with COV-19:
how will it transform
our lives and our
society?
November
13 Dr Thomas McLean (Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Otago)
Finding a forgotten artist: the life and works of Alice Mary Chambers
27 Murray Lopdell-Lawrence (Manager, Bequests, Development and Alumni Relationships, University of Otago)
Coming Full Circle: A Kiwi's Journey Home
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Programme of Speakers 2019:
February
15 Marian Hobbs (Retired former teacher, New Zealand Labour Party MP 1996-2008,
former Cabinet Minister)
Are the proposed changes to school leadership and management needed?
22 Rhys Millar (Environmental Consultant, Member of NZ Institute of Forestry, Trustee of Otago Peninsula
Biodiversity Group)
March
A local company competing with the Big Guns
8 Greg Mirams (Managing Director, Techion)
Taking on the world from Dunedin
15 Phil Bishop (Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Otago)
The University of Otago goes to the jungle
22 Greg Jolly (General Manager, Tuapeka Gold Print)
Tuapeka a great little compnay now a "great" big company
29 Annual General Meeting
April
5 Gil Barbezat (Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Otago, and Club Member)
Asbestos: the cost of putting Profit before Principles
12 Philip Temple (Author)
Life as a Novel - Chasing the Truth [Biography of Maurice Shadbolt]
19 GOOD FRIDAY - no meeting
26 Michael Goldsmith (Director of GHC Consulting Ltd)
May
3 Rafe Maclean (Rafe Maclean Architects)
Passive Houses
10 David Robinson (Dunedin Coroner)
The Role of a Coroner
17 Right Reverend Dr Steven Benford (Anglican Bishop of Dunedin)
What being a Bishop Entails
24 Dr Janet Stephenson (Director, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago)
10 Ways to adjust your lifestyle to reduce gas emissions
31 Averil Pierce (Founder, CEO and Counsellor at ChatBus)
Children - Our Greatest Treasure
June
7 Dr Margot Skinner (Deputy Dean, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago)
Physiotherapy: a Profession Always on the Move
14 Professor John Broughton (Departments of Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, and Preventive
and Social Medicine, University of Otago)
He Kete Matauranga: a Basket of Knowledge
21 Mac Gardner (Medicial Geneticist, Honorary Member of Clinical Genetics Group, University of Otago)
The double-edged sword of the double helix; or, the pros and cons of getting your DNA tested
28 Anne Harlow (Humanities Collection Manager, Otago Museum)
July
5 Dr Craig Grant (Director, Visitor Experience & Science Engagement, Otago Musuem)
Otago Museum Science Outeeach - Taking Science to the Country
12 Jane Avery (Fashion Designer/Artisan Maker, Lapin)
Regarding Fur - transforming New Zealand wild rabbits into eco-couture
19 John Burton (Club Member, President 2011)
Burtons in Ireland 1610 to 1932
26 Jared Smith (Events and Tour Manager, Otago Chocolate Company)
The Otago Chocolate Company
August
2 Alan Jackson (Club Member)
The not so secret Free Masonry
9 Daphne Lee (Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Otago)
Foulden Marr Treasure Trove
16 Rochell Fox (Mobile Service Co-ordinator, Disability Information Service, Otago)
Information, Resources and Equipment
23 Drs John and Anna Holmes (Club Members)
Ayurdevic Medicine - Rediscovering the Humours in South India and Sri Lanka
30 Professor Rachael Taylor (Research Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Otago)
Research on Child Obesity
September
6 Dr Len Wakefield (Pathologist)
The role of a Coronial Pathologist
13 Kathy Grant (Southern District Health Board Commissioner)
The role of a Commissioner
20 Tianyi Lu (Guest Conductor, Dunedin Symphony Orchestra)
"Open ears - open heart"
27 Associate Professor Yoram Barak (Consultant Psychogeriatrician, Department of Psychological Medicine,
University of Otago)
October
4 Dr Lynley Hood (Freelance Author and Researcher)
Peter Ellis v The Queen: a bewildered layperson's guide
11 Dr Judith Collard (Department of History and Art History, University of Otago)
The Lindisfarne Gospels and other Anglo-Saxon manuscripts
18 Anne Stevens (Barrister and Queen's Counsel)
The work of the Howard League for Penal Reform
25 Diane Brown (Writer and Teacher)
November
1 John Clarkson (Club President)
What every grandparent should know about childhood ADHD and ASD
8 Roger McElwain (Chief Executive Officer, Language Centre and Foundation Year, University of Otago)
An Education for Life
15 Dr Tony Garry
The story behind why the Otago online MBA is ranked 13th in the world by QS UniversityRankings
22 Harry Bradshaw
"2eyeyz2c"
29 Malcolm McQueen
Reflections on Mountain Experience
December
6 Christmas Luncheon (final meeting for year)
Musical Presentation by Logan Park High School (classical music and jazz)
Programme of Speakers 2018:
February
9 Ross Grimmett (Club Member)
Transcription of World War 1 Diaries and Letters (a Hocken Library project)
16 Naomi Miller (Author)
Family History Writing
23 Grant Dodson (Chief Executive Officer, City Forests Ltd)
The Forestry Industry in New Zealand and local developments
March
2 Brian Miller (Writer, Publisher and Photographer)
Self Publishing: sketching and cycling
9 Anindya Sen (Lecturer, Department of Accountancy and Finance, University of Otago)
Who drove the financial meltdown and where are they now?
16 Margaret Gibbs (Club Member)
Living with Fossils (not the human ones!)
23 Annual General Meeting and Al Robinson (Club President)
Carmalt Jones - our Polymath
30 Good Friday - No Meeting
April
6 Ioan Bramhall (Production and Facilities Manager, Fortune Theatre)
Set design and construction
13 Peter Bodeker (former Chief Executive, Otago Regional Council)
Dairy cows and the environment
20 Craig Simpson (Regional Co-ordinator, New Zealand Landcare Trust)
Pathway for the Pomohaka
27 Austen Banks (Club Member)
A potage of poets
May
4 Lorraine Isaacs (Club Member, international volunteer working on archaeological sites in Israel)
Digging up the Past - Excavating in Israel
11 James Maclaurin (Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Otago)
AI and Responsibility - Investigating the implications of the Artificial Intelligence Revolution
18 Mona Tavakoli (Born in Iran)
A Persian New Day
25 Anna Campbell (Managing Director, AbacusBio)
Striving to innovate in food production - what does it take and how can we make the boat go faster?
June
1 Norcombe Barker (Executive Director, Larnach Castle)
50 years of guardianship of the castle and the link to Otago University
8 Graham Crombie (Deputy Commissioner, Southern District Health Board)
Governance challenges and other city issues
15 Dr Lisa Argilla (Wildlife Veterinarian)
Dunedin's Wildlife Hospital
22 No meeting
29 Steve Rushbrook (Otago Harbourmaster)
My role in Otago and how I arrived at this point in my career
July
6 Dr Barrie Peake (Retired, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago)
A tale of two chemicals: neurotoxin and fire fighting foam
13 Dame Elizabeth Hanan (Club Member)
Scottish tea planters of the Indian Raj - a family history
20 Chris Boyd (Club Secretary, former Greyhound Racing Owner, Trainer and Steward)
The pursuit of the noble greyhound in history and art
27 Dr Carla Meledandri (Department of Chemistry, University of Otago)
Nanomaterials for dental applications. From innovation to commercialization
August
3 Nicholas McBryde (Director, Arts Destival Dunedin 2018)
Something for everyone: the Dunedin 2018 Arts Festival
10 Richard Higham (Club Member)
Gems, Gundecks and Growing Up
17 David Smith (Mariner, member of Antipodes Island rodent eradication team)
Mice, men and pigs - restoring the balance on our islands
24 Patricia Payne (Internationally-acclaimed Opera Singer)
More stories from the Opera Houses of the World
31 Jim Cowie (Scott Base Operations Manager)
Living in the Antarctic - some very chilly recollections
September
7 John McDermott (Retired Journalist, former TVNZ Otago Bureau Chief)
Tales from the Telly - reflections on a 45 year career
14 Shelagh Murray (Director of Development and Alumni Relations, University of Otago)
University of Otago - 150 years of alumni engagement and philanthropy
21 Dr Sam Lind (Science and Operations Director, Oritain)
Out of the lab and into the supply chain - commercialising science for the food exporter
28 Professor Iain Lamont (Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago)
Superbugs - what are they and should we be worried?
October
5 Tony Williams (Master Goldsmith and Jeweller)
A lifetime in the making
12 Alistair Gilmour (Gilmour Automotive and EV Cars)
Electric Cars: how good are they? Ask an owner
19 Judith Cowley (Club member)
Procedures, and some curious tales of love, lies and laughter in Otahuhu Disputes Tribunal 1990-1999
26 Rachel Zajac (Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Otago)
Bias: What your brain does when you're not looking
November
2 Alan Jackson (Club Member)
Robert Burns - An Appreciation
9 Jeanette Trotman (Club Member)
574,035 stitches and counting - A history of New Zealand in stitch
16 Luke Easton (PhD Student, Department of Zoology, University of Otago)
Are there more robins? How do we know? The Orokonui ac-count
23 Marian Weaver (Musical Director. Lead and member of Dunedin Harmony Chorus)
The History of Barber Shop music - plus a special performance
30 Professor Mark Henaghan (Faculty of Law, University of Otago)
What I learned teaching Law at Otago
December
7 Christmas Luncheon (final meeting for year)
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Programme of Speakers 2017:
February
10 John Hollows (Aquaculture Manager, Keewai)
Commercial Fishing of Freshwater Crayfish in Otago/Southland Forests
17 Ross Grimmett (Club Member)
A tale of two letters: the story of Captain George Bennett, Royal Engineers, in New Zealand in the
early 1830s
24 Annaloes de Groot (Carers' Society Otago)
"Who cares?"
March
3 Sue Maturin (Otago/Southland Central Regional Conservation and Volunteer Manager, Forest & Bird)
Nature in Crisis
10 Heleen Du Plessis (Senior Lecturer in Cello, Department of Music, University of Otago)
Travels with my Cello
17 Jonathan Cweorth (Trustee, Southern Heritage Trust; Founder Dunedin Medieval and Renaissance Society)
Pulling the Strings - Experiments in Puppetry
24 Christina Hulbe (Professor and Dean of the School of Surveying, University of Otago)
Antarctica West Ice Sheet, Sea Level Rise and You
31 Annual General Meeting and Dr Bryce Edwards (Department of Politics, University of Otago)
Trump This! a Political Commentary
April
7 Ian Griffin (Director, Otago Museum)
Chasing the Aurora Australis, above and beyond New Zealand
14 Good Friday - No meeting
21 Richard Roberts (Chief Executive, Dunedin Airport)
Shark Attacks off the Otago Coast
28 Daniel Kossov (International Conductor) and
Robert Orr (Principal Oboe, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra)
Our lives in music
May
5 Barbara Brookes (Professor, Department of History, University of Otago)
New Zealand Women: Generations of Change
12 Dave Warren (Professional Practice Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago)
Have Chemistry will Travel - students experience a new culture
19 Paul Naidu (Director, English Language Partners, Dunedin Branch)
Assisting Refugees and Immigrants to improve their English
26 Alexander Trapeznik (Associate Professor, Department of History and Art History,
University of Otago)
Dunedin adopts and adapts to the motor car, 1901-1930
June
2 Simon Cox (Structural Geologist, GNS Science)
Earthquakes in the South Island of New Zealand
9 Debra Waters (Associate Professor, Director of Gerontology Research, University of Otago)
Age-related body composition changes - impacts on physical function and frailty, and effective interventions
16 Louise Parr-Brownlie (Department of Anatomy, University of Otago)
Chronic Pain
23 Sean Brosnahan (Curator, Toitu Otago Settlers Museum)
Journey to Lan Yuan - in search of Otago's Chinese connections
30 Sarah Hook (Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Otago)
Why vaccines are good and how we make them even better
July
7 Phil Seddon (Director Wildlife Management Programme, Department of Zoology, University of Otago)
Restoring species in a changing world
14 Anna Petersen (Curator of Photographs, Hocken Library, University of Otago)
Treasures from the Hocken Photographic Collection
21 Paul Pope (Dunedin Amenities Society)
Craigieburn - a Scottish Subsistence and Conservation Legacy
28 Barry Stewart (Editor Otago Daily Times and Editor in Chief Allied Press)
Journalism - the future
August
4 Rosi Crane (Honorary Curator, Otago Museum)
Skeletons in the Attic
11 Peter Stupples (Senior Lecturer in Art History and Theory, Otago Polytechnic
Visiting Vologda: a long short story
18 Pieter du Plessis (Landscape and Events Photographer)
Diplomat to Photographer
25 No meeting (Cancelled)
September
1 Harlene Hayne (Vice Chancellor, University of Otago)
Universty of Otago: Past, Present and Future
8 Barry Weston (Dunedin Artist, Model Maker and Book Illustrator)
Sculpting heads, dinosaurs, ships and space craft
15 Ali Clarke (Hocken Collections Assistant, Library, University of Otago)
A New History for the University
22 Sue Bidrose (Chief Executive, Dunedin City Council)
Visiting the United Nations
29 Mark Henaghan (Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Otago)
An interesting point or two
October
6 Graham Batts (Retired Engineer, former Managing Director or Scott Technology)
Robots and the Future of Work
13 Kate Morgan (Sales Advisor, Frances Hodgkins Retirement Village)
Is a retirement village right for me?
20 Judith Cowley (Club Member)
Living in Turkey 1962
27 Rachel Brazil (Employment Law Specialist, Rachel Brazil Law)
Employment law: what went wrong?
November
3 Barbara Bridger (Chief Executive, Otago Community Trust)
History of the Otago Community Trust
10 David Hutchinson (Director of the Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic & Quantum Technologies)
An overview of the Dodd-Walls Centre
17 Robert Morris (Director, Collections and Research, Otago Museum)
Copper production in Iron Age Cyprus: the excavations of Ayia Varvara-Almyras
24 Kyle Murdoch (CEO, Natural History New Zealand)
Forty years of Natural History film making in New Zealand
December
1 Jim Flynn (Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Otago)
No place to hide: Have we already lost control of climate change?
8 Lois Johnston (Classical Soprano Soloist and Vocal Teacher) and
Helen Webby (Principal Harp with the Christchurch Symphony and Harp Teacher)
A musical performance
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Programme of Speakers 2016:
February
12 David Murray with Maurice Hayward (Hocken Collections, University of Otago)
Digitised Film Treasures of the Hocken
19 Fatima McKague (PhD candidate, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago)
Fuel Poverty in New Zealand
26 Doug MacKenzie (Department of Geology, University of Otago)
Folding, faulting and the Macraes Gold Mine, New Zealand
March
4 Cathy Rufaut (Project Manager, Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group)
Practicalities of possum control on the Otago Peninsula
11 Alan Jackson (Secretary, Archibald Baxter Memorial Trust)
A memorial to a brave man
18 Annual General Meeting - Guest Speaker Club Member Richard Higham
It could have been a real disaster
25 Good Friday - no meeting
April
1 Jeanette Trotman (Fabric Artist and Club Member)
The Tapestry Project, the story of New Zealand in Stitch
8 Geoff Adams (Retired Journlist)
Frightened in Russia
15 Ron Palenski (Historian, Journalist and Writer)
The importance of Sport to New Zealand
22 David Bell (Associate Professor, Department of Education, University of Otago)
Inside the Floating World (Japanese Prints)
29 Jocelyn Harris (Emerita Professor)
Jane Austen, the Burneys and the Death of Captain Cook
May
6 Brian Moloughney (Professor, Department of History, University of Otago)
The Tibetan Challenge
13 John Hale (Department of English, University of Otago, Columnist Otago Daily Times)
Writing WordWays
20 Gregor Macaulay (Admissions and Enrolment Administrator, University of Otago)
A Brief Introduction to Heraldry in New Zealand
27 Vincent O'Sullivan and Roger Collins (Writer and Poet and Friend)
Vincent O'Sullivan in Conversation
June
3 Tudor Caradoc-Davies (Beekeeper)
Bees and Honey on the Peninsula
10 Carol Grant (UN Convenor Presbyterian Women Aotearoa New Zealand)
From inside the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
17 Paul Le Comte (Dunedin Photographer)
Photographing the Otago night sky
24 Nicky Page (Director of City of Literature)
Sharing and Partnership - Dunedin and the UNESCO Creative Cities Network
July
1 Danny Knudson (Historian and Writer)
Women of Skippers
8 Chris Staynes (Deputy Mayor, Dunedin City Council)
Update on Council Planning
15 Irene Ceccato (PhD Student, University of Pavia, Italy)
Theory of Mind: what we think about others thoughts and feelings
22 Jonathon Hendry (Director, Fortune Theatre)
Work to date and plans for the Fortune Theatre
29 Rua McCallum (Public Programmes Co-ordinator, Toitu Settlers Museum)
Creating Bi-Cultural Theatre using Southern Maori Creation Narratives
August
5 Austen Banks (Director, Engineering Consultants Ltd)
Industry Training - How does it assist society?
12 Nancy Longnecker (Professor, Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago)
Superfoods
19 Don Mackenzie (General Practitioner)
The future of General Practice
26 Joyce Whyman (Club Member)
St John Ambulance
September
2 Nicholas McBryde (Director, Arts Festival Dunedin)
The 2016 Arts Festival Dunedin
9 Mary Ronnie (Retired Librarian and Club Member)
Books for the People
16 Anne Thomson (Associate Minister, First Church, Director of Urban Co-housing Otepoti Ltd)
Co-housing project on site of old High Street School
23 Max Lowrey (Club Member)
My life in Photography
30 Kate Kennedy (Research Fellow in Life Writing, Wolfson College, Oxford)
First World War Poet/Composer Ivor Gurney and the Sounds of Battle
October
7 Tony Moore (Senior Lecturer, Geographical Information Science, University of Otago)
Sea Lion Habitat Modelling: Where could breeding colonies exist in Otago/Southland?
14 Judith Sligo (Researcher, Dunedin Multidisciplinary Healthe & Development Research Unit,
University of Otago)
The complexity, diversity and dynamic nature of New Zealand children's family lives
21 Marian Weaver (Resource Manager Procedures and Protocols, Otago Regional Council)
25 Years of the Resource Management Act
28 Lisa Matisoo-Smith (Professor of Biological Anthropology, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago)
Following the Phoenicians. An ancient DNA approach
November
4 Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere (Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Otago)
Animals, Ethics and the Law
11 Cecilia Mickelsen (Art Director, FE29: The Art lab)
The real value of Art
18 Jack Rutherford (Retired Primary School Principal, Member VICTA)
Living with Low Vision
25 Keith Scott (Director, Globe Theatre)
Making Mary Stuart, an old play for a new audience
December
2 Patricia Payne (Opera Singer)
Opera and Icons
9 Margaret Lindsay (Club Member)
How would you like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?
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Programme of Speakers 2015:
February
13 Warwick Jordan (Owner, Hard to Find Books But Worth the Effort)
Ramblings from the Book Trade
20 Fred van Brandenburg (Founder, Architecture van Brandenburg)
Unfurling
27 Angela Middleton (Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Otago)
Pewhairangi - Bay of Islands CMS Missions and Maori 1814-1845
March
6 Philip Temple (Author)
"Will Dunedin be like this?"
13 Neville Peat (Author and Photographer)
Ernest Shackleton, "The Boss" his whiskey and Dunedin
20 Lynley Hood (Scientist, scholar and author)
Making peace with the past: another chapter in the story of Minnie Dean
27 Annual General Meeting and guest speaker Brian Robinson
Tertiary Education in Saudi Arabia
April
3 Good Friday - no meeting
10 Antony Braithwaite (Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Otago)
Cancer - when surveillance and repair fail
17 Khaled Greish (Department of Pharnacology and Toxicology, University of Otago)
Anticancer Nano-medicine: a story of 30 years of research
24 Sue Bidrose (CEO, Dunedin City Council)
Eighteen months at the DCC
May
1 Mary Ronnie (Retired Librarian and Club Member)
A Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
8 Cordelia Black (Writer, Poet, Scholar & Publisher)
How imagery and myth work across cultural boundaries and the language barrier
15 Jason Cushen (Manager, Student International Services, University of Otago)
International Student Exchanges
22 Nyssa Mildwaters (Conservation Manager, Otago Museum)
Damage, Displays and Disasters: Conserving Museum Collections
29 Drs Anna and John Holmes (Retired doctors and Club Members)
An interesting journey
June
5 Jenny Bryant-Tokalau (Associate Professor, Te Tumu, School of Maori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies,
University of Otago)
Unraveling the complexities of Fiji's urban land
12 Marian Hobbs (Educationalist)
Why we should see the roads NOT to take in education - a comparison between English and NZ 'experiments'
19 Robert Patman (Professor, HOD Politics, and Co-Director of University of Otago Foreign Policy School)
The role and impact of the University of Otago's Foreign Policy School 1966-1976
26 Tanea Paterson (Researcher)
Ibogaine. Is it the answer to addiction and Parkinson's?
July
3 Cindy Diver (Director, Theatreworks and Interact)
The keys are in the margarine: an approach to social theatre using the University of Otago's
ground-breaking verbatim technique
10 Jennifer Evans (Director, Toitu Otago Settler's Museum)
Dunedin Chinese Garden
17 Sue Walthert (Ex-GP, Medical School Teacher)
Cancer Survivorship, the Bridge to Health Programme
24 Ian Chapman (Senior Exutant Lecturer in Contemporary Music, University of Otago)
The importance of David Bowie
31 Donald Kerr (Special Collections Librarian, University of Otago)
Hocken: Prince of Collectors
August
7 Dan Reddiex (Rector, Kings High School)
Building Men
14 Mark Ryan (Manager, Summerset)
Summerset at Bishopscourt
21 Christine Jasoni (Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Brain Health Research Centre,
University of Otago)
Mum's the word. How a mother's body weight during pregnancy can elevate her baby's later life
risk of neurological disease
28 Eva Gluyas (Manager, workSpace, Centre for Research Expertise CoRE Co-ordinator Innovation,
Otago Polytechnic)
Design Thinking: a tool to change the world or just another fad?
September
4 Jennifer Evans (Director, Toitu Otago Settlers' Museum)
Digital Resources at Toitu Otago Settlers' Museum
11 Paul Fawcett (Associate Professor (Hon.), School of Pharmacy, University of Otago)
Manchuria - the Crucible of Modern China
18 David Sim (Lawyer, Downie Stewart, Dunedin)
The Magna Carta
25 Helen Nicholson (Deputy Vice-Cancellor, External Engagement, University of Otago)
Journeys to (and from) the end of the world: from medicine to external engagement
October
2 Rob W. Zaagman (Netherlands Ambassador to New Zealand)
New Zealand and the Netherlands - far apart and yet so close
9 Neil Harraway (Owner, Monarch Wildlife Ltd)
Wild Stories - From global documentaries to Dunedin wildlife tourism
16 Anna Campbell (Managing Director, Abacus Bio Ltd)
Bridging Science and Business
23 Phillippa Duffy (General Manager, University Book Shop Otago)
Boiled sweets, Books, Rooms and Bookselling - a sweet little history of the University Bookshop
30 Hon. Pete Hodgson (Chairman, Otago Innovation Ltd)
Commercialising the ideas of academics at the University of Otago - failure or success
November
6 Peter Stupples (Art Historian)
Piotr Vaulin: Architectural Ceramics in St Petersburg
13 Lyall Hanton (Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago)
Joseph Mellor: the Peter Pan of Ceramics
20 John Broughton (Professor, School of Dentistry, University of Otago)
William Shakespeare and Dental Research
27 Peter Bodkin (Club Member)
Guadalcanal - the Turning Point of the Pacific War
December
4 Ross Grimmett (Club President)
The Art of Music: "If music be the food of art paint on"
Programme of Speakers 2014:
February
14 Phillipa Duffy (Manager, University Book Shop)
The Book Window: inside and outside perspectives on the role and reality of contemporary bookselling
21 Robyne Selbie (National Aspiring Principals Programme)
Primary School Leadership in the 21st Century
28 Robin Gauld (Professor of Health Policy, University of Otago)
Reflections on New Zealand's Health Care System at its 75th Anniversary
March
7 Ian Griffin (Director, Otago Museum)
Inspiring Curiosity; the past, present and future of the Otago Museum
14 John Barsby (Retired Professor, Department of Classics, University of Otago)
George Samuel Sale: Otago's first Professor of Classics
21 Gio Angelo (Film Maker)
Making Movies from Home
28 AGM – Ross Grimmett (Club Member)
The Vulgar Errors of Sir Thomas Browne
April
4 Carla Meledandri (Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago)
Silver Nanoparticles for treating Tooth Decay
11 Rex Ahdar (Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Otago)
Religious Liberty in the West
18 Good Friday - No Meeting
25 Anzac Day - No Meeting
May
2 Maureen Howard (Sustainable Living Facilitator, Dunedin City Council)
Shopping with Sustainability in Mind: Making your own cleaners for house and car
9 Cally McWha (Owner-Operator, Hilltop on High Street Bed and Breakfast)
From Lawyer to B&B Host...From Auckland to Dunedin
23 Trevor Bolt (Dunedin North Franchise Owner)
Driving Miss Daisy
30 Anthony Ritchie (Associate Professor, Department of Music, Universityof Otago
along with Bella Hristova (guest violinist for the Southern Sinfonia)
Creating a Violin Concerto - composer and performer speak
June
6 Craig Rodger (Professor, Department of Physics, University of Otago)
Global Lightning Observations from Dunedin
13 Nigel Bamford (CEO Escea Gas Fires Limited)
Manufacturing is still a very important part of the Dunedin economy
20 Keith Jeffery (Club Member)
Pioneering Surgeons in Victorian Dunedin - Trials and Tribulations
27 Chris Green (Director, International Science Festival)
Leaving Boring Behind
July
4 Deborah Manning (CEO, Foodshare)
Rescuing Food - Nourishing Communities
11 Dave Hanan (Environmental Engineer, Delta)
What happens to your waste
18 Ashley Day (Warden, Te Rangi Hiroa College)
Changes in University Residential Accommodation
25 Amanda Brosnan (Lt-Col, Comanding Officer, 2/4 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment)
Army Reserve Service in New Zealand and Afghanistan
August
1 Peter Bodeker (CEO, Otago Regional Council)
Balancing Economics and Environmental Considerations
8 Geoff Noller and Tanea Paterson (Research Consultant and Treatment Provider)
Developing a new treatment for opiate modality dependence in New Zealand
15 Tony Merriman (Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Otago)
Gout Related Issues
22 Gil Barbezat (Club Past President)
Greenland in the Melting Pot
29 Michael Macknight (CEO, ADInstruments)
ADInstruments: who are they?
September
5 Elaine Webster (Director, Summer School and Coninuing Education, University of Otago)
Lifelong learning at Otago: reinvention
12 Nicholas McBryde (Director, Arts Festival, Dunedin
The 2014 Arts Festival, Dunedin
19 Hamish McKeich (Musician and Orchestral Conductor)
So what does a conductor do?
26 Karyn Paringatai (Te Tumu - School of Maori Pacific and Indigenous Studies)
What we can learn in the dark
October
3 Florence Stone
Life aboard a nautical youth hostel: what it is really like on a container ship
10 Tom Brooking (Professor, History and Art History, University of Otago))
Impact of World War 1 on Dunedin
17 Robbie Ellis (Mozart Fellow 2012, University of Otago)
Emigrating to Chicago: the smartest or stupidest decision of my life?
24 John Drummond (Emeritus Professor of Music)
Music of the Goldfields
31 David Wall (Professional Photographer)
African Safari
November
7 Janice Lord (Department of Botany, University of Otago)
Graham Strong (Otago Innovation Ltd
Phone App for Native Plants
14 Robert Fields
Henry VIII's Warship: the Mary Rose
21 Kimberley Hageman (Department of Chemistry, University of Otago)
Predicting pesticide volatilization from soils
28 Dr Elizabeth Whitcombe (Club Member)
Piltdown Man
December
5 Ross Grimmett (Club Vice President)
"The Fourth Wise Man was late"