Who's Going to be Speaking
We are proud of the excellence of the diverse and interesting guest speakers who address our monthly meetings. Not only do they provide opportunity for learning and discussion on a wide range of topics, but they keep us up to date with what is happening in our ever-changing city and world.
Here are details of our speakers for the next couple of months in 2024:
OCTOBER 2024
Monday, October 14th
Antony Bush
on
"Movement is Medicine: the importance of movement and exercise on pain, health and longevity "
Why is back pain the world's greatest disability? How does movement and strength affect our mortality?
Antony is a 'movement activist' who has been interviewed on Radio NZ and TVNZ Seven Sharp, The Listener and The NZ Herald. A previous NZ Winter Olympic Team Physiotherapist, he has treated Olympic gold medalist rowers, alpine skiers, World Championship Triathletes and members of the All Blacks.
He has a special interest in how movement and strength impact health and wellness. He is a passionate advocate for getting people away from their smartphones and computer screens and moving about in the great outdoors.
He recently launched his book The Back Fix which is a comprehensive 'how to' for all back pain sufferers and includes the ten 'Back Facts' researchers want us all to know, common back pain myths and misconceptions, the importance of outlook, mood and thought processes on back pain, and using movement and mindfulness as a way back to enjoying a pain-free and and self-empowered life.
NOVEMBER 2024
Monday, November 11th
Peter Field
on
"U.S. Politics: After the Elections "
Peter S. Field is Head of the School of Humanities and Associate Professor of American History at the University of Canterbury. After graduating from Columbia University, where he was classmates with Barack Obama, he held research posts at Yale, Princeton and the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History.. The author of several books, including Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Making of a Democratic Intellectual and The Crisis of the Standing Order, he has recently completed a history of the United States entitled The Promise and Paradox of Freedom. In 2016 he served as Garwood Visiting Professor of Statesmanship at Princeton University. His current project is Friends and Fellow Citizens, a study of Abraham Lincoln.