Bev Lawton – Elimination of Cervical Cancer in our Lifetime
Professor Bev Lawton (ONZM) Professor Bev Lawton, named the 2025 New Zealander of the Year, was appointed an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit by the Queen for services...
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Upcoming presentations
December 2025
February 2026
Dr John Plimmer And The Road To Crete – Aine McCoy
Presenter Aine McCoy: Aine qualified in medicine at Queen’s University Belfast in 1975. She worked as a General Practitioner in Miramar for many years before retiring in 2018. Her interest...
March 2026
April 2026
Old Porirua Hospital Museum – view details for map
We will be visiting the Old Porirua Hospital Museum on Wednesday 1st April 2-4pm. Dr Helen Bichan will be our guide. The Porirua Hospital Museum and Resource Centre is housed...
May 2026
Lin Colman – Florence Nightingale
It’s International Nurses Day on 12 May so who better to talk about than Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale is one of the most influential women in the history of nursing....
June 2026
July 2026
August 2026
At Home in the Asylum: Seacliff, 1880-1920 – Barbara Brookes
In this presentation I will discuss the work of Frederic Truby King, Medical superintendent at the Seacliff Asylum from 1889 until 1921, in his attempts to make a difficult and...
September 2026
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