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OPEN DAY
#2501 Climate Change: Is a political consensus possible? and Preparing for its impacts – adaptation and managed retreat
Speakers: Russel Norman and Jonathan Boston
Date: Saturday 15th February 9:30am - 1pm
Venue: Waikanae Baptist Church Hall, 286 Te Moana Road, Waikanae
FREE SEMINAR – MORNING TEA INCLUDED
Enrolment by 10th February.
Dr Russel Norman has a PhD fromMacquarie University in politics and has been Executive Director of Greenpeace Aotearoa since 2015. Prior to that he was an MP and Co-Leader of theGreen Party. He has been a campaigner on a wide range of social and environmental issues over several decades in Aotearoa and Australia.
Russel's experience tells him that there was a time when climate change might be a non-partisan issue.However, the non-partisan climate consensus, to the extent that it ever existed, is no longer. Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised. After all, the wealthiest global 1% produce twice as much climate pollution as the poorest 50%. Today there is a clear pattern of political partisanship around climate action. In the first session, Russel will explore this issue further, look at the evidence and think out loud about what this means for those committed to protecting the life supporting capacity of planet Earth. Is there any way back to consensus or is that a fools’ game and we need to focus on building a coalition of the climate willing.
Dr Jonathan Boston ONZM is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington and has a DPhil from OxfordUniversity UK. Among various appointments, he served on the Expert WorkingGroup on Managed Retreat for the Ministry of the Environment. Among his publications is A Radically Different World: Preparing for Climate Change (2024).He has been editor of VUW Policy Quarterly since 2005, the most recent issue being on Environmental Issues.
In the second session, Jonathan will address some of the critical policy issues surrounding climate change adaptation, including the many technical, financial and political challenges associated with moving large numbers of people, along with related physical structures, in the face of severe floods and accelerating sea level rise. He will draw on recent official reports and give particular attention to the principles that should inform the funding of planned relocation and who should pay.
Two views of NZ – the photography of Joseph Divis and Lloyd Homer
#2502
Speaker: Simon Nathan
Date: Saturday 22nd February 10am - 1pm
Venue: Waikanae Presbyterian Church Hall, 43 Ngaio Road, Waikanae
Dr SimonNathan is a geologist, science historian and writer with MSc and DSc degrees. He has worked at the DSIR and GNS Science as well as being science editor of Te Ara, the online Encyclopedia of NZ (www.teara.govt.nz). As well as many technical publications he has published several biographies, including -known New Zealand photographers.
This talk describes the work of two photographers, Joseph Divis and Lloyd Homer who photographed aspects of NewZealand’s landscape and geology. The work of these two photographers is a valuable resource, recording both the natural environment and the nature of past mining. Joseph Divis was a working miner from 1909-39. He recorded life in mining towns where he lived and worked, particularly Waihi (Coromandel) and Waiuta (West Coast, South Island). Lloyd Homer worked for the New ZealandGeological Survey, DSIR, in the late 20th century, specialising in aerial photography. It was hazardous work, and Lloyd survived several plane crashes.Many of his spectacular high-level photographs are still widely used.
Parihaka - lessons for us all
#2503
Speakers: Paora Trim and Nicola Easthope
Date: Saturday 1st March 10am - 1pm
Venue: Waikanae Presbyterian Church Hall, 43 Ngaio Road, Waikanae
Paora and Nicola will talk about their experience in bringing the lessons from Parihaka to the Kāpiti College community. Since 1999, ex-student and long-time Kāpiti College teacher, Paora Trim has been working with the school community to teach about the legacy of Parihaka. He has contributed to the implementation of ‘Parihaka mai ai’, a curriculum created by the people of Parihaka that guides the school community to embrace the values that made Parihaka successful. Paora co-wrote and directed the ‘Parihaka’ stage show, which uses the talents of the youth of Kāpiti College to tell the story of a fictional family that were forced off their land and joined Te Whiti and Tohu. He believes that Parihaka can be an example for us all: working together in peace and harmony to create a positive future for our whānau and community.
Over the last 22 years, Nicola Easthope has taught English, Psychology, Social Studies and Philosophy at both Paraparaumu and Kāpiti Colleges and been an Enviro schools facilitator. Prior to that she worked for various NGOs. She has a Master of Creative Writing degree. She wrote one of the characters for the Parihaka production, drawing on research and her own English and Scottish ancestry to create Lydia, a colonial soldier’s wife disillusioned by the invasion of Parihaka and its aftermath. Nicola is currently working on two poetry projects with themes of ancestral belonging, settler-colonial entitlement, and ecological identity.
Mosquitoes, environment and people - ectoparasites and you, a historical and biological perspective
#2504
Speakers: Allen Heath and Mary McIntyre
Date: Saturday 22nd March 10am - 1pm
Venue: Waikanae Presbyterian Church Hall, 43 Ngaio Road, Waikanae
Dr Allen Heath has a PhD inParasitology and worked for 3 years at the National Health Institute, then at the Wallaceville Animal Research Centre and has published widely. He undertook research into some of the major ectoparasites of livestock, principally blowflies, lice, mites and ticks. As some animal arthropod parasites also attack humans, he also developed an interest in medical parasitology.
In his talk, Allen will identify the broad principles of parasitology and give an insight into its history including how the ancients understood arthropod pests. He will touch on NZ’s history with respect to external parasites and give an overview of the main ectoparasite groups, with some examples, mainly where these impinge on human health. He will also cover the likely or supposed changes in ectoparasite distribution worldwide and in NZ and the possible introduction of exotic arthropods and any associated diseases establishing in NZ because of long-term climate change.
Dr Mary McIntyre has MSc and PhD degrees and a research background in ecology, working mainly with insects. She has also run graduate programmes in Conservation Sciences at Victoria University, and inEnvironmental Health at the University of Otago Department of Public Health. She has been involved in research on mosquitoes in NZ and the risks of emerging mosquito-borne arbovirus diseases.
In her talk, Mary will examine environmental and public health perspectives with particular reference to mosquitoes in NZ. She will provide some background about mosquitoes and as vectors of human arbovirus diseases and discuss some findings from field surveillance projects on mosquito activity around Waikanae and on farmland in the Manawatu. She will also discuss risks and possible pathways of disease transmission within NZ, how outbreaks of locally transmitted disease could potentially occur, and public health measures to anticipate and manage this.
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