Term 2 2026 Speaker Programme

The Term 2 2026 speaker programme has been finalised and is available below:

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, 15 JUNE
9.30 am           BOB MAYSMOR, Intrepid Traveller
Gujurat – a visual treat of Colour, Art, Architecture, People

10.45 am         LORNA WEBB
Zealandia – Reversing the loss of nature

MONDAY, 22 JUNE
9.30 am           SALLY HETT
Wellbeing Economy

10.45 am         JAMES RENWICK, Prof. Geography VUW
Are New Zealand’s ocean temperatures rising 34% faster than the global average? If so – why? And the consequences

MONDAY, 29 JUNE
9.30 am           LYNDA MURRAY
Big brothers, Big sisters Mentoring Organisation of NZ

10.45 am         HEIDI THOMSON, Em. Prof. English & Literature, VUW
George Eliot (1819-1880). Her life and content

MONDAY, 6 JULY
9.30am            Rev. MURRAY EDRIDGE, Wellington City Missioner
Doing Community differently

10.45am          PETER WILSON
My Life as a Forensic Scientist

MONDAY, 13 JULY
9.30am            ZOE STUDD, Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust
Regenerating Wellington’s Seaweed Forests

10.45am          BRIAN WOOD, Director NZ Portrait Gallery
Why Portraiture Matters! A brief history of the NZ Portrait Gallery and a look at what’s ahead

MONDAY, 20 JULY
9.30am            TANYA MORTON, TSB Banking NZ
Scams

10.45am          CHRIS PUGSLEY, War and Military Historian
What the public saw filming New Zealanders in World War 1

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