WELLINGTON EASTERN SUBURBS PROBUS CLUB
GUEST SPEAKERS
November 2025: Brett Newell - Consultant Eurovintage NZ will talk on NZ wine industry
October 2024: Sarah Free - Wellington City Councillor
September 2024: Bill Day - Chairman of Wellington Hospital Foundation.
August 2024: Leigh Catley - climate change dilemna
July 2024: Sir Ron Young - retired judge and Chairman of the Parole Board
June 2024: Ann Schumacher CEO Dementia Wellington
May 2024: Mike White - history of sinking of S S Ventnor
April 2024: Stuart Niven Urban Design
March 2024: Gabor Toth Local History Specialist Wellington Libraries
February 2024: Professor Richard Stubbs P3 Research
November 2023: Laurence Reece and Leonard Sakofsky percussion players from the NZ Symphony Orchestra
October 2023: Operational Heartbeat by Wellingtton Free Ambulance
September 2023: Dan Henry - Predator-free Miramar Peneinsular
August 2023: Dr Philip Stevens 'Guiters, Economics and how to make a toaster'
July 2023: Prof John Macalister on Remembering and forgetting
June 2023: Prof. Michael Bunce Chief Science Advisor Dept of Conservation
May 2023: Dawn Saunders Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ
April 2023: Rob Wilson founder of Ghost Diving NZ
March 2023: Antony Gomez Royal Astromical Society of NZ
February 2023: Associate Professor Alexander Maxwell Victoria University
November 2022: Major David Bennett - Salvation Army volunteer in disaster zones
October 2022: Alex Hambleton - French Horn player in the NZ Symphony Orchestra
September 2022: Alan Tennyson - expert on Te Papa research
August 2022: Jo Harris - Unity Book Shop
July 2022: Graham Stewart - 60yrs in book publishing, writing and photo journalism
June 2022: John Allen - Chief Executive of Wellington NZ
May 2022: Luke Malpass - Political Editor for the Dominion Post
April 2022: Addas Nazari - Came to NZ as a child refugee on the 'Tampa' from the Taliban in Afganistan
March 2022: Jim Lynch - The proposer of 'Zelandia'
February 2022: Anna Williams - Iran hand woven rug repairer
November 2021: Wayne Turner - Principal Instructor at Rimutaka Prison
September 2021: John Allen - Wellington City Council
August 2021: Patrick O'Donohue - Flight Plastics on plastic recycling
July 2021: Phillip Thomlinson - Establishment and history of Wellington Botanical Gardens
June 2021: Peter Farrell - author of 'The Lie That Settles'
May 2012: Kevin Clark - Interactive musical talk
April 2021: John Christie - History of Seatoun and Eastern Suburbs
March 2021: Philip Soal - Fire and Emergency NZ
February 2021: Ben Phillips - Kaibosh Food Rescue
November 2020: Kevin Clark - Rode a motorbike from London to Bagdad in 1964
October 2020: Bayley Taylor - Fred Hollows Foundation
September 2020: Canceled due to Covid-19
August 2020: Moira Nisbet - Senior Nurse Wellington Hospital on Organ Donations
July 2020: Informal meeting - no guest speaker
June 2020: Cancelled because of Covid-19
May2020: Cancelled because of Covid-19
April 2020: Cancelled because of Covid-19
March 2020: Dr Adrian Macey Victoria University - climate change
February 2020: David Watt - Area Co-ordinator at NZ Heritage
November 2019: Michael Jackson - Victoria University PHD Research on pest control
October 2019: Zac Johns - NZ Symphony Orchestra
September 2019: Glen Williams - Police Inspector
August 2019: Rear Admiral John Martin (Retired) former head of the Navy
July 2019: Ana Faatoia Wellington Emergency Management Office
June 2019: Jenny Fellowes U3A
May 2019: Scott Brown US Ambassador
April 2019: Neal Becket Journey Manager NZ Transport Agency
March 2019: Veronica Bennett "Stand" Children Services
February 2019: Dame Kerry Prendergast ex Wellington Mayor
November 2018: David Farrar political activist, blogger and pollster
October 2018: Andy Regal and dog from border control Wellington Airport
September 2018: Annette King ex MP, Cabinet Minister, Deputy Party Leader
August 2018: Gaynor Gastmeier Kilbirnie Citizen Advice Bureau
July 2018: Helen Tunnah Ministry of Foreign Affairs - her time in Vanuatu
June 2018: Sister Josephine, Home of Compassion on 'Life and work of Suzanne Aubert
May 2018: Sue Chetwin CEO Consumer NZ 'Work & challenges & anecdotes from Consumer NZ
April 2018: Kevin Hackwell, Chief Conservation Advisor Forest & Bird - 'Preditor free NZ - How achievable is it?
March 2018: Rob and Muriel Ewan survivors, & trustees for the Wahine 50th Anniversary Commemoration
February 2018: Hon. Peter Dunne - Described as NZ's most experienced politician
November 2017: Sarah Free - Wellington City Councillor Eastern Ward
October 2017: Reece Dixon - Weta Workshops
September 2017: Irene Van Dyke - netballer
August 2017: Dr Bryce Wilkinson - Senior Fellow at the NZ Initiative
July 2017: Annette King - MP for Rongotai
June 2017: Brigitte Windley - coroner
May 2017: Dr Phil Sirvid - Senior curator and researcher at Te Papa
April 2017: Dr Peter Murray - Medical Advisor Registrar to Pharmac
March 2017: David Howman - Past Director of WADA (World Anti Doping Agency)
February 2017: Dr Roger Blakely - Wellington Regional Council and Capital Coast Health Board
November 2016: Denise Carnihan - Author of "I Share my Heart with Africa".
October 2016: David Barber - Journalist and Author
September 2016: Debbie Battell - Past Banking Ombudsperson
August 2016: Graeme Blick - Geodesist work in Antarctic
July 2016: Suzie Austin - End of Life Choice Society
June 2016: John Christie - History of Seatoun and Miramar Peninsular
May 2016: Craig Utting and Elizabeth Sneyd - Founders of the Virtuoso Strings Charitable Trust
April 2016: Graeme Jupp - Cartographer with LINZ on sinking of Titanic
March 2016: Dr David Jones - VSA in Papua New Guinea
February 2016: Aimee Williams - Heart Beat Co-ordinator with Wellington Free Ambulance
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