2024 PROGRAM
(Updated as information becomes available)
This year’s program highlights including lectures, luncheons, trips, and special events
SERIES 1 – 2024
Series 1: ON SAFARI with Dr Judith Coullie
February 22nd A.G.M. & Lecture #1
William Burchell: Discovering “unknown parts” of “Darkest Africa”
February 29th Lecture #2
Early Safaris (mid- to late 1800s)
March 7th Lecture #3
Frederick Selous and Theodore Roosevelt
March 14th Lecture #4
The Glamour of Safaris: Ernest Hemingway
March 21st Lecture #5 followed by Lunch for all Members
Contemporary Safaris: Conservation and other Challenges
March 28th - Rest Day
SERIES 2 – 2024
Series 2: POT POURRI
April 4th Lecture #1
Opawaho: Recovering a Taonga, Malcolm Long
April 11th Lecture #2
Enabling Good Lives, Jacqueline Campbell from Hōhepa Canterbury
April 18th Lecture #3
Behind the Scenes at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Trevor Spittle
April 25th ANZAC Day - no lecture
May 2nd Lecture #5
The Voyage of the “Self”, Pamela Glynn
May 9th - Rest Day
SERIES 3 – 2024
Series 3: MARCO POLO and the SILK ROAD, Frieda Looser
May 16th Lecture #1
Geography and early civilisations
May 23rd Lecture #2
Cultures, human movement, and trade
May 30th Lecture #3
Marco Polo’s journey to China
June 6th Lecture #4
Achievements and trading legacy
June 13th Lecture #5
21st-century vision and challenges
June 22nd - Rest Day
SERIES 4 – 2024
Series 4: DELIVERING JUSTICE
June 27th Lecture #1
Is Justice like Beauty - as seen in the Eye of the Beholder? Judge David Saunders
July 4th Lecture #2
The Brain Does Not Lie’ - an Overview of the University of Canterbury Forensic Brainwave Analysis Project, Professor Robin Palmer
July 11th Lecture #3
The Challenge of Making Progress in Justice in Politics, Hon Dr. Duncan Webb
July 18th Lecture #4
Restorative Justice: What gets Restored and Why does it Matter? Marsha Jordyn-Mullins
July 25th Lecture #5
Lawyers: Enemies of the People? Paul Bradford
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