Widening the Aperture: What Looking Up to Photograph the Night Sky Can Teach Us About Life and Leadership

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Chris McKeown is an avid astrophotographer who spends long nights around Wellington, Taranaki, Queenstown, and Lake Tekapo chasing the stillness of the night sky. By day, he’s a seasoned energy executive and leadership mentor, with a long-standing meditation practice and a deep belief in compassionate leadership. In his talk Widening the Aperture, Chris shares how learning to look up - within ourselves, and through the camera - can shift how we feel, how we think, and how we lead, supported by neuroscience, lived experience, and dozens of conversations with CEOs. You’ll learn: Why awe matters more than ever What stillness can teach

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Reading Group 15 May 2025: Marsden Books

Our Reading Group takes place on the third and fourth Thursday of the month. The next is installment is Thursday 15 May: Bryony Hogg from Marsden Books will share with us popular titles from her shelves, details TBC.   Koha will be collected at the meeting. All proceeds go towards the purchase of acid

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What Lies Beneath - Archaeological Walk - 18 May

***Postponed from 3 May*** Mary O’Keeffe is a professional archaeologist who has been lurking about digging around under Wellington for about 30 years.  In this walk and talk she’ll take you to some of the inner-city sites she’s worked on, tell the stories of the sites, and talk about what

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What Lies Beneath - Archaeological Walk - 25 May

Mary O’Keeffe is a professional archaeologist who has been lurking about digging around under Wellington for about 30 years.  In this walk and talk she’ll take you to some of the inner-city sites she’s worked on, tell the stories of the sites, and talk about what this archaeological data can

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President's Column: May 2025

There is nothing like walking around a desolate paddock admiring ancient stone Cairns to remind oneself about the importance of recognising the past. Fortunately, you …

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