2025 PROGRAM
(Updated as information becomes available)
This year’s program highlights including lectures, luncheons, trips, and special events
SERIES 1 – 2025
Series 1: ITS ALL ABOUT HEALTH
February 20th A.G.M. & Lecture #1
The Bare Bones of Ageing, Dr John Geddes
February 27th Lecture #2
Movement is Medicine, Anthony Bush
March 6th Lecture #3
Brain Fitness Matters at all Ages, Ina Meeten
March 13th Lecture #4
Its all in your Head, Jeremy Hornibrook
March 20th Lecture #5
Healthy Hearing, Anna McMillan
March 27th - Rest Day
SERIES 2 – 2025
Series 2: EMERGENCY SERVICES
April 3rd Lecture #1
Saving Lives on the Sea, Luke Gardiner
April 10th Lecture #2
The Role of a Paramedic, Helen Bickers
April 17th Lecture #3
Emergency Management & Personal Preparedness, Nathan Black
April 24th Lecture #4
Amateur Radio Emergency Services, Steve Davis
May 1st Lecture #5
Air Rescue, Rachael McNutt
May 8th - Rest Day
SERIES 3 – 2025
Series 3: SCOTLAND - the Picts to the Present - about 3,000 yrs, Frieda Looser
May 15th Lecture #1
Who were the Picts?
May 22rd Lecture #2
Medieval Kingdom of the Scots
May 29th Lecture #3
Rough Wooing to Act of Union
June 5th Lecture #4
British Empire & Bonnie Prince Charlie
June 12th Lecture #5
Highland Clearances to Scottish Parliament
June 21st - Rest Day
SERIES 4 – 2025
Series 4: POT POURRI
June 26th Lecture #1
The Bank of Mum & Dad, Helen Wallace, Rachael $ Richard
July 3rd Lecture #2
A Layman’s Introduction to Cryptocurrencies, Stephen Wingreen
July 10th Lecture #3
Hager NZ – Fighting Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, Kate Russell
July 17th Lecture #4
The Aftermath of Disaster in Christchurch, Helen Trappit
July 24th Lecture #5
From Soil to Self: Regeneration, Conan Moynahan
July 31st - Rest Day
SERIES 5 – 2025
Series 5: A VILLAGE CALLED CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT
August 7th Lecture #1
My 30 Years in Airport Management, Rhys Boswell
August 14th Lecture #2
Airways Corporation - Air Traffic Control in New Zealand, Bill Graves
August 21st Lecture #3
My Aviation Challenges for over more than 56 years, Hans Nagelkerke
August 28th Lecture #4
1953 London to Christchurch Air Race, David Laughlin
September 4th Lecture #5
From the White Heron to Sudhima Hotel, Warren Barnes
September 11th - Rest Day
SERIES 6 – 2025
Series 6: POT POURRI
September 18th Lecture #1
Is our Agriculture already Regenerative? Professor Derrick Moot
September 25th Lecture #2
Roles & Experiences at Independent Provedoring Company & Polish Consul in ChCh, Winsome Dormer
October 2nd Lecture #3
Exotic Pine Forests - Their Future as a New Zealand Land Use, Dave Janett
October 9th Lecture #4
My 35+ Years in Journalism, Martyn Van Beynen
October 16th Lecture #5
The Life & Times of a Toxicologist in a Dangerous World, Professor Ian Shaw
October 23rd - Rest Day
SERIES 7 – 2025
Series 7 POT POURRI
October 30th Lecture #1
Robert Keable - utterly immoral WW1 Chaplain? Simon Keable-Elliot
November 6th Lecture #2
Architectural Model Making, Richard Gardiner
November 13th - Rest Day / Speaker Series Ends
November 20th
Christmas Lunch
Sample Topics
A sample of program topics covered in recent years includes:
- An Interesting Variety of Writers and Books
- Art
- Birds and Bees and Biodiversity
- Balance of Power
- Books and Print
- Books
- Catching the Wave
- Chocolate: Food of the Gods and Elixir of Empires
- Christchurch - The Garden City?
- Disabilities
- Eco Architecture
- Exploring the Cosmos
- From Gold Card to the Grave
- Getting Started in Canterbury
- Happenings in Canterbury
- Law and Disorder
- London: From the Romans to The Fire
- Matters of the Heart
- Medical Research Foundation
- Music
- Music, Music, Music
- People in Uniform
- Pills, Patients & Problems
- Pot Pourri
- History Through the Lens of a Political Scientist
- Travellers’ Tales
- Water Hotspots
- World Religions