Meetings

Kate Russell, Executive Director of Hagar NZ, an international not-for-profit organisation on a mission to restore life and dignity for survivors of modern slavery and to prevent exploitation and abuse.

Frieda Looser is a historian and educator who specializes in European, global, and local Canterbury history. She will be speaking on the topic of Moriori Renaissance and Recognition.

Margaret will share two immigrant stories, reliving the experiences of Sarah Stokes, who arrived in 1850 on The Randolph, one of the first four ships, and Rosalia Gierszewski, a Vogel immigrant who arrived on the Friedeburg in 1872 and settled in Marshlands. Her stories focus on local women and local history which she endeavours to present as authentically as possible.

Richard is 'mostly retired' but remains an Adjunct Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering and in Psychology at the University of Canterbury.

Creative director and lead tour guide for Urban Arts Trust, 'Watch This Space'.

Dr Roger Buckton was an adjunct associate professor at the University of Canterbury and lectured in ethnomusicology, music education and musicianship. He continues to perform on the dudelsack alongside other instruments of early music.

President, Christchurch Riding for the Disabled

A Perspective on the Russo-Ukraine conflict.

Christchurch City Council - Waste Minimisation

Co-founder The Brothers Green – The Green Brothers Story and the health benefits of hemp

Forensic Dentist - Identification of victims following the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.

History Department, Canterbury University- Patriotic Baking and Iconic Kiwi foods: A Tasty History

Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering, Canterbury University - Blood markers to diagnose heart attacks/design of an artificial heart

Chairperson Youth Hub Trust - The Youth Hub Christchurch

Canterbury Sport & Spinal Physiotherapy - Movement is Medicine

Writer, Historian, Storyteller – The History of Lyttelton Goal