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If you're not familiar with the University of Canterbury, here is a map indicating the usual meeting venues.

Royal Society Lecture Programme

The Royal Society of New Zealand, Canterbury Branch, organises public lectures on many aspects of science throughout the year. Our regular meeting is the first Wednesday of the month.

September 14th, 8.00pm A2 Lecture Theatre, University of Canterbury
Hochstetter Lecture: A geochemist’s window into Earth's origins, past and future
Professor Joel Baker, School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington

September 2nd, 8.00pm C3 Lecture Theatre, University of Canterbury
The Mt Cass Saga
Dr Mary Glen Metcalf, MSc in Organic Chemistry (University of New Zealand, 1948); PhD  in Medicine (University of Otago, 1972)

August 4th, 8.00pm C3 Lecture Theatre, University of Canterbury
Treasures from the Cotter Medical Trust's collection.
Pat Cotter, Bramwell Cook, Max Abernethy

July 7th, 6.00pm University of Canterbury: Meet in the Engineering School Cafe/Concourse area by lecture theatre E7
A Tour of Civil and Natural Resources Laboratories and Current issues in Civil Engineering Research.

June 2nd, 8.00pm C3 Lecture Theatre, University of Canterbury
How inhomogeneity affects cosmological observations.

May 5th, 8.00pm C3 Lecture Theatre, University of Canterbury
Why do engineers/scientists and economists/politicians always seem to be talking past each other?

April 14th, 8.00pm C3 Lecture Theatre, University of Canterbury
Science of High Fashion and Functionality--Innovating New Wool Apparel
Dr Surinder Tandon, MTech, PhD (Leeds), CText FTI; Manager, Apparel  and Functional Textiles, AgResearch Ltd, Lincoln.

March 10th, 7.40pm C3 Lecture Theatre, University of Canterbury
7.40 pm: Branch Annual General Meeting
8.00 pm Lecture: Is it true what they say about Gödel?
Dr Peter Smith, Cambridge University, where he teaches philosophy and mathematics; Philosophy Erskine Fellow

February 18th, 8:00pm A2 Lecture Theatre, University of Canterbury
Jack Newton, a world-renowned author and astronomical imager.
In association with the Canterbury Astronomical Society.