Category: General Meeting Tauranga

Main Speaker: Rob HarleyTopic: ‘Life’s Most Amazing People’ Short Speaker: Berenice Langson: Community Engagement Co-ordinator, WBOP Central Region, Hato Hone St John.Topic: Information Giving: Falls Prevention Strategy, ‘In Case of Emergency’ Booklets, Health Shuttle Service and Community Engagement Division (A quick overview and Berenice can come in 2027 for an hour session). We also want members…

Main Speaker: Tenby PowellTopic: ‘Life in The Red Zone’ Regretfully, we can no longer book additional space for this meeting and consequently, attendance registration is now closed as we have met the full quota of 140 people. Short Speaker: TBCTopic: ‘Inky Tales’ About the main speaker’s talk On February 24th, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine.Over the following…

Main Speaker: David LyonTopic: ‘Doing Time’Short Speaker: U3A Tauranga Opera Appreciation Group.Topic: ‘Your Invitation to the Opera – try something new for 2026’ About main speakers talk Background: David was employed by the Justice Department, the forerunner of the current Corrections Department, from 1978 to 1995. Initially employed as a Probation Officer in Rotorua and Tokoroa…

Main Speaker: Sue MacDougall (U3A Tauranga Member)Topic: ‘How Love, Courage and Art Shaped my life in Greece.’Short Speaker: Tereasa Peterson and Ella Rose, Registered Legal Executives, Estate Team, Holland Beckett Law Firm.Topic: Estate Administration 101 About main speakers talk ‘In this heartfelt talk, I share the journey that led me to Greece, where love opened unexpected doors, courage…

Main Speaker: Ian HowellTopic: The City Rail Link: More Than Just a TunnelShort Speaker: Liz Stewart U3A Health and Safety OfficerTopic: Our Updated Health and Safety Procedure About main speakers talk The City Rail Link (CRL) is the largest infrastructure project in New Zealand’s history, but behind the orange cones and massive cranes, what is really…

Main Speaker: Gillian Marks. Topic: ‘Gill’s Activities in the Karakoram, Northern Pakistan’ – Confirmed.Short Speaker: Bruce Farthing, Chair of Taonga Tu Heritage Trust BOP – Confirmed.

Guest Speaker: Graham Dainty Topic: “Highlights, anecdotes and the humorous side of a lifetime in aviation“. Graham gave a talk to U3A about the first part of his flying career, in the military, earlier last year and is now back to present his civil experience. He left the RAF and joined Bristow Helicopters Ltd. in 1982, based…

EGM: Our final monthly meeting for the year on November 21st will be the U3A Tauranga Inc. E.G.M. (Election General Meeting). From nominations received, elections will be held to determine the 2026 Executive.  We will have a speaker  following morning tea. Normal Tauranga Yacht Club Venue, 90 Keith Allen Drive, Sulphur Point. Time: 9.45am for 10.00…

The next members’ meeting for U3A Tauranga Inc is Friday 17th October.  Normal Tauranga Yacht Club Venue, 90 Keith Allen Drive, Sulphur Point.  Time: 9:45am for 10:00am start through to 12:00 Noon. Entry Fee: $5.00, to cover morning-tea and Venue. Main Speaker:Simon Keable-Elliot Topic: Robert Keable, utterly immoral WW1 chaplain? Outline: Simon is a writer, lecturer and speaker visiting…

Main Speaker:Chris Archer and Warren DawsonTopic: “Recovering a New Zealand ANZAC Legacy -The story of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles’ Brigade in Egypt and Palestine (1916 to1919)”.Short Speaker:Phil HansenTopic: ‘EVs need a new mindset.’

The next members’ meeting for U3A Tauranga Inc is Friday 15th August.  Tauranga Yacht Club Venue, 90 Keith Allen Drive, Sulphur Point.  Time: 9:45am for 10:00am start through to 12:00 Noon.Speaker: Peter Nixon on ‘The Geological History of Tauranga’‘Short Speakers: Natasha Rallia Ram & Sarah DaleFrom real estate and will to speak to us about…