Month

2009 Programme

Speaker

web links

February

Main: How to Prevent a Broken Heart

Mini: Family Memoirs Special Interest Group

Prof Harvey D White

[see some of the stories here]

March

Main: Off The Planet: The Kiwi Rocket

Main: Off The Planet: The Kiwi Satellite

Peter Beck

Fred Kennedy            

Herald October 2009   Rocket Lab

Satellite Launch delayed

Kiwi Sat

April

Main: Cartoons

Mini: Geology

Malcolm Evans

Peter Stewart           

May

Main: Biology of Ageing

Mini: Creative Writing

Dr Ngaire Kerse

M Martin, B Thatcher, T Thompson,

J Baird, R Penton                  

June

Main:  NZ Opera

Mini: Exploring Art for Fun

Donald Trott

Roy Boston

NZ Opera

July

Main:  NZ Privacy Commissioner

Mini:  Literature

Marie Schroff

S Cooper, M Cornish, R Penton, J Wadsworth

Privacy Commissioner

August

Main: NSC Outfall Project

Mini:  Local History

Geoff Mason

Barbara Ellis

September

Main:  Health Commissioner   

Mini: Archaeology

Ron Paterson

F Weatherly, M Bennie, M Whineray

Health Commission

October

Main: Forensic Science in NZ  

Mini:   A G M 

Dr John Buckleton

Forensics

November

Main: Reproduction in the New Millenium

Mini: Travel Tips

Dr Richard Fisher

Robin Brown

December

Main:  The New Zealand Trail

Mini: Christmas Function

Geoff Chapple, Executive Officer of Te Araroa

Te Araroa