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, Speaker TBA
July 3rd Lecture #2
A Layman’s Introduction to Cryptocurrencies, Speaker TBA
July 10th Lecture #3
Hager NZ – Fighting Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, Speaker TBA
July 17th Lecture #4
The Aftermath of Disaster in Christchurch … repairing, strengthening and creating new hope, Speaker TBA
July 25th Lecture #5
From Soil to Self: How regenerating our soil fuels farms and human performance, Speaker TBA
August 1st - Rest Day
SERIES 5 – 2024
Series 5: MEDICINE MATTERS
August 8th Lecture #1
Canterbury Charity Hospital, Dr Philip Bagshaw
August 15th Lecture #2
Forensic Pathology - An Introduction to Autopsy and Death Investigation, Dr Leslie Anderson
August 22nd Lecture #3
Medicines sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders ‘Rihlati: My MSF journey as a humanitarian worker in Palestine.’, Siobhan Lockie
August 29st Lecture #4
Mercy Ships, Christine Lloyd
September 5th Lecture #5
The Science of Swallowing, Lucy Greig
September 12th - Rest Day / Strathlachlan Homestead & David Bell Daffodils Trip
SERIES 6 – 2024
Series 6: POT POURRI
September 19th Lecture #1
Potholes and Road Cones … can’t anyone build and maintain a good road anymore? Bevan Sandison
September 26th Lecture #2
Gallery Spaces: Otautahi Christchurch and Waitaha Canterbury, Dr Warren Feeney
October 3rd Lecture #3
Importance of Dairying to NZ's Future, Keith Woodford
October 10th Lecture #4
Publishing a Community Newspaper, Michael de Hamel
October 17th Lecture #5
Religious Influence in the USA, Peter Field
October 24th - Rest Day
SERIES 7 – 2024
Series 7 POT POURRI
October 31st Lecture #1
Fountain of Peace - Children's Foundation NZ
November 7th Lecture #2
Canterbury Museum - Past, Present, & Future
November 14th - Rest Day
December 12th
Christmas Function
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