Our club welcomes speakers on a wide variety of topics, as well as monthly social functions and vocational visits. View PREVIOUS SPEAKERS AND EVENTS FROM 2019 below.
Meeting/ Tuesday 10th December 2019
Bishop Peter Carrell
Christmas function/ Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Novotel Hotel
Meeting/ Tuesday 26th November 2019
Phil de Joux, Strategic Engagement Manager
Lytellton Port Company
Meeting/ Tuesday 19th November 2019
Cathy Chirnside
“The Real Deal”
Meeting/ Tuesday 12th November 2019
John Laurenson,
Shirley Boys High School
Social evening/ Tuesday 5th November 2019
Trenches RSA
Meeting/ Tuesday 29 October 2019
Emma Jackson, RYLA
Peter Moore
“The bicycle diaries”
The Great Rotary Annual Quiz/ Tuesday 24th September 2019
Lunch at Canterbury Club
Meeting/ Tuesday 15th October 2019
Brett Anderson
“Christchurch Casino post-earthquake, learnings and leadership.”
Meeting/ Tuesday 8th October 2019
Darryll Park, Mayoral Candidate
Social evening/ Tuesday 1st October 2019
Trenches RSA
Meeting/ Tuesday 24th September 2019
John Wood, University of Canterbury
“Highlights and lowlights of a varied career.”
Club Forum/ Tuesday 17th September 2019
Lunch at Canterbury Club
Meeting/ Tuesday 10th September 2019
Bruce McKenzie, VC Lincoln University
“The future of Lincoln University.”
Meeting/ Tuesday 27th August 2019
Bill Bayfield, CEO ECAN
“Canterbury’s water challenge.”
Meeting/ Tuesday 20th August 2019
Cnr Raf Manji
“Earthquake global settlement – the long and winding road.”
Meeting/ Tuesday 13th August 2019
DG Gary Hopkinson
District Governors Visit
Social evening/ Tuesday 6th August 2019
Trenches RSA
Meeting/ Tuesday 30th July 2019
Kat Norman
“Cyber security risks to your business, and what you can do about it.”
Meeting/ Tuesday 23rd July 2019
David Close
“Behind the German Lines. William Close, Prisoner 1918”
Meeting/ Tuesday 16th July 2019
Rob Dewhirst
“Being a Muslim in New Zealand”
Meeting/ Tuesday 9th July 2019
Olivier Lacoua
Marathon des Sables
Social evening/ Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Trenches RSA
Changeover dinner/ Tuesday 25th June 2019
Immediate Past President Paul Fitzharris and Incoming President Neville Reilly
Meeting/ Tuesday 18th June 2019
Hans Wouters
CEO, NZ Spinal Trust
Vocational visit/ Tuesday 11th June 2019
Bone Marrow Cancer Trust, Ranui House
Social evening/ Tuesday 4th June 2019
Trenches RSA
Meeting/ Tuesday 28th May 2019
Paul Lonsdale
“The developing central city”
Meeting/ Tuesday 21st May 2019
Patricia Mackenzie
Millenials
Vocational visit/ Tuesday 14th May 2019
Westpac Air Rescue Trust
Social evening/ Tuesday 7th May 2019
Trenches RSA
Meeting/ Tuesday 30th April 2019
Brendan Wood
“A Trilogy – Looking at the emergence of Paramedicine as a profession”
Meeting/ Tuesday 23rd April 2019
President Neville
Plans and projects for the year
Meeting/ Tuesday 16th April 2019
Lew McIvor
59 steps
Meeting/ Tuesday 9th April 2019
Bishop Paul Martin
A year down – reflections of a new bishop
Social evening/ Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Trenches RSA
Meeting/ Tuesday 26th March 2019
Womens Refuge
Meeting/ Tuesday 19th March 2019
RYLA attendees & Science Forum
Lucy Anderson
Meeting/ Tuesday 12th March 2019
Garth Nowland-Foreman
LEAD Centre for not for Profit Leadership “Its Hard to be Good at Giving Away Money”
Social evening/ Tuesday 5th March 2019
Trenches RSA
Meeting/ Tuesday 26th February 2019
Brian Wood
Life as a Consultant with the International Monetary Fund – an amusing account of my experiences in Poland, Russia and Kazakhstan
Meeting/ Tuesday 19th February 2019
Colin Averill
Le Quesnoy 100 years on
Meeting/ Tuesday 12th February 2019
David O’Neil
Principal, St Mary’s School
Evening social/ Tuesday 5th February 2019
Trenches RSA
Meeting/ Tuesday 29th January 2019