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Lectures for 2010

 

 Wednesday 10th February - Mita Brierly: "Globular Star Clusters/Southern African Large Telescope". More info

Tuesday 2nd March - Vladimir Obolonkin: "Belarus and Chernobyl; Facts and Thoughts from a Statistician-Insider". More info

Tuesday 1st June - Natalie Jackson - Waikato University

"New Zealand’s PAYE Welfare State –

A Social or Demographic Contract?" More info click here

Tuesday 6th July - Hugh Morgan - Waikato University

"Lignocellulose conversion : The holy grail for bioethanol or a false dawn?"

More info click here

Tuesday 10th August - Science Express: "A selection of short science videos from the worlds leading scientists"

Bonnie Bassler "Secret conversations with Bacteria"

Jannine Benyus "Inspired by Nature"

Nick Veasey " X-ray vision"

Blaise Aguera y Arcas "Microsoft Seadragon"

More info click here

Tuesday 7th September - Manufactured Landscapes: "A video on industrialisation in China"

Tuesday 5th  October - Peter Beck: "NZ's Space Programme - The Atea Rocket"

Tuesday 9th November - Daniel Gapes: "Waste to Gold - Rotorua's new sewage treatment system"

 

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Membership for 2010 is still only $20 per family. Download the membership form here.

Download our 2009 annual report here.

 

 

  Lectures are held in the Rimu Room, the main lecture theatre at 
Scion, 49 Sala St, Rotorua commencing at 7:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)

Information: Jonathon Harrington (Ph: 343 5532): Lloyd Donaldson (Ph: 343 5581);