Kaleidoscope Speaker Archive

On this page you can see a list of all Kaleidoscope speakers since 2011. If the speaker left us their notes or their powerpoint presentation then this can also be viewed. You can search for a speaker by entering their name in the search box above the list.

If you want to see the list of speakers in any one term then go to this page

Copyright: Please be aware that the copyright of any material available from this page belongs to the speaker. You may not use the material elsewhere without first gaining the approval of the speaker.

To access an item click on the link in the “Archive” column.
NB Any archive labelled “Powerpoint Slides” is a pdf of the presentation

DateSpeakerArchive
31/3/2025AMY ALEXANDER, Development Manager Wellington Life Flight Trust
Life Flight: Saves time, saves lives.
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31/3/2025KEVIN MCKAY. Marine Geologist
A blast from the deep – the incredible eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apal Volcano in Tonga, January 15, 2022
Powerpoint Slides
24/3/2025Dr. MARTIN REYNERS, Emeritus Scientist GNS Science, Fellow of the Royal Society of NZ, Recipient NZ Research, Science and Technology Medal
44 years studying plate tectonics in Aotearoa/NZ’
Powerpoint Slides
24/3/2025DI BUCHAN, Historian
Byron Brown and the Otaki Children’s Health Camp
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17/3/2025JANET BAYLY, Mahara Gallery Director
The Field Collection
Powerpoint Slides
17/3/2025Dr. NEIL GORDON, Retired Chief Meteorologist, Met Services, Wellington
Kapiti Weather and Climate
Powerpoint Slides
10/3/2025PROF. JIM JOHNSTON, Professorial Research Fellow, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, VUW. B.Sc. M.Sc.(Hons) Ph.D.
Geothermal energy and unlocking the full potential of Natural Geo-thermal resources for electricity generation and direct heating’
Listener article on CaSil technology
10/3/2025VICKI THIRKELL, Neurological Physiotherapist
Navigating the complexities of balance as we age
Powerpoint Slides
3/3/2025KEVIN CLARK, Fellow of the Institute of Architects, Musician and Author
A hike into the interior of Borneo starting in Brunei
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3/3/2025CHRIS PAULIN, Retired Marine Biologist
Southern Ocean Fisheries – Myths and Realities
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24/2/2025Roger Brent-Smith,Renowned Bird Photographer
Birds of the Waikanae Estuary and Lagoons
The photo file available on the right is a large file.

Powerpoint Slides
24/2/2025Dame Diana Buchanan- Crossan
Story of an unusual career in private, public and not for profit sector
Powerpoint Slides
18/11/2024Bob Maysmor
Djibouti and Somaliland – Off the beaten track in the Horn of Africa.
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18/11/2024David Galt Managing Director Mowbray Collectables & President of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand.
Numismatics and Philately – uncured addictions
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11/11/2024Jaenine Parkinson, Director NZ Portrait Gallery
History of NZ Portrait Gallery and Portraiture
Powerpoint Slides
11/11/2024John Dyer, NZGD, Vice President NZ Red Cross
Reflections from a life in disasters
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4/11/2024 Keith Lewis
Exploring New Zealand’s seabed – tales from 40 years of Marine Geology
Powerpoint Slides
4/11/2024 Donna Kennedy and Claire Hagan
Riding for the Disabled
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21/10/2024Cynric Temple-Camp, Forensic Pathologist, Author
On his latest and maybe last book – ‘The Final Diagnosis-Obscure Cases of Death, Disease and Murder’
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21/10/2024Dr. Ben Gray, Assoc. Prof., Chair of Wellington Welfare Guardianship Trust
The role of Welfare Guardians.
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14/10/2024Max Rashbrooke, Author, Academic and Journalist
Making Welfare to Work …… work
Powerpoint Slides
14/10/2024Dr. Richard Stein, Gastroenterologist,
Negotiating the health system
Powerpoint Slides
7/10/2024Redmer Yska, Author, Historian.
Tracking Katherine Mansfield across Europe
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7/10/2024Roger Buchanan, Final Chief Executive of Wool Board and contracted CEO of Wool Board Disestablishment Limited 2004-2012
What’s happened to the NZ wool industry
Powerpoint Slides
15/7/2024Andrew London, Musician Songwriter, Satirist Andrew London and his Middle Class White Boy Blues Not Available
15/7/2024Alf Clear, Marine Engineer
My maritime career
Powerpoint Slides
8/7/2024Aimee Bowden, Volunteer Manager at Kaibosh Food Rescue
Food Rescue Cycle
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8/7/2024Caroline Ludford, APSNZ, LRPS President Photographic Society of NZ
My Passion – My Photography
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1/7/2024Judith Miller, Deputy Chair of the Otaki Heritage Trust
Early Otaki
Powerpoint Slides
1/7/2024Dame Kerry Prendergast, ONZM, CNZM
The challenge of Aotearoa’s 3012km walk from Cape Reinga to Bluff with Tim Pankhurst, former Editor Dominion Post and his wife.
Powerpoint Slides
24/6/2024Marcia Guest Mcgrath, Founder Loved 4 Life
Loved 4 Life – the right of every NZ child
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24/6/2024Janet Holborow, Mayor of Kapiti Coast District Council
A long-term plan for Kapiti and Local Government funding
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17/6/2024 Asa Cox, Founder of Arcanum, AI
AI: Past, Present and Future
Powerpoint Slides
17/6/2024Prof. Paul Young, Intensive Care Specialist, Deputy Director Medical Research Institute NZ.
Intensively Caring: NZ ICU research that has changed global practice.
Powerpoint Slides
10/6/2024Angie Farrow, ONZM, Prof. Emeritus in Theatre & Creativity, Massey Univ.
Evolving hearts and minds: theatre as Education.
Powerpoint Slides
10/6/2024Malcolm McKinnon, Assoc. Prof. History, Philosophy, Political Science, VUW
The origins of Arab/Israeli conflict
Powerpoint Slides
25/3/2024Costa Botes, Lone Pine Films
Real to Reel: Half a Lifetime making documentaries with Costa Botes
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25/3/2024Prof. Alison McEwen, Head of Genetic Counselling at the University of Technology, Sydney
Genetic counselling skills training: working collaboratively across borders
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18/3/2024Don Mathieson
Rohoes and his Scholarships
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18/3/2024Jeremy Bennett, Visual Effects Art Director – Lord Of The Ring.
Painting Middle Earth
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11/3/2024Claire Carruthers, Wellington Free Ambulance
The amazing work of Free Ambulances – much more than sirens & lights.
Powerpoint Slides
11/3/2024Graeme McLeod,
Space Shuttle Launch and the journey to get there
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4/3/2024Felix O'Hagan, Research Officer, Malaghan Institute
Benchtop to Bedside: New Zealand’s First CAR T-cell Clinical Trial
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4/3/2024Helen Hawkins
Whaling – My Jillett/Whitehouse family history with connections to Kapiti Island
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19/2/2024Dr Nicole Miller, Friends of Taputeranga Marine Reserve
A look under the waves of Wellington – exploring the success and challenges of marine conservation – a visual tour
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19/2/2024Jock Phillips, ONZM. Historian
Visible or Invisible – which heritage is celebrated through monuments?
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13/11/2023Kevin Clark, Musician
A smorgasbord of music and yarns from many years of performing
Cartoon slides
13/11/2023Hamish Campbell, Palaeontologist & Geologist, Emeritus Scientist, GNS Science
How did the Chatham Islands get its funny shape.
Powerpoint Slides
6/11/2023Anthony Dreaver, Historian
New light on the friendly invasion – the US Marines in NZ
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6/11/2023Russell Jenkins
Steel Rails and a wire through the City. The history of Electric Trams in Wellington.
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30/10/2023Prof Lionel Carter, Marine Geology, Antarctic Research Centre, VUW
Protecting the oceanic fibre-optic network – the backbone of global communication and the internet.’
Powerpoint Slides
30/10/2023Dr Nick Smith, Senior Research Officer, Reddit Institute, Massey University
Feeding the World, Nutrition comes first.
Powerpoint Slides
16/10/2023Kevin Clark
The history of glassmaking
Powerpoint Slides
16/10/2023Charlotte MacDonald, Prof of History, VUW
Our NZ History Curriculum - taking the past to the future
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9/10/2023Dr Rosie Gibson, Snr. Lecturer in the School of Psychology, Massey University
Sleep is a bit of a luxury: prevalence & perceptions of sleep disruptions with ageing
Powerpoint Slides
9/10/2023Emma Lewis, Executive Director, Nikau Foundation
Awarding grants in the Greater Wellington region.
Powerpoint Slides
2/10/2023Dan Coup, CEO QEII National Trust
Aotearoa’s quiet conservationists – 5000 protected places you won’t find on a map.
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2/10/2023Dr. Mike Joy, Freshwater Ecologist and Science Communicator
Degrowth: respecting Earth’s limits and engaging in its regeneration.
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17/7/2023Barbara Lewis
Curiosities at Kew Gardens
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17/7/2023Phil Smith, RNZ National Documentary Producer and Journalist
Pictures of Parliament: stories and views from inside the House
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10/7/2023David Howman, CNZM
Stories of Cheating in World Sport - from Russia to Lance Armstrong
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10/7/2023Colin MIskelly, Te Papa Curator, Ornithologist & Botanical Collector
From farm to forest – the transformation of Mana Island a conservation success story.
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3/7/2023Dr Dexter Bambery, Dental Council of NZ
Dentistry through the ages.
Powerpoint Slides
3/7/2023Christina Barton, Director Te Pataka Toi Adam Art Gallery, VUW
The artist Rita Angus
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26/6/2023Kate Clarke, Paleoseismology Team Leader, GNS Science,
Past large earthquakes and the Hiurangi SUbduction Zone.
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26/6/2023Barry Borman. Prof Epidemiology, Massy University
Down the rabbit hole: NZ's folic acid saga
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19/6/2023Malcolm MacKinnon, Political Historian
Modern China
Powerpoint Slides
19/6/2023Tricia MacPerson, Stetson Productions.
50 years in the entertainment business
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12/6/2023Marry O'Keefe, Archaeologist.
Digging up the Past – Life as a NZ Archaeologist
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12/6/2023Simon Nathan, Geologist & Writer
Around the World in 1926 – a photographic voyage with Jos Divis
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3/4/2023Elizabeth Kay, Author
El Alamein – sand, dust and flies: a personal story of WW2 Egypt and North Africa.
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3/4/2023Dr. Cordelia Thomas, Assoc. Commissioner, Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner.
The role of the Office of the Health & Disability Commissioner & the older consumer
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27/3/2023Rev Lance Lukin, QHC, O St J. Regional Director Oceania & Pacific Region Mission to Seafarers, Wellington Port Chaplain.
How feeding your cat could be killing people: how much is a life really worth?
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27/3/2023Kate de Goldi, Author & Susan Paris, Editor
The ANNUAL project: a miscellany for young readers to help build literacy and reading for pleasure – an old school solution to a modern problem
Powerpoint Slides
20/3/2023Jenny Pattrick, Author
Her latest book - "Harbouring"
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20/3/20223Kathryn Ennis-Carter, International Consultant in Governance and Public Managment
Working with Governments in a range of countries in the field of International Development
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13/3/2023Janet Holborow, Mayor of Kapiti
Creating a future for Kapiti
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13/3/2023Sir Kim Workman KNZM, QSO
Youth Offending - Then and Now
Speech Notes
Powerpoint Slides
6/3/2023Michael Peryer, Author
Waikanae Estuary Birdlife
Powerpoint Slides
6/3/2023Prof James Renwick. Prof of Physical Geography VUW
The Latest on Climate Change
Powerpoint Slides
27/2/2023Christiane Mortelier
NZ in Jules Verne's novels translated from Frennch as a "Voyage Around the World"
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27/2/2023Shirley Sutton
Wildflowers of Western Australia
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5/12/2022Chris Dearden , Prof. of Classics (Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka)
Homer and the collapse of the Bronze Age: devastating pandemic or what ?
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5/12/2022Bob Maysmor, Intrepid Traveller
Travels in Iraq
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28/11/2022Simon Nathan, Geologist & Writer.
The spectacular aerial photographs of his colleague Lloyd Homer. A selection of Lloyd’s images, including some of the Kapiti region and the changing nature of aerial photography.
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28/11/2022Christiane Mortelier
An Introduction to Jules Verne’s Life and Work
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21/11/2022 Prof. Anne La Flamme, Leader of the Multiple Sclerosis Program, Malaghan Institute
Auto-immunity: the consequence of losing your immune balance
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21/11/2022 David Dell, Music Historian, Archivist, Composer
NZ Music of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.
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14/11/2022Antony Gomez, Vice-President of the Royal Astronomical Society of NZ. Former President Wellington Astronomical Society.
Our Place in the Universe
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14/11/2022 Hon Chris Finlayson, KC
Co-governance
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7/11/2022Dr Cynric Temple-Camp, Pathologist
The Perfect Murder
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7/11/2022 Henry Talbot, Classification Office.
Classification, censorship and online harms in Aotearoa
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31/10/2022Don Manning, QSM, CEO – Sailability Wellington Trust
Taking to the water to learn to sail is no problem with a disability
Powerpoint Slides
31/10/2022Erica Penny, Policy & Systemic Issues Manager, Banking Ombudsman Scheme
Banking in a digital world – challenges and opportunities
Powerpoint Slides
25/7/2022Terisa Ngobi, MP Otaki and Barbara Edmonds, MP Mana
The role of a Backbench MP
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25/7/2022Hilary Souter, CEO Advertising Authority New Zealand
If an ad is wrong, the ASA is here to help put it right – our role in supporting responsible advertising
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18/7/2022Sue Kedgley, Board Member Consumer NZ, Capital and Coast District Health Board
Fifty Years of Feminism and its impact on Men and Womens’ Lives
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18/7/2022Heidi Thomson, Prof. Emeritus, English Literature, Victoria University Wellington
Poet William Wordsworth’s close connection with France
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11/7/2022Malcolm McKinnon - Assoc Prof of History, VUW
Modern India
Powerpoint Slides
11/7/2022Rosemary Marryatt, Author.
William Gilbert Rees, Explorer and First Settler in the Wakatipu Basin and Founder of Queenstown
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4/7/2022Jake Smythe, Red Cross Volunteer Programme Co-ordinator
Settlement of former refugees, other migrants and their families
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4/7/2022Prof Phil Battley - Massey University
Migration of the Godwit
Powerpoint Slides
27/6/2022Prof Julian Heyes (School of Food & Technology - Massey University.
Horticulture for Health
Powerpoint Slides
27/6/2022Nick Anda, Intelligence Analyst, National Drug Intelligence Unit
The NZ illicit drug environment
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20/6/2022David Barber, Journalist
Sailing to stop the bomb – the first Government Ban-the-Bomb protest
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20/6/2022Bruce MacDonald (Principal - Kenakena School)
The life changing Dyslexia programme at our school
Powerpoint Slides
4/4/2022Dexter Traill, Kaiwhakahaere: Māori Honongā Hapori at Office of the Ombudsman
The role of the Ombudsman
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4/4/2022Kevin Clark
Travels around Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan in a converted London Rubbish Truck
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28/3/2022Dave Lowe, Prof. Atmospheric Chemistry Antarctic Research Centre, VUW, Wellingtonian of the Year Environment 2020 and Rhiannon Mackie, Student Climate Activist, Hutt Valley High School. NZ’s & Pacific Rep. UN’s Youth Task Force for Stockholm +50 Environmental Conference.
50 years measuring Climate Change and Growing up in a Greenhouse World’
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28/3/2022Roger Palmer, MMus. President Recorders & Early Music Union
What is our music? NZ’s Pakeha sounds
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21/3/2022Pat Webster (Charities Commission)
Marketisation of Charities
Powerpoint Slides
21/3/2022Dr. Rosanne Livingstone, Former Te Papa Collections Mgr. Textiles (History)
Living the Dream: her Ph.D thesis – Dress & Identity in Kellis, a Roman-Period village in Egypt.
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14/3/2022John Skene, Aviation History Enthusiast
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14/3/2022Murray Edridge, City Missioner
Creating a Community where there is no us or them
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7/3/2022Janet Bayly, Director Mahara Gallery
Frances Hodgkins, the Field Collection and the new MAHARA
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7/3/2022Todd Zaner , Coast Access Radio
The Face of Radio
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28/2/2022Christiane Mortelier
Gothic Cathedrals in France
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28/2/2022Bob Maysmor
Travels in Bangladesh
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26/7/2021Simon Fyfield & Shane Salisbury (Fletcher Construction)
Progress on Peka Peka to Otaki Expressway
Powerpoint Slides
19/7/2021Prof Malcolm Bowman, Prof Physical Oceanography, Stony Brook University
Can we keep living beside the coast
Power Point
19/7/2021Dr. Paul Herrick, Consultant Opthalmologist Wellington Hospital
The History of Cataract Surgery from Greek and Roman Times to the Present
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12/7/2021Dr. Catherine Knight, Writer, Environmental Historian and Policy Specialist
Nature and Wellbeing in New Zealand
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12/7/2021 Felicity Wong, Chair Historic Places Wellington
Built Heritage Challenges: Earthquakes; Neglect; and Urban Development Plans
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5/7/2021Tony Howell MC, Lieutenant Colonel (Rtd)
Snap shots from VIETNAM ANZACS, a new book which presents a factual, but little known account of our NZ infantry’s involvement in the Vietnam War
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5/7/2021Alison Viskovic, BA, Med, PhD, Fellow Photographic Society of NZ
A Kaleidoscope of Images
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28/6/2021Michael Johnson, Supervisor National Drug Intelligence Bureau
The New Zealand Illicit Drug Environment
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28/6/2021Jay Clarke
Sustainable Vegetable production in NZ
Powerpoint Slides
21/6/2021Russell Bell (Chair Kapiti Forest & Bird)
13 Climate Change Projects
Powerpoint Slides
21/6/2021Geoff Bertram
Wealth and Inequality in NZ
Powerpoint Slides
14/6/2021Dr. Swee Tan, Founder and Executive Director Gillies McIndoe Research Institute
Old Weapons for New Battles
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14/6/2021Marco Zeeman
Wharemauku – House of Ferns and Whale Song
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19/4/2021Lynette Shum
The SS Ventnor: Shipwreck, Bones & Relationships – and whose story is it?
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12/4/2021Malcolm McKinnon
Putin's Russia
Powerpoint Slides
29/3/2021Adele O’Brien
My time at Foreign Affairs
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29/3/2021Prof. Geoffrey Horne Orthopaedic Surgeon
‘Operations and Support for Joint Support

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22/3/2021Mary McKeefe
Archaeology of the Kapiti Coast Expressway
Powerpoint Slides
22/3/2021Bruce Taylor, Rail Transport Enthusiast & Writer
A History of the Wellington to Manawatu Railway, with particular reference to its impact on Kapiti
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15/3/2021Graeme McLeod
Commonwealth Orders, Decorations and Medals
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15/3/2021Bob Maysmor
A Passion for Travel – the Highs and Lows of travel to 168 Countries & 22 Territories
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8/3/2021Jenny Setchell - author & Photographer
Cathedrals, Cameras, Computers and Calluses: On the road with an international Concert Organist
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8/3/2021Colin James Political Correspondent
‘Beyond Jacinda
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1/3/2021Dr Mike Joy, Freshwater Ecologist
Is the Government doing enough to improve water quality in NZ Lakes & Rivers ?
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1/3/2021Lynette Shum, Photographer & Oral Historian
The SS Ventnor: Shipwreck, bones and relationships. Whose story is it ?
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9/11/2021Kisten Mason. General Manager of Orchestra Wellington
A view inside a symphony orchestra and the business of running an orchestra
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9/11/2021Helen Ridley. Musician and registered Music Therapist
Music Therapy, what is is, how and why it is effective in a variety of contexts
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2/11/2020Christiane Mortelier
Shipwrecked on Auckland Island
Powerpoint Slides
2/11/2020Irene Swadlling. Author
Her latest book - "Crying Trees" A Bushman story set in King Country in the Depression.
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19/10/2020Dr Peter Moodie
Pharmac- Fact and Fiction. Everything you wanted to know but too shy to ask.
Powerpoint Slides
19/10/2020Dr Mary McEwen
Te Oka Pakeha Kaumatua. The life of Jock McEwen, historian, linguist, and master Carver
Notes & Slides
12/10/2020Rt Hon Jim Bolger
Talking about his book "Fridays with Jim - Conversations about our country"
Speech notes
12/10/2020Prof. Nigel Roberts.
Claimbing the highest peaks in 50 U States
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5/10/2020Dr Fiona Mathieson
Coping with Stress
Power point with links
5/10/2020Dr Cynric Temple-Camp - Pathologist
On his book "The Quick and the Dead"
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28/9/2020Sue Elliott. Chair Wellington Sculpture Trust.
Sculptures around Wellington
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28/9/2020John McKinnon CNZM. Ambassador to China & Mongolia 2001 - 2004 and 2015 - 2018.
China / NZ Relations
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10/8/2020Ian McGibbon. War Historian & author.
Korea: Perspectives on a 70 year war
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10/8/2020Dr Natalie Robinson. Marine Physicist
Supercool under ice
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3/8/2020Hamish Campbell. Geologist
New Caledonia - A Geological Odyssey
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3/8/2020Sir Kim Workman
The Criminal Justice System, Maori and the politics of Race
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16/3/2020Deidre Tarrant, Dance Teacher
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9/3/2020Prof James Renwick
Freak weather & the Climate Change Commission
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9/3/2020Jeanette Bullen, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision
From Rust to Recreation
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2/3/2020Dame Catherine Healey
Sex workers stepping forward
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2/3/2020Dr Alissa Cait, Malaghan Institute
Shuld you get your flu vaccine - a brief history of the influenza virus and the current state of research
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11/11/2019Susan Keall, Senior Technical Officer Conservation & Ecology, School of Biological Science, VUW.
The Tuatara
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11/11/2019Henry Talbot, Senior Adviser Office of Film and Literatuire Classification
How censorship laws are applied, what do they cover and how have they changed over the years
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4/11/2019Ass Prof Rebecca Priestley, VUW, Director of Center for Science in Society
Penguins, Polynyas and Ice Celings: reflections on the Antarctic
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4/11/2019Ass Prof Bronwyn Kivell, Neuroscientist , School of Biological Sciences, VUW
Pain, Opiods and the global additcion crisis
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21/10/2019Bob Maysmor
From the Black Sea to the Caspian
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21/10/2019Judge Chris Sygrove
My life as a Judge and the Judicial System
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14/10/2019Sarah Te One
Using Child's Rights Framework to support their well being
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14/10/2019Sandi Beatie QQSM, Amanda Dixon & Vicki Black from Fair Trade
Ethical Trade, Quality Employment, Authentic Results
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7/10/2019Jim Lynch, QSM
Zealandia - The valley that changed the Nation
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7/10/2019Prof Graeme Doole, Principal Economist Dairy NZ
Improving the environmental footprint of NZ Dairy Farms
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30/9/2019Murray Edridge, Wellington City MIssioner
The Wellington City Mission - Past Present & Future
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30/9/2019Chris MacLean, Author and Historian
A way with words
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15/7/2019Ricardo Palma, Entomologist
Parasites - good or bad ? Some interesting facts
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15/7/2019Stephanie WInton, Maritime MZ
Regulation - is it possible to move from crisis management to control
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8/7/2019Don Brash
Five a day - choosing your fresh fruit & vegetables
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8/7/2019Ken Gorbey
The new magical theatre of the museum world
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1/7/2019Dr Heidi Thomson, Prof English Literature, VUW
John Keats, Poet - Physician
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1/7/2019Anthony Dreaver
US marines at Paekakariki
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24/6/2019Sarah McLean, Megan Roach, Otaki HIstorical Society
Otaki in the 19th Century
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24/6/2019Christine Mortelier Retired Snr Lecturer French Language & Literature VUW
Cubism: The collaboration of Picasso & Braque
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17/6/2019Prof John Townsend. School of Geograophy, Environemt and Earth Sciences, VUW
Seismicity associated with big faults and energy production: Lessons from the recent Alpine Fault & recent orthogenic earthquakes
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17/6/2019Elizabeth Sneyd. Recipient of Music Teacher of the Year Award Virtuoso strings, Youth Orchestra and how music changes livesNot Available
10/6/2019Dame Fiona Kidman. Prize winning Author.
On her book :This Mortal Boy and her career in writing
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10/6/2019Kari Beaven. Conservation Team - special Projects, Zealandia
Bringing vulnerable birds back to Wellington forests. A snapshot of changes in how we transfer species over the last 20 years
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8/4/2019Brigadier Roger Mortlock
Bouganville - then and now
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8/4/2019Kevin MacKay Marine Goelogist, NIWA
Mapping in the Marlborough Sounds,
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1/4/2019Mary & Andrew McEwen
Our trip to Mongolia
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1/4/2019Prof Sally Jane Norman. Director of NZ School of Music, VUW
The Arts as a catalyst for inter-disciplinary innovation
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25/3/2019Hilary E Hunt
Glyndebourne gardens - an operatic love affair.
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25/3/2019Dr David Hunt MD, Ph D, FRCPC
The Sandman or What anaesthetists actually do
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18/3/2019Kate Hunter. Assoc Prof History, Political Science and International Relations VUW.
People left behind in WW1, particularly women.
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18/3/2019Prof Martin McGuiness. Applied Mathematics VUW
How maths can help you understand many things, eg steaming volcanic bombs and frozen Southern Seas.
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11/3/2019Chris Whelan. Executive Director of Universities NZ
The value of a university education
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11/3/2019Jo Randerson. Artistic Director, Barbarian Productions
Can Art change the world. How new arts build communities and bring generations together
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4/3/2019Dawn Sanders. Founder & CEO of Shakespeare's Globe Centre NZ
Hanging about Shakespeare
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4/3/2019Malcolm MacKinnon. Assoc Prof School of History, Political Science and International Rel;ations VUW
Trump and American Foreign Policy
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5/11/2018David Dell, Music Historian
The rich heritage of NZ songs and their history
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5/11/2018David Dell. Music Historian
The "Take Note" singers, the pure joy of singing
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29/10/2018Sir Jon Trimmer MBE
His book - Why Dance
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29/10/18Ann David
End of Life Choice Bill
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15/10/2018Bob Kerr, NZ Artist, Illustratist and Author
Visualising History
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15/10/2018Dr WIlliam Gillespie OBE
NZ War Hospitals, Walton on Thames
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8/10/2018Craig Nicholson. Principal Project Manager
Transmission Gully
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8/10/2018Prof David Bibby. Emeritus Professor VUW
Electric Cars in the contest of transport and it social and environmental aspects and impacts
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1/10/2018Don & Sally Mathieson
Bhutan - Land of Thunder Dragon
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1/10/2018Dr Burton King
Shakespeare on policitcal violence and warfare
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17/9/2018Anton Van Helden, Marine mammal expert NZ F & B
Whales in a changing ocean
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17/9/2018Prof James Renwick. School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, VUW
Climate Change
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23/7/2018Philip George. Clinical Research Fellow Malaghan Institute
Has cancer met its match
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23/7/2018Jenni Christoffels, Research Librarian
Kāpiti images in the Alexander Turnbull Library
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16/7/2018Marty Donoghure MD of Burnsafe NZ. Winner of Start UP Innovation of the year - 2017
Making the destruction of land mines and UXO smater and safer
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16/7/2018Kevin Clarke. Award winning pianist
The role of the piano in the history of jazz
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9/7/2018Christiane Mortelier. former Senior Lecturer in French VUW
Vaux-le-Vicomete, the politics, architecture and designs of 17th C France
Not Available
9/7/2018Christiane Mortelier
The development of Versailles
Not Available
2/7/2018Hamish Campbell, Geologist / Paleontologist
The Geology of Ethiopia
Not Available
2/7/2018Chris Pugsley, War and Military historian
The Camera in the Crowd - his latest book
Not Available
25/6/2018Derek Lightbourne
Botanical Splendour - NZ islands of the Southern Ocean
Not Available
25/6/2018John McBeth
A lifetime in Broadcasting
Not Available
18/6/2018Di Buchan
The history of Otaki Childrens homes
Not Available
18/6/2018John Barrett
The history and future of Kāpiti Island
Not Available
9/4/2018Volunteer Service AbroadNot Available
9/4/2018Patrick Piercy, News Director - Dominion Post
Size does matter. From broadsheet to compact and why
Not Available
26/3/2018Muriel & Bob Ewan
Surviving the Wahine disaster
Not Avalable
26/3/2018Brigadier (Retd) Rick Ottaway MBE
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Not Available
19/3/2018Gordon McGavin
The history of aviation
Not available
19/3/2018Elizabeth Cox, Historian
Old St Pauls - bringing the stories out of the woodwork
Not Available
12/3/2018Nancy Bertler, Leader of Nation Ice Core research programme.
60 years of NZ science endeavour in Antarctica - what we have learnt and why it is important
Not Available
12/3/2018Trish Noble-Beasley
Our retirement dream - growing olives
Not available
5/3/2018Erik Brenstrum. Snr meteorolgist NZ Met Service
Climate change and volcanoes
Not Available
5/3/2018Fr Michael McCabe, Priest of Waikanae & Paraparaumu.
Studying and working in Rome, Chicago & New York
Not Available
26/2/2018Bob Maysmor
A holiday in North Korea
Not Available
26/2/2018Anna Williams. Oriental bag repairer and restorer.
Travelling in Iran, repairing rugs and viewing the demise of the carpet trade.
Not Available
16/10/2017Rt Hon Jim Bolger
Values and Policy
Speech notes
16/10/2017Mike Mendonca. Wellington Chief Resilience Officer
Preparing Wellington for the shocks and stresses of the 21st C.
Not Available
9/10/2017Rex Kerr, Retd Head of Otaki College, Author
Early European settlers in Otaki, including whalers and well known Otaki Maori
Not Available
9/10/2017Geoff Gregory
Holamn Hunt and the paintings that inspired a generation
Not Available
2/10/2017Kim Workman. Advocate for restorative justice.
Talking about justice that restores
Not Available
2/10/2017Sgt David Stone
Life in the NZ Police force
Not Available
18/9/2017Sharon CrosbieNot Available
18/9/2017Prof Lisa Marriott. Assoc Prof Taxation, School of Accounting & Commercial Law VUW.
All NZ'ers are equal , but some are more equal than others
Not Available
11/9/2017Don Mathieson
Prince Felix Youssoupoff - Assassin
Not Available
11/9/2017Dr Pater Hatfield. Retd Physician
Modern Medical History through the eyes of the kidney
Not Available
4/9/2017Trish McKelvey. Former NZ Cricket Administrator
Test results - from cricket to teaching, it's all about the way you play the game
Not Available
4/9/2017Matiu Booth, Manager Nga Manu Reserve.
A brief history of Nga Manu, where to from here ?
Not Available
17/7/2017Donna Riley
Ohau Gravels Winery
Not Available
17/7/2017Prof Ken MacKenzie
From Mull to Mongolia - the wanderings of a materials scientist
Not Available
10/7/2017Capt. John Brown
Disasters at sea
Not Available
10/7/2017Brian Colegate
Time to talk about mental health. A journey through Brian's bipolar experience and unlikely lifetime journey
Not Available
3/7/2017Glen Howey, Award winning photographer
The story behind his book on the Christchurch earthquake of February 2011
Not Available
3/7/2017John & Diana Roberts
The relocation of documents, He Tohu, The Declaration on Independence 1835, the Treaty of Waitangi 1840, Womens Suffrage Petition 1893
Not Available
26/6/2017Annie Coates
Working with Myanmar Refugees
Not Available
26/6/2017Lynette Shum
Early Chinese immigration to NZ and the history of Chinatown in Wellington
Not Available
19/6/2017Graeme Joyes
Coast Access Radio
Not Available
19/6/2017Cheryl Paget
Arthur Ransome, storyteller, journalist, fisherman & suspected spy
Not Available
12/6/2017Peter Blackler & Nigel Clough
Menz Shed
Not Available
12/6/2017Bill Carter
Living on Chatham Islands
Not Available
3/4/2017John Backler. Chief Fire Officer, Waikanae VFB
Minimising fire risk in the home and earthquake preparedness
Not Available
27/3/2017Prof Gavin Painter. Science Team Leader Ferrier Research Inst.
Cancer immunotherapy - the science
Not Available
27/3/2017Dr Hamish Campbell. Geologist and research scientist GNS
Explorations in northern Zealandia, results of the VESPA 2015 voyage of discovery
Not Available
20/3/2017Penny Eames
Prisons: My experience working with the arts including correctional programmes and policies in NZ, SA, Australia and UK
Not Available
20/3/2017Boyd Klap. Chairman anne Frank Foundation NZ
Does history repeat itself
Not Available
13/3/2017Peter Dale
Behind the scenes in NZ Sport
Not Available
13/3/2017Shane McAlister. Ukelele music teacher.
From 5 to 75 - one strum
Not Available
6/3/2017Dr Bruce McFadgen. Archaeologist & Geologist.
Tsunamis in NZ - their past impact and implications for the future
Not Available
6/3/2017Ben Knight. Chair of Guardians of Kāpiti Marine Reserve.
Revealing the hidden jewel in the Kāpiti Island crown
Not Available
27/2/2017Athol McCready. Curator Photography, Te Papa
Enigmatic images, finding ways to fill the information gap
Not Available
27/2/2017Diane Ammundsen, QSM ex KCDC Councillor
Environmental Issues
Not Available
21/11/2016David Barber, Journalist
My 50 years in Journalsim
Not Available
14/11/2016Annie Coates
My work with refugees from Myanmar
Not Available
14/11/2016Rod Short
Internaional maritime industry and the implications for NZ
Not Available
7/11/2016Annette Whitmore. Manager Reading Service, Levin
The Radio Reading Service
Not Available
7/11/2016Geoff Gregory
The history of printing - Aldous to Zapf
Not Available
31/10/2016Bob Maysmor
Travels in Saudi Arabia
Not Available
31/10/2016Alan Platt. 3 X BAFTA Award winner
Stop frame: The illusion of life
Not Available
17/10/2016Peter Vere-Jones. Actor & writer for stage, radio and TV.
An actor: How and Why ?
Not Available
17/10/2016Prof Mike Berridge. Malaghan Institute
Sugar, rum & Tobacco: extrememly proper subjects for taxation
Not Available
10/10/2016Denise McGregor. Head od Statistics and Census.
What my job entails - particularly the 2018 census
Not Available
10/10/2016Chris Paulen. Marine Biologist
Te Matau, traditional Maori fishhooks
Not Available
3/10/2016Prof Peter Jackson. Psychologist
Donald Trump - a psycho-social perspective
Not Available
3/10/2016Joji Jacob
The textiles of India - farm to fashion
Not Available
16/5/2016Zoe Pullman. Arthritis Educator, Arthritis NS
What is it, but more importantly what can you do about it ?
Not Available
16/5/2016Andre Baker
The rebuilding of Rangiatea Church, Otaki , after the fire
Not Available
9/5/2016Srikant Chatterjee. EM Prof School of Economics and Finance, Massey U.
India - A superpower in waiting
Not Available
9/5/2016Anthony Tedeschi. Alexander Turnbull Library.
The Boethius manuscript
Not Available
2/5/2016K Gurunathan (Guru)
The journey from journalism to local body politics
Not Available
2/5/2016David Dell. Musical Heritage NZ
The history of old NZ songs and the stories of the people behind them
Not Available
18/4/2016Gavin McLean. Ministry of Culture & Heritage
WWI Hospital ships
Not Available
18/4/2016Shaun Wakeford
Honey and how to set up a hive in your garden
Not Available
11/4/2016Ricardo Palmer. Curator of insects Te Papa
NZ Lice and their hosts. How to know the host from its lice
Not Available
11/4/2016Jo Murphy
Halfway around the twist - the perils of publishing
Not Available
4/4/2016John Hayes. Older Persons Council
Age friendly cities & communities
Not Available
4/4/2016Prof Gavin Dunbar. Antarctic Research Centre
The stability of the Ross Ice Shelf
Not Available
21/3/2016Robin Fenwick
Richard III
Not Available
21/3/2016Ann Chapman. Writer & researcher
Missionaries, wives and roses
Not Available
14/3/2016Anthony Dreaver, Historian
History is all around us
Not Available
14/3/2016Jonathan Swadling
Great Barrier Reef
Not Available
7/3/2016Graeme Waters ex High Commissioner for India.
How to import an elephant
Not Available
7/3/2016Dr Mike Joy. Massey University
Polluted inheritance, NZ's freshwater crisis
Not Available
2/11/2015Peter Allport, Hon Consul of Mongolia in NZ.
Life in Mongolia
Not Available
18/5/2015Anne Wall
A musical miscellany
Not Available
18/5/2015Maurie Dean
Hidden History
Not Available
11/5/2015Prof Peter Jackson
Can computers think ?. Should its possibility worry us ?
Not Available
11/5/2015Pat McArthur
Italian archetecture
Not Available
4/5/2015Paul Bright. Photographer
Protecting personal, local and family history
Not Available
4/5/2015Paul Callister
Ageing NZ - research into older people
Not Available
20/4/2015Suzanne McPherson
Memoirs of her father - a WWII Chaplain
Not Available
20/4/2015Dr Dallas Mildenhall. Forensic Scientist.
Project Jupiter - an interpol investigation into false pharmaceuticals
Not Available
13/4/2015Alana Cameron
The work of the Malaghan Institute
Not Available
13/4/2015Rob Murdoch NIWA
Life in Cook Strait
Not Available
30/3/2015Mary O'Keefe. Archaeologist
Midden sites on M2PP
Not Available
30/3/2015Phillip Stroud. Project Manager KCDC
Re-development of Waikanae & Paraparaumu town centres.
Not Available
23/3/2015Kirsten Allen
Naturopathy
Not Available
23/3/2015Prof Tony Taylor
The 1964 Beatles visit to Wellington
Not Available
16/3/2015Geoff Gregory
Walking tall: From apes to elephants
Not Available
16/3/2015Jenny Pattrick. Author
The process of transforming a book to film
Not Available
9/3/2015Miriam Dawson
The Life Flight Trust
Not Available
9/3/2015Peter Trim
Frances Hodgkins and the Field family
Not Available
2/3/2015Laury Sinclair
A holistic approach to good health. A Rotary programme operating in schools
Not Available
2/3/2015Robin Fleming
Memoirs of the book "You're Telling Me" talking about the life of her mother - Lady Peg Fleming
Not Available
24/11/2014Malcolm Cubitt
You can't kiss it better
Not Available
24/11/2014Deb Finn & Mick Peryer
The Waikanae Estuary Care Group
Not Available
17/11/2014Ross Leggett. GM Electra
The electra Business Awards and their place in the community
Not Available
17/11/2014Sue Chetwin. CEO NZ Consumer Institute
Explaining the new consumer laws.
Not Available
10/11/2014Dr Catherine Knight. Environmentalist
Her book "Ravaged Beauty" - an environmental history of Manawatu River
Not Available
10/11/2014Iain Torrance, CEO Wellington SPCA
Rehoming SPCA
Not Available
3/11/2014Iain Guest, Chiropractor
The study & orgins of Chiropractic health care
Not Available
3/11/2014Jo Murphy
Spotlight on Mozart
Not Available
20/10/2014Mark Davidson, NZ Police
Police Dog training
Not Available
20/10/2014Will Newall. Chief Surveyor
A fascinating look at space age methods being used to construct the new expresswayr
Not Available
13/10/2014Steve Gentry. Author
The Kermadec Islands. Vignettes from their history
Not Available
13/10/2014Penny Currier
Neuro linguistic programming - What is it?
Not Available
6/10/2014Terence O'Brien. Retired Diplomat
NZ external relations and some lessons of current history
Not Available
6/10/2014Heather Wakeling
Living among the Amish in Canada
Not Available
29/9/2014Sally Mathieson
Octavius Hadfield - pioneer missionary in Kāpiti
Not Available
29/9/2014Brian Robinson
Britain & Ireland in bloom. Visiting gardens in the UK
Not Available
26/5/2014Wal Gordon
A life experience in education
Not Available
12/5/2014Beverley Cathcart
Mrs Parliament's protocol
Not Available
12/5/2014Peter Jackson
Psychology of international terrorism
Not Available
5/5/2014Dr Ann Evans
Community action in the restoration of Whareroa
Not Available
5/5/2014Derek Lightbourne
USA - land of contrasts
Not Available
28/4/2014Prof James Renwick
Wild Weather
Not Available
14/4/2014Roger Carter
Jack speak and partalk
Not Available
14/4/2014Jane Griffith
Botswana & Namibia
Not Available
7/4/2014Bob Norman
Where have all the workers gone ?
Not Available
7/4/2014Tim Abbott
Photography - not just a pretty face
Not Available
31/3/2014Frank Torley
Country Calendar
Not Available
31/3/2014Jan Nesbet
Galapagos and its challenges
Not Available
13/5/2013Trevor Morley
TWAM - The Travelling mechanical music man
Not Available
6/5/2013Glynis Denz
Highlights of Kenya & Tanzania
Not Available
29/4/2013Sheila Coombes
Huamn encounters of the Muslim kind
Not Available
29/4/2013Warwick Johnston
Gear Meat Company
Not Available
22/4/2013John Ansell
Colonisation - the salvation of the Maori race
Not Available
22/4/2013Graeme Joyes
Coast Access radio
Not Available
15/4/2013Ian Hunter
Operation "Big Talk" - Bougainville
Not Available
15/4/2013Roger Carter
If the cap fits - Part 2
Not Available
8/4/2013Michael Revell
Modern weather prediction
Not Available
8/4/2013Derek Lightbourne
Tonga - our near neighbour
Not Available
25/3/2013Des Schollum
Bringing history to life
Not Available
18/3/2013Glynis Denz
Saftey in the home - using technology
Not Available
18/3/2013Carol Henderson
Searching for Grace
Not Available
19/11/2012Sally Mathieson
Peter & St Petersburg
Not Available
19/11/2012Warwick Johnston'=
Genealogy
Not Available
12/11/2012Sarah Wilcox
Journey South
Not Available
12/11/2012Len Tong
Farming Lobster
Not Available
5/11/2012Roger Tibbs
Country Music
Not Available
5/11/2012Rod Ashcroft
The Halcyon days of T.H.C>
Not Available
29/10/2012Nina Hanley
The Psychology of Collecting
Not Available
29/10/2012Roger Carter
If the Cap Fits - Part I
Not Available
15/10/2012Bill Lambert
Historical Heritage sites in the Kāpiti area
Not Available
1/10/2012Ian Guest
The Power of the Nervous System
Not Available
1/10/2012Bob & Heather Parker
Shipwrecks on Wellington's southern coast
Not Available
24/9/2012Eppie Murton
Art
Not Available
24/9/2012Richard Pointon
Pakistan - 30 years of musing
Not Available
14/5/2012Howard Clements
Publishing and Golf
Not Available
14/5/2012Gordon McArthur
History of percussion
Not Available
7/5/2012John Craig
Hiking in Spain
Not Available
7/5/2012John Barnett
Living in Saudi Arabia
Not Available
30/4/2012Richard Morrison
Eco-Design Advisor
Not Available
30/4/2012Gordon McGavin
Aviation
Not Available
23/4/2012Doug Walker
Canal & river travel in England and Europe
Not Available
23/4/2012Mary Needham
The lady with the lights - Therapeutic Lasering
Not Available
16/4/2012Randall Heke
The building of Scott Base
Not Available
16/4/2012Martin Sloman
Kāpiti Mental Health Coordinator
Not Available
2/4/2012Roger Currier
Manipulation 101
Not Available
2/4/2012Phil Quinn
Wood Turning
Not Available
26/3/2012Maurie Dean
The decline of political rhetoric
Not Available
26/3/2012Ian Guest
The health of our spine
Not Available
19/3/2012Trevor Morley
Catching crooks & fighting felons
Not Available
19/3/2012Dewi Bone
What the eye reveals
Not Available
12/3/2012Gertrude Matshe
Your life, your legacy
Not Available
12/3/2012Sir Noel Robinson
Kāpiti Coast is set to prosper
Not Available
17/10/2011Peter Perry
Burma - Why bother !
Not Available
17/10/2011Bob Norman
To get to the other side
Not Available
3/10/2011John Craig
Tramping here and overseas
Not Available
26/9/2011Maurice Tebbs
On the French canals in Bonnefooi
Not Available
26/9/2011Joan O'Dea
Martin Butler: Levin's inventor / avaiator
Not Available
19/9/2011Pamela Phillips
China with Chopsticks
Not Available
19/9/2011Derek Lightbourne
And did those feet in ancient time
Not Available
12/9/2011Allie Eagle
Painting with a purpose
Not Available
12/9/2011Hamish Campbell
The Origins of NZ Plants & Animals
Not Available
5/9/2011Richard Gooch
Let's laugh - not PC
Not Available
5/9/2011Guy Burns
NZ TV Signal going digital
Not Available
29/8/2011Marie Blundell
Event Management - Pre match entertainment for International Rugby
Not Available
29/8/2011Leslie Clague
An update on the future of KCDC Libraries
Not Available
22/8/2011Mark Coote
My life as a photographer
Not Available
22/8/2011Roger Carter
Knotting ventured - knotting gained
Not Available
16/5/2011Bob Matthew
The business game
Not Available
9/5/2011Rob McKenzie
Aches & pains - self treatment
Not Available
9/5/2011Rev Henry Resink
Animal Farm
Not Available
2/5/2011Nina Hanley
Boom, bubble & bust
Not Available
2/5/2011Frank Andrews
What is time? SHould we be mindful of it ? Is it a mattere of gravity ?
Not Available
11/4/2011Rev Don Parker
Being an Army Chaplain
Not Available
11/4/2011Bob Norman
Confessions of a heretic
Not Available
4/4/2011Roger Carter
Spinning a rogue's yarn
Not Available
28/3/2011Geoff Gregory
Rocks & Shocks
Not Available
28/3/2011David Gregorie
South to the Islands
Not Available
21/3/2011Judy McMillan
In the yellow house in Arles. Gaugin & Van Gogh
Not Available
21/3/2011Catherine Tudhope
Conservation In NZ heritage parks & in other lands
Not Available
14/3/2011Bruce Benseman
Nga Manu Nature Reserve
Not Available
14/3/2011Sgt David Stone
In Afghanistan with the police reconstruction unit
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