Term 2 2025 Speaker Programme

The details of timing & venue are on this page.

Please arrive by 9:20am so that we have time to check the roll and then be seated by 9:25am so the first speaker can start on time.

MONDAY 9 JUNE
9.30 NIGEL WILSON, Journalist
Journalism in NZ and its’ future

10.45 NICK TIPPING. Classical Jazz Musician
Music, to my ears

MONDAY 16 JUNE
9.30 BOB MAYSMOR
Lofoten Islands and Svalbard – Norway’s Arctic territory

10.45 JESSICA ONGLEY, Study Co-Ordinator
Momentum Clinical Research

MONDAY 23 JUNE
9.30 MIKE JOY, Freshwater Ecologist
His book ‘The Fight for Fresh Water’ – a memoir

10.45 BRUCE MCDONALD, Principal Kenakena School
The challenges in running a large Primary School in 2025

MONDAY 30 JUNE
9.30 GEORGIA ARDILL-WALKER and DR. MICHELLE LINTERMAN
Dr. Linterman’s latest research work & the history of Malaghan

10.45 NICK and CATHIE WELDON
Our Antarctica Experience

MONDAY 7 JULY
9.30 SIMON NATHAN, Retired Geologist and Science Historian
Harold Wellman – regarded as the most influential NZ geologist of the 20th century

10.45 Adj. Prof. MIKE HANNAH, Geography, Environment & Earth Sciences
Mass extinctions, the Earth system and the importance of preserving the Planet’s biodiversity.

MONDAY 14 July
9:30 RICHARD CAPIE, Forest and Bird Protection Society of NZ
The Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill

10.45 DAVE ARMSTRONG, NZ Columnist and Playwright
My journey from being a Musician to become a Playwright, Satirist and Political Commentator.

A pdf file of this speaker list which you can print out can be downloaded from this link .