Hilary Low will talk with us about her most recent book, Pay Dirt: The Westland Goldfields, from the diary of William Smart (2016), tells the story of how English settler William Smart left Christchurch in 1862 to prospect for gold in the uncharted wilderness of the West Coast. While researching her first book, Hilary discovered ... Read more

Nick will share some of the biggest lessons he's learned so far and why he can’t get enough of this type-2 fun. An evening of humorous stories from a first year of mountaineering.

New Zealand in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was an intrepid destination that promised adventure and unclimbed peaks. Hear about some of the colourful personalities attracted by this challenge, and the development of the mountaineering scene in NZ. Cindy will talk about research she has been doing for a book about the history ... Read more

Ross will have just returned from his latest research visit to the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica looking at changes to outlet glaciers over the last several thousand years.