Upcoming Talks

May 2025
May 23
23 May 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Presbyterian Community Centre, 94 Tenby Street
Wanaka, New Zealand

Dr Jade De La Paz (Otago University) This talk will delve into the work and role of a forensic anthropologist, drawing from real-world forensic casework experience. Having worked as a […]

$10

Past Talks

April 2025
Apr 25
25 April 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Professor Ceridwen Fraser (Otago University) Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, landslides - large physical changes to the Earth - are often seen as destructive, but they can also open exciting opportunities for […]

$10
March 2025
Mar 28
28 March 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Emeritus Professor Dave Craw (Otago University) New Zealand is geologically active and some of these active processes are naturally concentrating gold in the rocks. Deep and shallow hot water systems […]

$10
February 2025
Feb 28
28 February 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Professor Craig Rodger, University of Otago   Aurora is one of Nature's wonders - and is caused by processes that start on the Sun 150 million kilometres from Earth. Aurora […]

$10
November 2024
Nov 29
29 November 2024 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman. Scientific evidence has shown that housing is critical for our health and wellbeing.  In this talk Philippa will discuss the merits of affordable, healthy housing for individuals, […]

$10
October 2024
Oct 25
25 October 2024 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Emeritus Professor Wayne Gillett The average number of children women have in NZ is 1.52, well below the population replacement rate of 2.1.  Rapidly declining fertility rates are a worldwide phenomenon and […]

$10
September 2024
Sep 27
27 September 2024 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Associate Professor Karen Pollard, University of Canterbury The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) studies every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big […]

$10
August 2024
Aug 23
23 August 2024 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Dr Fiona Shanhun Antarctica is a continent of extremes, and an incredible natural laboratory. Explorers and scientists have long been fascinated with unlocking Antarctica's secrets – making measurements and taking […]

$10
July 2024
Jul 26
26 July 2024 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Professor Emeritus Philippa Gander, Massey University Philippa will explore how the circadian body clock modifies the functioning of our brain and body across the day/night cycle and programmes us for […]

$10
June 2024
Jun 07
07 June 2024 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Dr Samuel Mehr (University of Auckland) Music - what is it, how does it work, and why does it exist? Henry Wadsworth Longfellow famously described music as "the universal language […]

Free
May 2024
May 31
31 May 2024 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Dr Tim Payn, SCION Everything that can be made with fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow. Forests are wonderful things, providing a huge range of products […]

$5
Royal Society Wanaka