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Past Speakers

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2023
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October: Trevor Stafford 
A précis of his trip with his wife on motorbikes across seventeen countries.

              September 2022

  Emeritus Professor Ralf Cooney      ONZM, FRSNZ - Climate Solutions

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August 2022

Chris Brandolino from NIWA gave us all food for thought about climate change and how it will look like in 2120 and it was not very pretty - that is unless we work hard to halt it.  

He also reminded us that climate is what is predicted but weather is what you get!  He was dynamic and funny and very enjoyable.

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May 2022:  Professor Julian Paton
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Ocean

April 2022: Frances Walsh showed us so wonderful  treasures from the Maritime Museum that are all included in the book 'Endless Sea' with photographs by Jane Ussher

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Frances recently gave an excellent interview to the producers of The Mariner’s Mirror Podcast in the UK (one of the most popular maritime podcasts in the world) about the Davison family and the Alice A. Leigh/Rewa . The interview was so fascinating, in fact, that they decided to turn it into a two-part series and uploaded it on International Day of the Seafarer.Hannah Davison parented SIX children aboard the barque Alice A. Leigh (renamed Rewa in 1921), two of whom were buried at sea. The Mariner’s Mirror website features a number of photos, supplied by Frances, of Hannah’s scrapbooks, which include recipes and drawings by her young children. This is a side of maritime history which is seldom told (that being the stories of wāhine, and nga whaea in particular) and with Frances’ evident passion and expertice, it makes for a delightful listen (although you’ll have to excuse the host’s almost comical mis-pronounciation of te reo Māori kupu 😃).You can tune-in for free via the Mariner’s Mirror Podccast website:   Part One<https://snr.org.uk/the-mariners-mirror-podcast/maritime-motherhood-part-1-the-davison-family-and-the-alice-a-leigh-rewa/> (33 minutes)*   Part Two<https://snr.org.uk/the-mariners-mirror-podcast/maritime-motherhood-part-2-hannah-davisons-scrapbook/> (20 minutes)

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Professor Penelope(Pene) Mathew

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Alison Jones

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February 2022:  Patricia Smith gave an exciting account of Dale Chihuly, Master of Glass via Zoom

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Patricia Smith

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Some images of Dale Chihuly's creations

March 2022
Shaun Lee on " The State of the Hauraki Marine Park and what he is doing to restore it
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I am an Auckland based father / husband / designer / illustrator and photographer who is pretty serious about restoration, conservation and pollution prevention. This blog tracks my various ecological interventions and some cathartic writing.

Feel free to call (+64 21 555 425) or email me if you would like to help out or have any questions.

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