Speakers Notes

Title:  “Getting kids reading with an old classic – Annuals!”   Remember the old annuals? Bunty? Boy’s Own? Girls’ Crystal? Well the good news is annuals are back so your grandchildren can enjoy them too. Finally, something to compete with their phones! Come and hear School Journal editor Susan Paris talk about her latest side project: Annual 3, a book published with the help of her publishing partner, Kate De Goldi. The pair’s third annual is a New Zealand spin on the much-loved classic, with original content commissioned from some of our best authors and illustrators. Kids will find stories, comics,… Read more: Susan Paris – 19th April 2024

Speaker: Greg McManus, Museum Director, Tauranga City Council. Has titled his talk‘A New Museum for Tauranga: Challenges and Opportunities.’ Drawing on his 30+ years’ experience as a museum director, Greg will discuss what is involved in conceiving, designing and delivering a new museum for Tauranga. What will the museum exhibit? What stories will it tell? Who will it be for? Greg will give a behind-the-scenes look into the Tauranga Museum project and what the community can expect from their new museum when it opens in 2008. Greg is a 30+ year veteran of the museum sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. He has worked at… Read more: Greg McManus – June 21st 2025

Tauranga – September 2024 Born in Taihape some time ago, Jenny married in Wellington and has three daughters, 3 granddaughters and a great grand-daughter as well as 5 step grandsons and 3 step great grandchildren. In 1986 Jenny decided to spend two years working in Australia, wanting to move from market research to social research.  After graduating from Macquarie University with a degree in Behavioural Sciences she went on to develop Rush Social Research, focusing on social research for the Commonwealth Government.  In 2006 she was asked to go to Papua New Guinea for 5 months to assist a then… Read more: Jenny Rush

Graham Dainty was born in Wiltshire and has lived in many places within the United Kingdom and around the world. He was a pilot, ‘A’ category instructor and examiner in the Royal Air Force for 18 years, and won the British Helicopter Championship in 1974. He joined Bristow Helicopters Ltd. in 1981, based in Aberdeen, Scotland, where he was a Training Captain and examiner. In 1995 he became Head of Training for Bristow, responsible for the entire world-wide company training activities and flying standards. He was heavily involved with the introduction and implementation of Human Factors training in aviation, receiving… Read more: Graham Dainty: A Life in Aviation