Humanities Lectures

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Dan and Gwen Taylor Lecture - 2012 (293.05 MB)
Thursday, 24 May 2012
‘Does the Philosophy of Fiction Rest on a Mistake? ‘ presented by Professor Derek Matravers, The Open University and Emmanuel College, Cambridge

CTPI: Public Square, Euthanasia - Panel, April 2012 (591.20 MB)
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
‘Euthanasia and assisted suicide: A discussion we need to have’ Panel: Professor Sean Davison, Hon. Maryan Street, MP, Professor Grant Gillett, John Kleinsman, Associate Professor Colin Gavaghan Chair: Professor Paul Trebilco. This event includes the presentation of a research paper on attitudes towards euthanasia in New Zealand by Thomas Noakes-Duncan.

CTPI: Public Square, Euthanasia - Panel, April 2012 (96.33 MB)
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
‘Euthanasia and assisted suicide: A discussion we need to have’ Panel: Professor Sean Davison, Hon. Maryan Street, MP, Professor Grant Gillett, John Kleinsman, Associate Professor Colin Gavaghan Chair: Professor Paul Trebilco. This event includes the presentation of a research paper on attitudes towards euthanasia in New Zealand by Thomas Noakes-Duncan.

CTPI: Public Square, Euthanasia - Questions, April 2012 (55.38 MB)
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
‘Euthanasia and assisted suicide: A discussion we need to have’ Panel: Professor Sean Davison, Hon. Maryan Street, MP, Professor Grant Gillett, John Kleinsman, Associate Professor Colin Gavaghan Chair: Professor Paul Trebilco. This event includes the presentation of a research paper on attitudes towards euthanasia in New Zealand by Thomas Noakes-Duncan.

CTPI: Public Square, Euthanasia - Questions, April 2012 (339.25 MB)
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
‘Euthanasia and assisted suicide: A discussion we need to have’ Panel: Professor Sean Davison, Hon. Maryan Street, MP, Professor Grant Gillett, John Kleinsman, Associate Professor Colin Gavaghan Chair: Professor Paul Trebilco. This event includes the presentation of a research paper on attitudes towards euthanasia in New Zealand by Thomas Noakes-Duncan.

Dan and Gwen Taylor Lecture - 2012 (61.08 MB)
Thursday, 10 May 2012
‘Does the Philosophy of Fiction Rest on a Mistake? ‘ presented by Professor Derek Matravers, The Open University and Emmanuel College, Cambridge

CTPI: Public Square, Secularism, April 2012 (85.87 MB)
Monday, 7 May 2012
We Don't 'Do' God: Secularism and the NZ State. Panel: Rev Dr Lynne Baab, Glyn Carpenter, Dr Bryce Edwards, Assoc Prof John Stenhouse.

CTPI: Public Square, Secularism, April 2012 (527.43 MB)
Monday, 7 May 2012
We Don't 'Do' God: Secularism and the NZ State. Panel: Rev Dr Lynne Baab, Glyn Carpenter, Dr Bryce Edwards, Assoc Prof John Stenhouse.

Abbey College Prestige Lecture 2012: Len Cook (351.81 MB)
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Len Cook, President of the NZ Institute of Public Administration presents 'Government Performance - thought and theatre'. Abbey College is celebrating its first four years as the University's residential college for postgraduate students. Held April 03, 2012.

Abbey College Prestige Lecture 2012: Len Cook (57.22 MB)
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Len Cook, President of the NZ Institute of Public Administration presents 'Government Performance - thought and theatre'. Abbey College is celebrating its first four years as the University's residential college for postgraduate students. Held April 03, 2012.

CTPI: Public Square, Vulnerable Children, February 2012 (94.49 MB)
Thursday, 5 April 2012
'Our Vulnerable Children' - a public forum exploring responses to the Government's Green Paper 'Every child thrives, belongs, achieves. Panel: Chris Trotter, Professor Mark Henaghan, Jenny Munro, Dr Pauline Gulliver.

CTPI: Public Square, Vulnerable Children, February 2012 (580.78 MB)
Thursday, 5 April 2012
'Our Vulnerable Children' - a public forum exploring responses to the Government's Green Paper 'Every child thrives, belongs, achieves. Panel: Chris Trotter, Professor Mark Henaghan, Jenny Munro, Dr Pauline Gulliver.

CTPI: Public Square, Asset Sales, February 2012 (781.36 MB)
Thursday, 22 March 2012
'If you were Prime Minister, would you sell New Zealand's assets?', February 2012. A public forum in which expert witnesses present their views on the issue to an equally-informed and distinguished panel. Witnesses: Dr Geoff Bertram; Gillain Bremner; Stuart McLauchlan; Professor Robert Patman. Panel: Jacqui Dean, MP; Professor Paul Hansen; Hon. Peter Hodgson; Chris Trotter; Metiria Turei, MP.

CTPI: Public Square, Asset Sales, February 2012 (127.16 MB)
Thursday, 22 March 2012
'If you were Prime Minister, would you sell New Zealand's assets?', February 2012. A public forum in which expert witnesses present their views on the issue to an equally-informed and distinguished panel. Witnesses: Dr Geoff Bertram; Gillain Bremner; Stuart McLauchlan; Professor Robert Patman. Panel: Jacqui Dean, MP; Professor Paul Hansen; Hon. Peter Hodgson; Chris Trotter; Metiria Turei, MP.

CTPI: Public Square, December 2011 (86.20 MB)
Thursday, 12 January 2012
'The Public Square' is a public forum organised and hosted by the Centre for Theology and Public Issues where a panel of experts discuss current affairs. December 2011. The panelists this time are: Clare Curran; Shane Gallagher; Janine Hayward; and Michael Woodhouse.

CTPI: Public Square, December 2011 (530.15 MB)
Thursday, 12 January 2012
'The Public Square' is a public forum organised and hosted by the Centre for Theology and Public Issues where a panel of experts discuss current affairs. December 2011. The panelists this time are: Clare Curran; Shane Gallagher; Janine Hayward; and Michael Woodhouse.

CTPI: Public Square, November 2011 (68.79 MB)
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
'The Public Square' is a public forum organised and hosted by the Centre for Theology and Public Issues where a panel of experts discuss current affairs. November 2011. The panelists this time are: Chris Laidlaw; Bishop Victoria Matthews; Prof Robert Patman; and Anne Stevens.

CTPI: Public Square, November 2011 (422.28 MB)
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
'The Public Square' is a public forum organised and hosted by the Centre for Theology and Public Issues where a panel of experts discuss current affairs. November 2011. The panelists this time are: Chris Laidlaw; Bishop Victoria Matthews; Prof Robert Patman; and Anne Stevens.

Winter Lecture Series - 2011: A Hollow Democracy? Why New Zealand elections are increasingly meaningless to voters (236.69 MB)
Friday, 30 September 2011
Discover the Otago phenomenon for yourself and come along to free public lectures in Auckland and Wellington on a range of relevant and challenging issues that affect so many New Zealanders. Held July-August, 2011.

Winter Lecture Series - 2011: A Hollow Democracy? Why New Zealand elections are increasingly meaningless to voters (74.40 MB)
Friday, 30 September 2011
Discover the Otago phenomenon for yourself and come along to free public lectures in Auckland and Wellington on a range of relevant and challenging issues that affect so many New Zealanders. Held July-August, 2011.

F.W Guest Lecture 2011: Capitalism, Revolutions and our Rule of Law (156.04 MB)
Thursday, 8 September 2011
The Faculty of Law is pleased to host Mr Jack Hodder, Chairman and Partner, Chapman Tripp as the 2011 FW Guest Memorial speaker. The topic is "Capitalism, Revolutions and our Rule of Law". Held August 10, 2011.

Faculty of Law: F.W. Guest Lecture 2012, Professor Andrew Ashworth (64.26 MB)
Thursday, 8 September 2011
The Faculty of Law is pleased to host the 2012 New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Professor Andrew Ashworth, Vinerian Professor of English Law. The topic is: 'Negotiating the Fundamental Right to Personal Liberty: Four Problem Cases'. The topic is "Capitalism, Revolutions and our Rule of Law". Held August 10, 2011.

Faculty of Law: F.W. Guest Lecture 2012, Professor Andrew Ashworth (394.53 MB)
Thursday, 8 September 2011
The Faculty of Law is pleased to host the 2012 New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Professor Andrew Ashworth, Vinerian Professor of English Law. The topic is: 'Negotiating the Fundamental Right to Personal Liberty: Four Problem Cases'. The topic is "Capitalism, Revolutions and our Rule of Law". Held August 10, 2011.

F.W Guest Lecture 2011: Capitalism, Revolutions and our Rule of Law (70.36 MB)
Thursday, 8 September 2011
The Faculty of Law is pleased to host Mr Jack Hodder, Chairman and Partner, Chapman Tripp as the 2011 FW Guest Memorial speaker. The topic is "Capitalism, Revolutions and our Rule of Law". Held August 10, 2011.

Dan and Gwen Taylor Lecture - 2010 (36.84 MB)
Friday, 15 July 2011
Annette Baier, Department of Philosophy presents the first annual Dan and Gwen Taylor lecture.

Dan and Gwen Taylor Lecture - 2010 (75.60 MB)
Friday, 15 July 2011
Annette Baier, Department of Philosophy presents the first annual Dan and Gwen Taylor lecture.

On Shaky Ground - earthquakes and their consequences (403.08 MB)
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Public forum held 31 May, 2011. Rev Dr Peter Carrell (Director of Education, Theology House, Diocese of Christchurch), Karen Clements (Area Manager, Red Cross Otago), Dr Andrew Gorman (Department of Geology, University of Otago), Sarah Hexamer (Co-ordinator, Neighbourhood Support Otago), Dr Caroline Orchiston (School of Business, University of Otago), Sue Russell (Executive Officer, Council of Social Services, Dunedin)

On Shaky Ground - earthquakes and their consequences (120.41 MB)
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Public forum held 31 May, 2011. Rev Dr Peter Carrell (Director of Education, Theology House, Diocese of Christchurch), Karen Clements (Area Manager, Red Cross Otago), Dr Andrew Gorman (Department of Geology, University of Otago), Sarah Hexamer (Co-ordinator, Neighbourhood Support Otago), Dr Caroline Orchiston (School of Business, University of Otago), Sue Russell (Executive Officer, Council of Social Services, Dunedin)

Abbey College Prestige Lecture 2011: Peter Stupples (259.67 MB)
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Peter Stupples, Senior Lecturer, Dunedin School of Art. Abbey College is celebrating its first three years as the University's residential college for postgraduate students.

Abbey College Prestige Lecture 2011: Peter Stupples (67.84 MB)
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Peter Stupples, Senior Lecturer, Dunedin School of Art. Abbey College is celebrating its first three years as the University's residential college for postgraduate students.

Future of Fairness 2011: Life isn't fair, but should it be? (60.40 MB)
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Associate Professor Andy Miah, Director of Creative Futures Research Centre, Faculty of Business and Creative industries, University of the West of Scotland presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness. March 22/23, 2011.

Future of Fairness 2011: Pushing drugs & modifying genes - bioethics in sports medicine (73.13 MB)
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Associate Professor David Gerrard OBE, CNZM, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness. March 22/23, 2011.

Future of Fairness 2011: Pushing drugs & modifying genes - bioethics in sports medicine (38.89 MB)
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Associate Professor David Gerrard OBE, CNZM, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness. March 22/23, 2011.

Future of Fairness 2011: What's fairness got to do with it? Assessing gene doping in sports (34.56 MB)
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Professor Ronald Green, the Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Dartmouth College presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness. March 22/23, 2011.

Future of Fairness 2011: What's fairness got to do with it? Assessing gene doping in sports (81.22 MB)
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Professor Ronald Green, the Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Dartmouth College presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness. March 22/23, 2011.

Future of Fairness 2011: Life isn't fair, but should it be? (31.85 MB)
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Associate Professor Andy Miah, Director of Creative Futures Research Centre, Faculty of Business and Creative industries, University of the West of Scotland presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness. March 22/23, 2011.

Wikileaks: Guardian of the Public Interest or Hotbed of Anarchy? (141.44 MB)
Monday, 18 April 2011
The Faculty of Law and the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies hosted a panel discussion chaired by Colin Gavaghan, Director of the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies. In this public lecture Mr Jeffrey Matsuura, Fullbright Senior Scholar and Counsel, Alliance Law Group Washington DC, and Andy Miah, Professor of Ethics and Emerging Technologies from the University of West Scotland, offer their expert perspectives on this vexed and engaging question. March 24, 2011.

Wikileaks: Guardian of the Public Interest or Hotbed of Anarchy? (40.94 MB)
Monday, 18 April 2011
The Faculty of Law and the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies hosted a panel discussion chaired by Colin Gavaghan, Director of the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies. In this public lecture Mr Jeffrey Matsuura, Fullbright Senior Scholar and Counsel, Alliance Law Group Washington DC, and Andy Miah, Professor of Ethics and Emerging Technologies from the University of West Scotland, offer their expert perspectives on this vexed and engaging question. March 24, 2011.

New Directions in Jazz (268.73 MB)
Friday, 15 April 2011
Dr. Dan Bendrups and Dr. Robert Burns, Department of Music with the help of Dunedin band subject2change and Marimba player Pedro Carneiro show us some new directions in jazz.

New Directions in Jazz (68.36 MB)
Friday, 15 April 2011
Dr. Dan Bendrups and Dr. Robert Burns, Department of Music with the help of Dunedin band subject2change and Marimba player Pedro Carneiro show us some new directions in jazz.

NCPACS: From Parihaka to Nationhood (30.19 MB)
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
He kai kora nui te riri - "War Consumes everything like a raging fire". Open lecture by Sir Paul Reeves, former Governor General and Archbishop of Aotearoa New Zealand, Chancellor of AUT University. Sir Paul Reeves' whakapapa is to Taranaki. His talk focuses on Te Whiti's non violent resistance at Parihaka and the subsequent imprisonment and deportation of the resisters to Dunedin. He reflects on what Parihaka and the New Zealand wars mean for New Zealanders' concept of nationhood in the 21st century. Given on March 17, 2011.

NCPACS: From Parihaka to Nationhood (75.37 MB)
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
He kai kora nui te riri - "War Consumes everything like a raging fire". Open lecture by Sir Paul Reeves, former Governor General and Archbishop of Aotearoa New Zealand, Chancellor of AUT University. Sir Paul Reeves' whakapapa is to Taranaki. His talk focuses on Te Whiti's non violent resistance at Parihaka and the subsequent imprisonment and deportation of the resisters to Dunedin. He reflects on what Parihaka and the New Zealand wars mean for New Zealanders' concept of nationhood in the 21st century. Given on March 17, 2011.

NCPACS: Breaking Cycles of Violence - Trauma, Resilience and Peacebuilding (116.39 MB)
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Professor Vernon E. Jantzi, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, co-founder and former director of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University. Given on November 24, 2010.

NCPACS: Breaking Cycles of Violence - Trauma, Resilience and Peacebuilding (57.05 MB)
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Professor Vernon E. Jantzi, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, co-founder and former director of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University. Given on November 24, 2010.

NCPACS: A conversation with Chris Laidlaw, November 2011 (506.58 MB)
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Chris Laidlaw in conversation with Professor Kevin Clements, National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, November 2011. Chris Laidlaw is a broadcaster, columnist, author, Regional Councillor, sports commentator and former Rhodes Scholar, Ambassador, All Black and MP.

NCPACS: A conversation with Chris Laidlaw, November 2011 (82.46 MB)
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Chris Laidlaw in conversation with Professor Kevin Clements, National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, November 2011. Chris Laidlaw is a broadcaster, columnist, author, Regional Councillor, sports commentator and former Rhodes Scholar, Ambassador, All Black and MP.

Winter Lecture Series - 2010: Using 'god-talk' in a secular society - time for a new conversation on public issues? (189.47 MB)
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
As a secular society in New Zealand, do we exclude religious voices from the ‘public square’? Professor Bradstock argues that a new type of public discourse is necessary as we seek solutions to the serious issues we face today. He highlights three of these issues – soaring prison numbers, the gap between rich and poor, and the threat to the environment. Given on September 16, 2010.

Winter Lecture Series - 2010: Using 'god-talk' in a secular society - time for a new conversation on public issues? (64.41 MB)
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
As a secular society in New Zealand, do we exclude religious voices from the ‘public square’? Professor Bradstock argues that a new type of public discourse is necessary as we seek solutions to the serious issues we face today. He highlights three of these issues – soaring prison numbers, the gap between rich and poor, and the threat to the environment. Given on September 16, 2010.

Turning 300: A Celebration of Samuel Johnson (513.69 MB)
Monday, 7 March 2011
Dr. Paul Tankard, Department of English, University of Otago and Dr. Ken Smith, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Bradford, present readings from Samuel Johnson. Given on September 10, 2009.

Turning 300: A Celebration of Samuel Johnson (110.79 MB)
Monday, 7 March 2011
Dr. Paul Tankard, Department of English, University of Otago and Dr. Ken Smith, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Bradford, present readings from Samuel Johnson. Given on September 10, 2009.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving guns, germs and steel (59.08 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 12, 2010.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving logging (61.54 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 19, 2010.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving on root crops (140.48 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on September 28, 2010.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving guns, germs and steel (120.61 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 12, 2010.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving on root crops (72.05 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on September 28, 2010.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving endemic disease (146.19 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 5, 2010.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving logging (124.92 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 19, 2010.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving endemic disease (62.69 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 5, 2010.

NCPACS: A Swedish Critique of the War in Afghanistan (67.25 MB)
Friday, 21 January 2011
Open lecture by Maj Britt Theorin, a Swedish social democratic politician and life long advocate for the non violent resolution of conflict. Given on November 17, 2010.

NCPACS: A Swedish Critique of the War in Afghanistan (29.08 MB)
Friday, 21 January 2011
Open lecture by Maj Britt Theorin, a Swedish social democratic politician and life long advocate for the non violent resolution of conflict. Given on November 17, 2010.

IPL: Measuring Law's Impact - The Future of Socio-Legal Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand (169.63 MB)
Monday, 10 January 2011
Professor Kim Economides, Director of the University of Otago Legal Issues Centre, Faculty of Law, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 22, 2010.

IPL: Measuring Law's Impact - The Future of Socio-Legal Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand (59.22 MB)
Monday, 10 January 2011
Professor Kim Economides, Director of the University of Otago Legal Issues Centre, Faculty of Law, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 22, 2010.

IPL: Imagining Scotland and the Scottish Diaspora (192.08 MB)
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Professor Liam McIlvanney, Stuart Chair in Scottish Studies, Department of English, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 13, 2010.

IPL: Imagining Scotland and the Scottish Diaspora (56.92 MB)
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Professor Liam McIlvanney, Stuart Chair in Scottish Studies, Department of English, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 13, 2010.

A Conversation with Jim Wallis (76.28 MB)
Friday, 26 November 2010
Professor Andrew Bradstock, Theology and Religion talks to Jim Wallis about faith, ethics and public life. Sept 28, 2010.

A Conversation with Jim Wallis (205.82 MB)
Friday, 26 November 2010
Professor Andrew Bradstock, Theology and Religion talks to Jim Wallis about faith, ethics and public life. Sept 28, 2010.

Howard Paterson Memorial Lecture: 2010 (189.77 MB)
Friday, 26 November 2010
Jim Wallis, best-selling author, public theologian, international speaker and one of President Barack Obama's key advisers on religious and ethical issues, delivered the first Howard Paterson Memorial Lecture in Public Theology at Dunedin's historic First Church. Lecture given Sept 28, 2010.

Howard Paterson Memorial Lecture: 2010 (64.40 MB)
Friday, 26 November 2010
Jim Wallis, best-selling author, public theologian, international speaker and one of President Barack Obama's key advisers on religious and ethical issues, delivered the first Howard Paterson Memorial Lecture in Public Theology at Dunedin's historic First Church. Lecture given Sept 28, 2010.

Visions of hope for a terrorised planet - Annual Peace Lecture 2008 (146.80 MB)
Sunday, 7 November 2010
Dr Kate Dewes, member of the United Nations Disarmament Advisory Board presents the 2008 Annual Peace lecture - Visions of hope for a terrorised planet. Lecture given Aug 11, 2008.

Visions of hope for a terrorised planet - Annual Peace Lecture 2008 (50.71 MB)
Sunday, 7 November 2010
Dr Kate Dewes, member of the United Nations Disarmament Advisory Board presents the 2008 Annual Peace lecture - Visions of hope for a terrorised planet. Lecture given Aug 11, 2008.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 1 - Devaluing the Pound? A consideration of The Invention of New Zealand (35.86 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Mark Stocker presents "Devaluing the Pound? A consideration of The Invention of New Zealand. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 2 - Changing countries, changing cultures (58.02 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Lynne Briggs presents "Changing countries - changing cultures: can individuals who have developed in one cultural environment learn to live in another?" The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 4 - Symbolising the shadow-side of New Zealand experience in contemporary literature and file (40.16 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Alistair Fox presents "Symbolising the shadow-side of New Zealand experience in contemporary literature and film". The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 2 - Changing countries, changing cultures (26.18 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Lynne Briggs presents "Changing countries - changing cultures: can individuals who have developed in one cultural environment learn to live in another?" The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Panel Discussion (58.81 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Round table with Malcolm Mulholland, Massey University, editor of Weeping Waters: The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change (Huia 2010): "How appropriately is New Zealand symbolised in the current flag, name of the country, and national anthem, and should they be changed? The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Panel: Malcolm Mulholland, Grant Gillett, Jacinta Ruru, Tony Ballantyne and Murray Rae. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 2 Response (41.10 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Professor Grant Gillett. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 1 Response (110.70 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Dr Ed Hanfling, Media Arts, Waikato Institute of Technology. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Panel Discussion (261.57 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Round table with Malcolm Mulholland, Massey University, editor of Weeping Waters: The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change (Huia 2010): "How appropriately is New Zealand symbolised in the current flag, name of the country, and national anthem, and should they be changed? The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Panel: Malcolm Mulholland, Grant Gillett, Jacinta Ruru, Tony Ballantyne and Murray Rae. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 2 Response (15.27 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Professor Grant Gillett. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 3 Response (12.78 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Associate Professor Murray Rae. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 3 Response (40.23 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Associate Professor Murray Rae. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 4 Response (16.85 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Associate Professor Tony Ballantyne. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 3 - 100% Landscape (122.63 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Mick Abbott and Jacinta Ruru present "100% Landscape". The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 4 - Symbolising the shadow-side of New Zealand experience in contemporary literature and file (109.93 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Alistair Fox presents "Symbolising the shadow-side of New Zealand experience in contemporary literature and film". The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 3 - 100% Landscape (44.32 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Mick Abbott and Jacinta Ruru present "100% Landscape". The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 1 Response (22.00 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Dr Ed Hanfling, Media Arts, Waikato Institute of Technology. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 1 - Devaluing the Pound? A consideration of The Invention of New Zealand (90.96 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Mark Stocker presents "Devaluing the Pound? A consideration of The Invention of New Zealand. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 4 Response (86.48 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Associate Professor Tony Ballantyne. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

The Jahiliyya Factor?: Fighting Muslims' Cultural Resistance to Nonviolence (46.87 MB)
Friday, 15 October 2010
Professor Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Political Science, Thammasat University, Thailand presents Annual Peace lecture - Overcoming cultural resistance to non-violence. Lecture given Jul 12, 2010.

The Jahiliyya Factor?: Fighting Muslims' Cultural Resistance to Nonviolence (103.86 MB)
Friday, 15 October 2010
Professor Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Political Science, Thammasat University, Thailand presents Annual Peace lecture - Overcoming cultural resistance to non-violence. Lecture given Jul 12, 2010.

The investigation of possible miscarriages of justice and the quashing of wrongful convictions (283.37 MB)
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Professor Graham J. Zellick, Emeritus Professor of Law of the University of London, formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of London and chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, England, presents the New Zealand Law Foundation's Distinguished Visiting Fellow lecture for 2010. His theme: the investigation of possible miscarriages of justice and the quashing of wrongful convictions. Lecture given August 18, 2010.

The investigation of possible miscarriages of justice and the quashing of wrongful convictions (82.52 MB)
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Professor Graham J. Zellick, Emeritus Professor of Law of the University of London, formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of London and chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, England, presents the New Zealand Law Foundation's Distinguished Visiting Fellow lecture for 2010. His theme: the investigation of possible miscarriages of justice and the quashing of wrongful convictions. Lecture given August 18, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 3 - 'God's Favourite People': 1688 and 1776 (56.20 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 4 - 'Yours for the Jubilee': The Prophetic Religion of the Abolitionists (62.22 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 6 - 'I have Seen the Promised Land': Visions of Deliverance in Black and White (51.89 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 1 - 'Biblical Traditions of Liberation': Introducing Deliverance Politics (180.35 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 5 - 'When Israel was in Egyptland': Black Christianity against Slavery (154.45 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 2 - 'The Only Parallel': The Puritan Revolution as England's Exodus (163.46 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 2 - 'The Only Parallel': The Puritan Revolution as England's Exodus (57.74 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 1 - 'Biblical Traditions of Liberation': Introducing Deliverance Politics (62.50 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 5 - 'When Israel was in Egyptland': Black Christianity against Slavery (56.49 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 6 - 'I have Seen the Promised Land': Visions of Deliverance in Black and White (129.22 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 4 - 'Yours for the Jubilee': The Prophetic Religion of the Abolitionists (145.19 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 3 - 'God's Favourite People': 1688 and 1776 (171.29 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Treating like cases alike and unlike cases differently: some problems of anti-discrimination law (146.40 MB)
Friday, 17 September 2010
The Right Honorable Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom presents a public lecture on Treating like cases alike and unlike cases differently: some problems of anti-discrimination law. Lecture given 16 August, 2010.

Treating like cases alike and unlike cases differently: some problems of anti-discrimination law (48.56 MB)
Friday, 17 September 2010
The Right Honorable Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom presents a public lecture on Treating like cases alike and unlike cases differently: some problems of anti-discrimination law. Lecture given 16 August, 2010.

Challenging Traditions (32.20 MB)
Friday, 10 September 2010
The Honorable Simon Powers, Minister of Justice, Minister for State Owned Enterprises, Minister of Commerce, Minister Responsible for the Law Commission, Associate Minister of Finance, and Deputy Leader of the House presents a public lecture on Challenging Traditions - New Zealand's Justice System. Lecture given 25 August, 2010.

Challenging Traditions (104.83 MB)
Friday, 10 September 2010
The Honorable Simon Powers, Minister of Justice, Minister for State Owned Enterprises, Minister of Commerce, Minister Responsible for the Law Commission, Associate Minister of Finance, and Deputy Leader of the House presents a public lecture on Challenging Traditions - New Zealand's Justice System. Lecture given 25 August, 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 4 (50.67 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Jin Canrong, School of International Relations, Renmin University of China presents "US-China Relations". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 6 (114.51 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Pan Rui, School of Institue of International Relations, Fudan University presents "China and International Organizations: the Case of the WTO Accession". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 10 (54.59 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Marc Lanteigne, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews presents "China and FTAs in International Trade". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 12 (62.38 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Ian Taylor, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews presents "China's Political and Economic Policy towards Sub-Saharan Africa". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Keynote (155.73 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor David Shambaugh, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University presents the keynote speech "China's Global Identities: the Schizophrenic Superpower?". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 3 (167.37 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Sam Zhao, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver presents "Between the Head Low and the Head Up: China's Pursuance of its Core Interests". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 14 (54.98 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Jian Yang, Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland presents "China and the South Pacific: A Political and Economic Analysis". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 11 (151.58 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Gerald Chan, Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland presents "China's Rise in Global Economic Governance". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 5 (115.67 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Shen Dingli, Institute of International Relations, Fudan University presents "Nuclear and Space Programme". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 14 (134.11 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Jian Yang, Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland presents "China and the South Pacific: A Political and Economic Analysis". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 13 (143.91 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Marco Buente, German Institute of Global and Area Studies presents "China's Policy towards the ASEAN organisation". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 5 (52.16 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Shen Dingli, Institute of International Relations, Fudan University presents "Nuclear and Space Programme". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 4 (125.30 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Jin Canrong, School of International Relations, Renmin University of China presents "US-China Relations". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 12 (164.99 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Ian Taylor, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews presents "China's Political and Economic Policy towards Sub-Saharan Africa". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 8 (104.10 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Katherine Morton, Department of International Relations, Australian National University presents "China and Climate Change: Surviving an Uncertain Future". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 6 (56.22 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Pan Rui, School of Institue of International Relations, Fudan University presents "China and International Organizations: the Case of the WTO Accession". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 7 (55.30 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Associate Professor Anne-Marie Brady, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Canterbury presents "China and the New Media". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 11 (64.43 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Gerald Chan, Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland presents "China's Rise in Global Economic Governance". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 8 (51.88 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Katherine Morton, Department of International Relations, Australian National University presents "China and Climate Change: Surviving an Uncertain Future". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 10 (132.94 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Marc Lanteigne, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews presents "China and FTAs in International Trade". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 13 (46.47 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Marco Buente, German Institute of Global and Area Studies presents "China's Policy towards the ASEAN organisation". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 3 (54.19 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Sam Zhao, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver presents "Between the Head Low and the Head Up: China's Pursuance of its Core Interests". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 7 (134.52 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Associate Professor Anne-Marie Brady, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Canterbury presents "China and the New Media". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Keynote (71.38 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor David Shambaugh, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University presents the keynote speech "China's Global Identities: the Schizophrenic Superpower?". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 9 (59.66 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Peter Robertson, Business School, University of Western Australia presents "China's Economic Transformation and Implications for World Political Economy". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 9 (156.41 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Peter Robertson, Business School, University of Western Australia presents "China's Economic Transformation and Implications for World Political Economy". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

Constitutionalism, the politics of power and AIDS (83.89 MB)
Friday, 20 August 2010
Justice Edwin Cameron, Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and James and Jean Davis Prestige Visitor presents a public lecture on Constitutionalism, the politics of power and AIDS.

Constitutionalism, the politics of power and AIDS (34.25 MB)
Friday, 20 August 2010
Justice Edwin Cameron, Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and James and Jean Davis Prestige Visitor presents a public lecture on Constitutionalism, the politics of power and AIDS.

Meet the 2010 Arts Fellows (161.73 MB)
Friday, 6 August 2010
The 2010 Otago Arts Fellows talk about themselves and their art. Karen Trebilcock - Children's Writer in Residence, University of Otago College of Education/Creative New Zealand, Christopher Adams - Mozart Fellow, Michele Powles - Robert Burns Fellow, Joanna Langford - Frances Hodgkins Fellow, Suzanne Cowan - Caroline Plummer Fellow in Community Dance.

Meet the 2010 Arts Fellows (61.75 MB)
Friday, 6 August 2010
The 2010 Otago Arts Fellows talk about themselves and their art. Karen Trebilcock - Children's Writer in Residence, University of Otago College of Education/Creative New Zealand, Christopher Adams - Mozart Fellow, Michele Powles - Robert Burns Fellow, Joanna Langford - Frances Hodgkins Fellow, Suzanne Cowan - Caroline Plummer Fellow in Community Dance.

IPL: Public Theology? No thanks, I'll stick with the normal kind (61.35 MB)
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Professor Andrew Bradstock, Howard Patterson professor of Theology and Public Issues, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on June 2, 2010.

IPL: Public Theology? No thanks, I'll stick with the normal kind (274.37 MB)
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Professor Andrew Bradstock, Howard Patterson professor of Theology and Public Issues, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on June 2, 2010.

On Being a Judge: An Indigenous New Zealand Jurisprudence (48.02 MB)
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Justice David Baragwanath, New Zealand Court of Appeal talks about an indigenous New Zealand jurisprudence.

On Being a Judge: An Indigenous New Zealand Jurisprudence (145.08 MB)
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Justice David Baragwanath, New Zealand Court of Appeal talks about an indigenous New Zealand jurisprudence.

Justice for the Jains: Remedies for Bad Administration (297.25 MB)
Friday, 25 June 2010
Lady Hale presents the 2010 F.W. Guest Memorial Lecture for the University of Otago Faculty of Law. Lady Hale became the United Kingdom’s first woman Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in January 2004, after a varied career as an academic lawyer, law reformer, and judge. She is now the first woman Justice of The Supreme Court. Justice for the Jains: Remedies for Bad Administration. Wednesday 5 May, 2010

Justice for the Jains: Remedies for Bad Administration (67.41 MB)
Friday, 25 June 2010
Lady Hale presents the 2010 F.W. Guest Memorial Lecture for the University of Otago Faculty of Law. Lady Hale became the United Kingdom’s first woman Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in January 2004, after a varied career as an academic lawyer, law reformer, and judge. She is now the first woman Justice of The Supreme Court. Justice for the Jains: Remedies for Bad Administration. Wednesday 5 May, 2010

NCPACS: Gandhi and the Power of Nonviolence - Transcending East and West (166.83 MB)
Friday, 18 June 2010
Dr. David Cortright, Director of Policy Studies, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame and Chair of the Board of the Fourth Freedom Forum in Goshen, Indiana. Wednesday 9 December, 2009

NCPACS: Gandhi and the Power of Nonviolence - Transcending East and West (57.55 MB)
Friday, 18 June 2010
Dr. David Cortright, Director of Policy Studies, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame and Chair of the Board of the Fourth Freedom Forum in Goshen, Indiana. Wednesday 9 December, 2009

Children and Families Research Symposium - Inter-parental conflict: Session 3 (78.92 MB)
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Dr. Leslie Leve, Senior Scientist Oregon Social Learning Center and Center for Research, Practice Honorary Senior Research Fellow Centre for Research on Children and Families presents "Parenting Interventions for High-Risk families: Improving Children's Well-Being Through Parenting Support Programs". Centre for Research on Children and Families Research Symposium - St Margaret's College, Dunedin, New Zealand. Wednesday 17 March, 2010

Children and Families Research Symposium - Inter-parental conflict: Session 2 (109.07 MB)
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Professor Carolyn Pape Cowan and Professor Philip Cowan present "Adopting a Family Bases Approach to Intervention". Centre for Research on Children and Families Research Symposium - St Margaret's College, Dunedin, New Zealand. Wednesday 17 March, 2010

Children and Families Research Symposium - Inter-parental conflict: Session 1 (103.19 MB)
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Dr. Gordon Harold, Alexander McMillian Chair in Childhood Studies, Professor of Psychology, University of Otago presents "How Inter-Parental Conflict Affects Children's Psychological development: Theory, Research and Practice Implications". Centre for Research on Children and Families Research Symposium - St Margaret's College, Dunedin, New Zealand. Wednesday 17 March, 2010

Winter Lecture Series - 2008: Beyond the electoral finance act? (215.00 MB)
Friday, 4 June 2010
Associate Professor of Law, Andrew Geddis discusses the electoral finance act and beyond. 2008 Winter Lecture Series

Winter Lecture Series - 2008: Beyond the electoral finance act? (69.92 MB)
Friday, 4 June 2010
Associate Professor of Law, Andrew Geddis discusses the electoral finance act and beyond. 2008 Winter Lecture Series

NCPACS: Engendering Peace and Conflict: The Role of Religion (161.52 MB)
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Professor Barbara Einhorn, Department of Sociology, University of Sussex and William Evans Visiting Fellow talks about engendering peace and conflict and the role of religion. Held 18 May, 2010.

NCPACS: Engendering Peace and Conflict: The Role of Religion (60.17 MB)
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Professor Barbara Einhorn, Department of Sociology, University of Sussex and William Evans Visiting Fellow talks about engendering peace and conflict and the role of religion. Held 18 May, 2010.

Merlin's Magic Circles: Stonehenge and the use of the Preseli Bluestones (223.48 MB)
Monday, 17 May 2010
Professor Timothy Darvill, Deputy President Society of Antiquaries, Director of the Centre for Archaeology, Anthropology & Heritage, Bournemouth University, UK. Timothy talks about Stonehenge as part of the 300th Anniversary of the Society of Antiquaries. Held 22 May, 2008.

Merlin's Magic Circles: Stonehenge and the use of the Preseli Bluestones (87.86 MB)
Monday, 17 May 2010
Professor Timothy Darvill, Deputy President Society of Antiquaries, Director of the Centre for Archaeology, Anthropology & Heritage, Bournemouth University, UK. Timothy talks about Stonehenge as part of the 300th Anniversary of the Society of Antiquaries. Held 22 May, 2008.

Winter Lecture Series - 2009: Gene-Genie - once out of the bottle, who should control our genes? (47.69 MB)
Friday, 7 May 2010
The leader of the Human Genome Research Project, the University of Otago’s Professor Mark Henaghan, looks at how far we should regulate, or if at all, to determine control of genetic testing – and is New Zealand law up to the task? Should we trust in parental choice to make the right decisions with the new technology? 2009 Winter Lecture Series

Winter Lecture Series - 2009: Gene-Genie - once out of the bottle, who should control our genes? (214.70 MB)
Friday, 7 May 2010
The leader of the Human Genome Research Project, the University of Otago’s Professor Mark Henaghan, looks at how far we should regulate, or if at all, to determine control of genetic testing – and is New Zealand law up to the task? Should we trust in parental choice to make the right decisions with the new technology? 2009 Winter Lecture Series

Three Generations of Distance Education Pedagogy: Challenges and Opportunities (97.81 MB)
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Professor Terry Anderson, Canada Research Chair in Distance Education, Athabasca University, Canada, has an incredible knowledge of online learning, and his work on the uses of technology in support of open and distance education is at the forefront of research in this area. He will address the challenges of expanding access to high quality distance learning and the growing opportunities to create and sustain learning connections using both old and new approaches to distance education. Held 30 April, 2010.

Three Generations of Distance Education Pedagogy: Challenges and Opportunities (65.63 MB)
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Professor Terry Anderson, Canada Research Chair in Distance Education, Athabasca University, Canada, has an incredible knowledge of online learning, and his work on the uses of technology in support of open and distance education is at the forefront of research in this area. He will address the challenges of expanding access to high quality distance learning and the growing opportunities to create and sustain learning connections using both old and new approaches to distance education. Held 30 April, 2010.

IPL: Musical Democracy: World Music Encounters (199.09 MB)
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Professor Henry Johnson, Professor of Music, Department of Music. Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given August 6, 2009

Abbey College Prestige Lecture 2010: Stan Taylor (82.57 MB)
Friday, 23 April 2010
Professor Stan Taylor, Kennedy Center for International Studies, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah presents the 2010 Abbey College Prestige Lecture - The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight: the CIA and Fidel Castro Professor Taylor has enjoyed a distinguished career in both academics and public policy. As a former Senior Staff member of the US Senate Intelligence Committee he brings to the Otago audience unique insights into little-known aspects of US-Cuban relations. Abbey College is celebrating its first two years as the University's residential college for postgraduate students.

Abbey College Prestige Lecture 2010: Stan Taylor (47.24 MB)
Friday, 23 April 2010
Professor Stan Taylor, Kennedy Center for International Studies, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah presents the 2010 Abbey College Prestige Lecture - The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight: the CIA and Fidel Castro Professor Taylor has enjoyed a distinguished career in both academics and public policy. As a former Senior Staff member of the US Senate Intelligence Committee he brings to the Otago audience unique insights into little-known aspects of US-Cuban relations. Abbey College is celebrating its first two years as the University's residential college for postgraduate students.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 11 (204.80 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Barry Coates, Oxfam, New Zealand presents "Need and greed: Food security, trade and global supply chains". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 11 (65.14 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Barry Coates, Oxfam, New Zealand presents "Need and greed: Food security, trade and global supply chains". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 10 (218.05 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Jules Pretty, Department of Environmental Studies, Essex University presents "Sustainability and the State of the World Food System". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 5 (192.99 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Caroline Saunders, Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, Lincoln University presents "Feed the world: the role of New Zealand's food exports". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 5 (62.55 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Caroline Saunders, Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, Lincoln University presents "Feed the world: the role of New Zealand's food exports". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 4 (176.01 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Geoff Lawrence, Head of School of Social Science, University of Queensland presents "Emerging Pressures on First World Food Exporters: From Climate Change to Supermarkets". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 4 (58.39 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Geoff Lawrence, Head of School of Social Science, University of Queensland presents "Emerging Pressures on First World Food Exporters: From Climate Change to Supermarkets". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 3 (169.19 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Robert Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK presents "Identifying appropriate agricultural production systems in the context of the contemporary 'food crisis'". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 3 (74.37 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Robert Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK presents "Identifying appropriate agricultural production systems in the context of the contemporary 'food crisis'". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 2 (182.17 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Associate Professor Bill Pritchard, Department of Geography, University of Sydney presents "'Rewriting the global food equation', but to what script? Priorities and strategic choices in addressing food insecurity within vulnerable population". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 2 (78.26 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Associate Professor Bill Pritchard, Department of Geography, University of Sydney presents "'Rewriting the global food equation', but to what script? Priorities and strategic choices in addressing food insecurity within vulnerable population". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 1 (125.03 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Claire Mahon presents "The right to food: putting food security in context" for Jean Ziegler, Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, (Geneva). 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 1 (audio) (55.26 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Claire Mahon presents "The right to food: putting food security in context" for Jean Ziegler, Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, (Geneva). 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Two Burns Fellows Read Their Poems (audio) (46.33 MB)
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
2009 Burns Fellow Michael Harlow and previous Burns Fellow Bernadette Hall read their poems, October 30, 2009.

Two Burns Fellows Read Their Poems (136.82 MB)
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
2009 Burns Fellow Michael Harlow and previous Burns Fellow Bernadette Hall read their poems, October 30, 2009.

A Conversation with Meg Munn (152.26 MB)
Friday, 22 January 2010
A conversation with Meg Munn MP, former Minister in the Blair and Brown governments. Hear an 'insider's' take on the UK political scene - a crucial general election due within six months, the 'expenses scandal' entangling Westminster MPs, an unpopular Labour leader, and the UK’s relationship with Europe being questioned again. Held 7 December, 2009.

A Conversation with Meg Munn (152.26 MB)
Friday, 22 January 2010
A conversation with Meg Munn MP, former Minister in the Blair and Brown governments. Hear an 'insider's' take on the UK political scene - a crucial general election due within six months, the 'expenses scandal' entangling Westminster MPs, an unpopular Labour leader, and the UK’s relationship with Europe being questioned again. Held 7 December, 2009.

Margaret Dalziel Lecture 2009: Jam Tarts for the Mind (135.93 MB)
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Professor Lydia Wevers, Director, Stout Research Centre for NZ Studies, Victoria University, presents the 2009 Margaret Dalziel lecture, given September 17, 2009. "Jam Tarts for the Mind," an exploration of the webs of intersection between nineteenth-century New Zealand rural readers and popular fiction a hundred years ago.

Margaret Dalziel Lecture 2009: Jam Tarts for the Mind (audio) (53.58 MB)
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Professor Lydia Wevers, Director, Stout Research Centre for NZ Studies, Victoria University, presents the 2009 Margaret Dalziel lecture, given September 17, 2009. "Jam Tarts for the Mind," an exploration of the webs of intersection between nineteenth-century New Zealand rural readers and popular fiction a hundred years ago.

Michael King Memorial Lecture - 2009 (127.02 MB)
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Professor Tom Brooking, Department of History and Art History. Michael King Memorial Lecture, given October 14, 2009. Tall Tales: Richard John Seddon and the Building of "God's Own Country".

Michael King Memorial Lecture - 2009 (60.56 MB)
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Professor Tom Brooking, Department of History and Art History. Michael King Memorial Lecture, given October 14, 2009. Tall Tales: Richard John Seddon and the Building of "God's Own Country".

A conversation with Rod Oram (146.34 MB)
Thursday, 3 December 2009
A conversation with Rod Oram - one of NZ's leading commentators on economic affairs. Rod Oram and Professor Andrew Bradstock of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues discuss the current economic recession and the possibilities for going forward. Held 18 September, 2009.

A conversation with Rod Oram (72.14 MB)
Thursday, 3 December 2009
A conversation with Rod Oram - one of NZ's leading commentators on economic affairs. Rod Oram and Professor Andrew Bradstock of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues discuss the current economic recession and the possibilities for going forward. Held 18 September, 2009.

IPL: Strategic Shortfall: the 'Somalia Syndrome' and the March to 9/11 (214.82 MB)
Monday, 30 November 2009
Professor Robert Patman, Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics. Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given October 16, 2008.

IPL: Strategic Shortfall: the 'Somalia Syndrome' and the March to 9/11 (26.20 MB)
Monday, 30 November 2009
Professor Robert Patman, Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics. Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given October 16, 2008.

FPCLW: Session 12 (21.49 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Keynote address. Alistair Morrison, Director-General of the Department of Conservation.

FPCLW: Session 12 (54.09 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Keynote address. Alistair Morrison, Director-General of the Department of Conservation.

FPCLW: Session 11 (74.97 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Keynote address. Alistair Morrison, Director-General of the Department of Conservation.

FPCLW: Session 11 (21.39 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Three into two won't go (Iwi, DoC and Fish and Game): can the spirit of the Ngai Tahu settlement be maintained? Dr Jim Williams, School of Maori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies.

FPCLW: Session 10 (82.39 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Combating climate change: a new role for wildlife corridors? Nicola Wheen, Faculty of Law.

FPCLW: Session 10 (20.39 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Combating climate change: a new role for wildlife corridors? Nicola Wheen, Faculty of Law.

FPCLW: Session 9 (53.60 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Linking landscapes: where there needs to be a focus on urban biodiversity? Dr Yolanda van Heezik, Department of Zoology.

FPCLW: Session 9 (15.92 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Linking landscapes: where there needs to be a focus on urban biodiversity? Dr Yolanda van Heezik, Department of Zoology.

FPCLW: Session 8 (50.58 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Recreation access: how to enhance visitor experiences in our parks? Dr Anna Thompson and Dr Brent Lovelock, Department of Tourism and co-directors of the Center for Recreation Research.

FPCLW: Session 7 (19.54 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Safe havens for hector dolphins: what more needs to be done? Associate Professor Liz Slooten, Department of Zoology.

FPCLW: Session 7 (47.38 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Safe havens for hector dolphins: what more needs to be done? Associate Professor Liz Slooten, Department of Zoology.

FPCLW: Session 6 (43.44 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Maori owned parks: should iwi be given title to specific parks? Jacinta Ruru, Faculty of Law.

FPCLW: Session 4 (25.52 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. What is biodiversity? The challenge for our parks. Dr James Maclaurin, Head of the Department of Philosophy.

FPCLW: Session 4 (116.87 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. What is biodiversity? The challenge for our parks. Dr James Maclaurin, Head of the Department of Philosophy.

FPCLW: Session 3 (35.67 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Be involved! How can a greater sense of public engagement in the conservation estate be built? Mick Abbott, Department of Design.

FPCLW: Session 3 (15.33 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Be involved! How can a greater sense of public engagement in the conservation estate be built? Mick Abbott, Department of Design.

FPCLW: Session 2 (71.60 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Keynote ministerial address - Hon Tim Groser, Minister of Conservation.

FPCLW: Session 2 (24.66 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Keynote ministerial address - Hon Tim Groser, Minister of Conservation.

FPCLW: Introduction (18.24 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters.

FPCLW: Introduction (6.14 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters.

IPL: Enlarging the Boundaries of Compassion: Opportunities and Challenges for Peace and Research in the 21st Century (157.65 MB)
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Professor Kevin Clements, Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies and Director of the New Zealand National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS), and Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given September 23, 2009.

IPL: Enlarging the Boundaries of Compassion: Opportunities and Challenges for Peace and Research in the 21st Century (65.51 MB)
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Professor Kevin Clements, Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies and Director of the New Zealand National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS), and Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given September 23, 2009.

NCPACS: Martyrs for Peace (273.34 MB)
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Reverend Father John Dear S.J. is a Jesuit Priest, Peace Activist, Organiser, Lecturer, Retreat leader, and author/editor of 20 books on peace and nonviolence, including Living Peace. He was nominated for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. Reverend Father John Dear introduces some of the individual leaders who have made a courageous lifetime vocational commitment to promoting peace and justice. These people often paid for their ideals with their lives and demonstrated positive non-violent alternatives to violence.

NCPACS: Martyrs for Peace (60.34 MB)
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Reverend Father John Dear S.J. is a Jesuit Priest, Peace Activist, Organiser, Lecturer, Retreat leader, and author/editor of 20 books on peace and nonviolence, including Living Peace. He was nominated for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. Reverend Father John Dear introduces some of the individual leaders who have made a courageous lifetime vocational commitment to promoting peace and justice. These people often paid for their ideals with their lives and demonstrated positive non-violent alternatives to violence.

Religion and Conflict: An analysis of the Warrior and Pacifist in Abrahamic religions (112.22 MB)
Monday, 9 November 2009
Open Peace and Conflict lecture given by Reverend Canon Paul Oestreicher, Chaplain, University of Sussex.

Religion and Conflict: An analysis of the Warrior and Pacifist in Abrahamic religions (53.10 MB)
Monday, 9 November 2009
Open Peace and Conflict lecture given by Reverend Canon Paul Oestreicher, Chaplain, University of Sussex.

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 11 (24.14 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Jacinta Ruru, senior law lecturer, University of Otago and Coordinator of Otago's Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law, "The common law doctrine of native title possibilities".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 11 (42.51 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Jacinta Ruru, senior law lecturer, University of Otago and Coordinator of Otago's Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law, "The common law doctrine of native title possibilities".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 10 (68.96 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Linda Te Aho, senior law lecturer, University of Waikato and member of the Guardians Establishment Committee created under the Waikato River Agreement in Principle, "Negotiating co-management of the Waikato River".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 10 (audio) (32.69 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Linda Te Aho, senior law lecturer, University of Waikato and member of the Guardians Establishment Committee created under the Waikato River Agreement in Principle, "Negotiating co-management of the Waikato River".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 9 (128.63 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Law Professor Lee Godden and Director of the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental law, University of Melbourne, Australia, "Indigenous Property Rights to Water: Environmental Flows, Cultural Values and Tradeable Property Rights in Australia".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 9 (41.05 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Law Professor Lee Godden and Director of the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental law, University of Melbourne, Australia, "Indigenous Property Rights to Water: Environmental Flows, Cultural Values and Tradeable Property Rights in Australia".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 8 (28.26 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Steven Ross, coordinator of the Murray Lower Rivers Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations, Australia, "Cultural flows in the Murray River".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 8 (53.48 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Steven Ross, coordinator of the Murray Lower Rivers Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations, Australia, "Cultural flows in the Murray River".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 7 (72.05 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Dr Robert Joseph, law lecturer, University of Waikato, "Indigenous water issues in North America".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 7 (28.71 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Dr Robert Joseph, law lecturer, University of Waikato, "Indigenous water issues in North America".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 6 (80.78 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Law Professor Bradford Morse, University of Ottawa, Canada, "Indigenous Peoples and Water Rights: A Canadian Perspective".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 6 (43.27 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Law Professor Bradford Morse, University of Ottawa, Canada, "Indigenous Peoples and Water Rights: A Canadian Perspective".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 4 (88.07 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Tom Bennion, barrister sole, editor of Maori Law Review, and specialist in environmental law and Treaty of Waitangi claims, "Maori rights to water: an historical overview".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 4 (37.76 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Tom Bennion, barrister sole, editor of Maori Law Review, and specialist in environmental law and Treaty of Waitangi claims, "Maori rights to water: an historical overview".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 3 (87.86 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Sacha McMeeking, General Manager of Strategy and Influence at Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, "Navigating the National Landscape".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 3 (19.39 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Sacha McMeeking, General Manager of Strategy and Influence at Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, "Navigating the National Landscape".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Introduction (45.20 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Justice Joe Williams of the High Court and past Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court and Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal and the Hon. Pita Sharples, Minister of Maori Affairs.

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Introduction (100.28 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Justice Joe Williams of the High Court and past Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court and Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal and the Hon. Pita Sharples, Minister of Maori Affairs.

IPL: The Art of Annotation (269.88 MB)
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Professor Chris Ackerley, Department of English, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on May 22, 2008.

IPL: The Art of Annotation (28.54 MB)
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Professor Chris Ackerley, Department of English, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on May 22, 2008.

IPL: The Myths of e-Learning (291.53 MB)
Monday, 17 August 2009
Professor Kwok-Wing Lai, Director of Centre for Distance Education and Learning Technologies, College of Education Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given November 6, 2008.

IPL: The Myths of e-Learning (69.55 MB)
Monday, 17 August 2009
Professor Kwok-Wing Lai, Director of Centre for Distance Education and Learning Technologies, College of Education Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given November 6, 2008.

IPL: Can your Trust be Trusted? (309.26 MB)
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Professor Nicola Peart, Faculty of Law Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 23, 2008.

IPL: Can your Trust be Trusted? (24.36 MB)
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Professor Nicola Peart, Faculty of Law Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 23, 2008.

IPL: 'It's About Time' (297.54 MB)
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Professor Robert Hannah, Department of Classics, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given May 29, 2008.

IPL: 'It's About Time' (23.43 MB)
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Professor Robert Hannah, Department of Classics Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given May 29, 2008.

IPL: Aesthetics and astronomy: What do we see? (72.49 MB)
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Professor Lisa Smith, College of Education, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on March 11, 2009.

IPL: Aesthetics and astronomy: What do we see? (307.52 MB)
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Professor Lisa Smith, College of Education, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on March 11, 2009.

IPL: The Worlds of World Religions: Manichaeism in Roman Egypt and Medieval China (68.27 MB)
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Professor Majella Franzmann, Pro Vice Chancellor for Humanities, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 8, 2008.

IPL: The Worlds of World Religions: Manichaeism in Roman Egypt and Medieval China (182.64 MB)
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Professor Majella Franzmann, Pro Vice Chancellor for Humanities, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 8, 2008.

Our People: Mark Henaghan (71.58 MB)
Monday, 30 March 2009
An interview with Professor Mark Henaghan, Faculty of Law.

IPL: Slow train coming: religious liberty in the last days (27.71 MB)
Friday, 5 September 2008
Professor Rex Tauati Ahdar, Faculty of Law, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on August 21, 2008.

IPL: Slow train coming: religious liberty in the last days (220.95 MB)
Friday, 5 September 2008
Professor Rex Tauati Ahdar, Faculty of Law, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on August 21, 2008.

IPL: Love Stories of Later Life (165.74 MB)
Friday, 1 August 2008
Professor Amanda Barusch, Head of Social Work and Community Development Department Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on March 12, 2008.

IPL: Love Stories of Later Life (20.37 MB)
Friday, 1 August 2008
Professor Amanda Barusch, Head of Social Work and Community Development Department Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on March 12, 2008.

IPL: Museum Pieces: How Cultural Institutions Educate and Civilise Society (195.18 MB)
Friday, 25 July 2008
Professor Jeffrey Smith. University of Otago College of Education, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on 21 November, 2007.

IPL: Museum Pieces: How Cultural Institutions Educate and Civilise Society (24.38 MB)
Friday, 25 July 2008
Professor Jeffrey Smith. University of Otago College of Education, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on 21 November, 2007.

IPL: Teaching and learning in higher education: we teach, but what do they learn? (212.58 MB)
Friday, 23 May 2008
Professor Kerry Shephard, Higher Education Development Centre, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on November 7, 2007.

IPL: Teaching and learning in higher education: we teach, but what do they learn? (12.03 MB)
Friday, 23 May 2008
Professor Kerry Shephard, Higher Education Development Centre, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on November 7, 2007.

IPL: "Bloody Idiots!" Have the drunks behind the wheel reached a cross-roads? (325.96 MB)
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Professor Geoff Hall, Faculty of Law, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on May 15, 2008.

IPL: "Bloody Idiots!" Have the drunks behind the wheel reached a cross-roads? (37.31 MB)
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Professor Geoff Hall, Faculty of Law, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on May 15, 2008.

IPL: Marginal Lands, Marginal People, Marginal Geographies (13.58 MB)
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Professor Tony Binns, Department of Geography, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 24, 2007.

IPL: Marginal Lands, Marginal People, Marginal Geographies (226.14 MB)
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Professor Tony Binns, Department of Geography, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 24, 2007.

IPL: Principles for Intelligent Accountability, with Illustrations from Education (16.66 MB)
Thursday, 4 October 2007
Professor Terry Crooks, Otago University College of Education, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 4, 2007.

IPL: Principles for Intelligent Accountability, with Illustrations from Education (266.53 MB)
Thursday, 4 October 2007
Professor Terry Crooks, Otago University College of Education, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 4, 2007.

IPL: Grass roots History: Reflections on New Zealand's Changing Landscape (186.62 MB)
Thursday, 27 September 2007
Professor Tom Brooking, Department of History, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 27, 2007.

IPL: Grass roots History: Reflections on New Zealand's Changing Landscape (12.00 MB)
Thursday, 27 September 2007
Professor Tom Brooking, Department of History, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 27, 2007.

IPL: Footnotes to Plato (172.63 MB)
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Professor Peter Anstey, Department of Philsosphy, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 12, 2007.

IPL - Footnotes to Plato (audio) (10.75 MB)
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Professor Peter Anstey, Department of Philsosphy, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 12, 2007.

IPL: Concepts of liberty in mental health law (13.93 MB)
Thursday, 6 September 2007
Professor John Dawson, Faculty of Law Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 6, 2007.

IPL - Concepts of liberty in mental health law (230.16 MB)
Thursday, 6 September 2007
Professor John Dawson, Faculty of Law, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 6, 2007.

IPL: From Orange Boxes, to tsunamis and climate change: realising the potential of impact assessment (12.41 MB)
Thursday, 23 August 2007
Professor Richard Morgan, Department of Geography, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on August 23, 2007.

IPL: From Orange Boxes, to tsunamis and climate change: realising the potential of impact assessment (210.55 MB)
Thursday, 23 August 2007
Professor Richard Morgan, Department of Geography, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on August 23, 2007.

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Dan and Gwen Taylor Lecture - 2012 (293.05 MB)
Thursday, 24 May 2012
‘Does the Philosophy of Fiction Rest on a Mistake? ‘ presented by Professor Derek Matravers, The Open University and Emmanuel College, Cambridge

CTPI: Public Square, Euthanasia - Panel, April 2012 (591.20 MB)
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
‘Euthanasia and assisted suicide: A discussion we need to have’ Panel: Professor Sean Davison, Hon. Maryan Street, MP, Professor Grant Gillett, John Kleinsman, Associate Professor Colin Gavaghan Chair: Professor Paul Trebilco. This event includes the presentation of a research paper on attitudes towards euthanasia in New Zealand by Thomas Noakes-Duncan.

CTPI: Public Square, Euthanasia - Questions, April 2012 (339.25 MB)
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
‘Euthanasia and assisted suicide: A discussion we need to have’ Panel: Professor Sean Davison, Hon. Maryan Street, MP, Professor Grant Gillett, John Kleinsman, Associate Professor Colin Gavaghan Chair: Professor Paul Trebilco. This event includes the presentation of a research paper on attitudes towards euthanasia in New Zealand by Thomas Noakes-Duncan.

CTPI: Public Square, Secularism, April 2012 (527.43 MB)
Monday, 7 May 2012
We Don't 'Do' God: Secularism and the NZ State. Panel: Rev Dr Lynne Baab, Glyn Carpenter, Dr Bryce Edwards, Assoc Prof John Stenhouse.

Abbey College Prestige Lecture 2012: Len Cook (351.81 MB)
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Len Cook, President of the NZ Institute of Public Administration presents 'Government Performance - thought and theatre'. Abbey College is celebrating its first four years as the University's residential college for postgraduate students. Held April 03, 2012.

CTPI: Public Square, Vulnerable Children, February 2012 (580.78 MB)
Thursday, 5 April 2012
'Our Vulnerable Children' - a public forum exploring responses to the Government's Green Paper 'Every child thrives, belongs, achieves. Panel: Chris Trotter, Professor Mark Henaghan, Jenny Munro, Dr Pauline Gulliver.

CTPI: Public Square, Asset Sales, February 2012 (781.36 MB)
Thursday, 22 March 2012
'If you were Prime Minister, would you sell New Zealand's assets?', February 2012. A public forum in which expert witnesses present their views on the issue to an equally-informed and distinguished panel. Witnesses: Dr Geoff Bertram; Gillain Bremner; Stuart McLauchlan; Professor Robert Patman. Panel: Jacqui Dean, MP; Professor Paul Hansen; Hon. Peter Hodgson; Chris Trotter; Metiria Turei, MP.

CTPI: Public Square, December 2011 (530.15 MB)
Thursday, 12 January 2012
'The Public Square' is a public forum organised and hosted by the Centre for Theology and Public Issues where a panel of experts discuss current affairs. December 2011. The panelists this time are: Clare Curran; Shane Gallagher; Janine Hayward; and Michael Woodhouse.

CTPI: Public Square, November 2011 (422.28 MB)
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
'The Public Square' is a public forum organised and hosted by the Centre for Theology and Public Issues where a panel of experts discuss current affairs. November 2011. The panelists this time are: Chris Laidlaw; Bishop Victoria Matthews; Prof Robert Patman; and Anne Stevens.

Winter Lecture Series - 2011: A Hollow Democracy? Why New Zealand elections are increasingly meaningless to voters (236.69 MB)
Friday, 30 September 2011
Discover the Otago phenomenon for yourself and come along to free public lectures in Auckland and Wellington on a range of relevant and challenging issues that affect so many New Zealanders. Held July-August, 2011.

F.W Guest Lecture 2011: Capitalism, Revolutions and our Rule of Law (156.04 MB)
Thursday, 8 September 2011
The Faculty of Law is pleased to host Mr Jack Hodder, Chairman and Partner, Chapman Tripp as the 2011 FW Guest Memorial speaker. The topic is "Capitalism, Revolutions and our Rule of Law". Held August 10, 2011.

Faculty of Law: F.W. Guest Lecture 2012, Professor Andrew Ashworth (394.53 MB)
Thursday, 8 September 2011
The Faculty of Law is pleased to host the 2012 New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Professor Andrew Ashworth, Vinerian Professor of English Law. The topic is: 'Negotiating the Fundamental Right to Personal Liberty: Four Problem Cases'. The topic is "Capitalism, Revolutions and our Rule of Law". Held August 10, 2011.

Dan and Gwen Taylor Lecture - 2010 (75.60 MB)
Friday, 15 July 2011
Annette Baier, Department of Philosophy presents the first annual Dan and Gwen Taylor lecture.

On Shaky Ground - earthquakes and their consequences (403.08 MB)
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Public forum held 31 May, 2011. Rev Dr Peter Carrell (Director of Education, Theology House, Diocese of Christchurch), Karen Clements (Area Manager, Red Cross Otago), Dr Andrew Gorman (Department of Geology, University of Otago), Sarah Hexamer (Co-ordinator, Neighbourhood Support Otago), Dr Caroline Orchiston (School of Business, University of Otago), Sue Russell (Executive Officer, Council of Social Services, Dunedin)

Abbey College Prestige Lecture 2011: Peter Stupples (259.67 MB)
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Peter Stupples, Senior Lecturer, Dunedin School of Art. Abbey College is celebrating its first three years as the University's residential college for postgraduate students.

Future of Fairness 2011: Life isn't fair, but should it be? (60.40 MB)
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Associate Professor Andy Miah, Director of Creative Futures Research Centre, Faculty of Business and Creative industries, University of the West of Scotland presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness. March 22/23, 2011.

Future of Fairness 2011: Pushing drugs & modifying genes - bioethics in sports medicine (73.13 MB)
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Associate Professor David Gerrard OBE, CNZM, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness. March 22/23, 2011.

Future of Fairness 2011: What's fairness got to do with it? Assessing gene doping in sports (81.22 MB)
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Professor Ronald Green, the Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Dartmouth College presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness. March 22/23, 2011.

Wikileaks: Guardian of the Public Interest or Hotbed of Anarchy? (141.44 MB)
Monday, 18 April 2011
The Faculty of Law and the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies hosted a panel discussion chaired by Colin Gavaghan, Director of the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies. In this public lecture Mr Jeffrey Matsuura, Fullbright Senior Scholar and Counsel, Alliance Law Group Washington DC, and Andy Miah, Professor of Ethics and Emerging Technologies from the University of West Scotland, offer their expert perspectives on this vexed and engaging question. March 24, 2011.

New Directions in Jazz (268.73 MB)
Friday, 15 April 2011
Dr. Dan Bendrups and Dr. Robert Burns, Department of Music with the help of Dunedin band subject2change and Marimba player Pedro Carneiro show us some new directions in jazz.

NCPACS: From Parihaka to Nationhood (75.37 MB)
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
He kai kora nui te riri - "War Consumes everything like a raging fire". Open lecture by Sir Paul Reeves, former Governor General and Archbishop of Aotearoa New Zealand, Chancellor of AUT University. Sir Paul Reeves' whakapapa is to Taranaki. His talk focuses on Te Whiti's non violent resistance at Parihaka and the subsequent imprisonment and deportation of the resisters to Dunedin. He reflects on what Parihaka and the New Zealand wars mean for New Zealanders' concept of nationhood in the 21st century. Given on March 17, 2011.

NCPACS: Breaking Cycles of Violence - Trauma, Resilience and Peacebuilding (116.39 MB)
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Professor Vernon E. Jantzi, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, co-founder and former director of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University. Given on November 24, 2010.

NCPACS: A conversation with Chris Laidlaw, November 2011 (506.58 MB)
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Chris Laidlaw in conversation with Professor Kevin Clements, National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, November 2011. Chris Laidlaw is a broadcaster, columnist, author, Regional Councillor, sports commentator and former Rhodes Scholar, Ambassador, All Black and MP.

Winter Lecture Series - 2010: Using 'god-talk' in a secular society - time for a new conversation on public issues? (189.47 MB)
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
As a secular society in New Zealand, do we exclude religious voices from the ‘public square’? Professor Bradstock argues that a new type of public discourse is necessary as we seek solutions to the serious issues we face today. He highlights three of these issues – soaring prison numbers, the gap between rich and poor, and the threat to the environment. Given on September 16, 2010.

Turning 300: A Celebration of Samuel Johnson (513.69 MB)
Monday, 7 March 2011
Dr. Paul Tankard, Department of English, University of Otago and Dr. Ken Smith, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Bradford, present readings from Samuel Johnson. Given on September 10, 2009.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving on root crops (140.48 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on September 28, 2010.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving guns, germs and steel (120.61 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 12, 2010.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving endemic disease (146.19 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 5, 2010.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving logging (124.92 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 19, 2010.

NCPACS: A Swedish Critique of the War in Afghanistan (67.25 MB)
Friday, 21 January 2011
Open lecture by Maj Britt Theorin, a Swedish social democratic politician and life long advocate for the non violent resolution of conflict. Given on November 17, 2010.

IPL: Measuring Law's Impact - The Future of Socio-Legal Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand (169.63 MB)
Monday, 10 January 2011
Professor Kim Economides, Director of the University of Otago Legal Issues Centre, Faculty of Law, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 22, 2010.

IPL: Imagining Scotland and the Scottish Diaspora (192.08 MB)
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Professor Liam McIlvanney, Stuart Chair in Scottish Studies, Department of English, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 13, 2010.

A Conversation with Jim Wallis (205.82 MB)
Friday, 26 November 2010
Professor Andrew Bradstock, Theology and Religion talks to Jim Wallis about faith, ethics and public life. Sept 28, 2010.

Howard Paterson Memorial Lecture: 2010 (189.77 MB)
Friday, 26 November 2010
Jim Wallis, best-selling author, public theologian, international speaker and one of President Barack Obama's key advisers on religious and ethical issues, delivered the first Howard Paterson Memorial Lecture in Public Theology at Dunedin's historic First Church. Lecture given Sept 28, 2010.

Visions of hope for a terrorised planet - Annual Peace Lecture 2008 (146.80 MB)
Sunday, 7 November 2010
Dr Kate Dewes, member of the United Nations Disarmament Advisory Board presents the 2008 Annual Peace lecture - Visions of hope for a terrorised planet. Lecture given Aug 11, 2008.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 2 - Changing countries, changing cultures (58.02 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Lynne Briggs presents "Changing countries - changing cultures: can individuals who have developed in one cultural environment learn to live in another?" The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 2 Response (41.10 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Professor Grant Gillett. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 1 Response (110.70 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Dr Ed Hanfling, Media Arts, Waikato Institute of Technology. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Panel Discussion (261.57 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Round table with Malcolm Mulholland, Massey University, editor of Weeping Waters: The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change (Huia 2010): "How appropriately is New Zealand symbolised in the current flag, name of the country, and national anthem, and should they be changed? The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Panel: Malcolm Mulholland, Grant Gillett, Jacinta Ruru, Tony Ballantyne and Murray Rae. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 3 Response (40.23 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Associate Professor Murray Rae. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 3 - 100% Landscape (122.63 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Mick Abbott and Jacinta Ruru present "100% Landscape". The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 4 - Symbolising the shadow-side of New Zealand experience in contemporary literature and file (109.93 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Alistair Fox presents "Symbolising the shadow-side of New Zealand experience in contemporary literature and film". The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 1 - Devaluing the Pound? A consideration of The Invention of New Zealand (90.96 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Mark Stocker presents "Devaluing the Pound? A consideration of The Invention of New Zealand. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 4 Response (86.48 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Associate Professor Tony Ballantyne. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

The Jahiliyya Factor?: Fighting Muslims' Cultural Resistance to Nonviolence (103.86 MB)
Friday, 15 October 2010
Professor Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Political Science, Thammasat University, Thailand presents Annual Peace lecture - Overcoming cultural resistance to non-violence. Lecture given Jul 12, 2010.

The investigation of possible miscarriages of justice and the quashing of wrongful convictions (283.37 MB)
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Professor Graham J. Zellick, Emeritus Professor of Law of the University of London, formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of London and chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, England, presents the New Zealand Law Foundation's Distinguished Visiting Fellow lecture for 2010. His theme: the investigation of possible miscarriages of justice and the quashing of wrongful convictions. Lecture given August 18, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 1 - 'Biblical Traditions of Liberation': Introducing Deliverance Politics (180.35 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 5 - 'When Israel was in Egyptland': Black Christianity against Slavery (154.45 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 2 - 'The Only Parallel': The Puritan Revolution as England's Exodus (163.46 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 6 - 'I have Seen the Promised Land': Visions of Deliverance in Black and White (129.22 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 4 - 'Yours for the Jubilee': The Prophetic Religion of the Abolitionists (145.19 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 3 - 'God's Favourite People': 1688 and 1776 (171.29 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Treating like cases alike and unlike cases differently: some problems of anti-discrimination law (146.40 MB)
Friday, 17 September 2010
The Right Honorable Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom presents a public lecture on Treating like cases alike and unlike cases differently: some problems of anti-discrimination law. Lecture given 16 August, 2010.

Challenging Traditions (104.83 MB)
Friday, 10 September 2010
The Honorable Simon Powers, Minister of Justice, Minister for State Owned Enterprises, Minister of Commerce, Minister Responsible for the Law Commission, Associate Minister of Finance, and Deputy Leader of the House presents a public lecture on Challenging Traditions - New Zealand's Justice System. Lecture given 25 August, 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 6 (114.51 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Pan Rui, School of Institue of International Relations, Fudan University presents "China and International Organizations: the Case of the WTO Accession". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Keynote (155.73 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor David Shambaugh, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University presents the keynote speech "China's Global Identities: the Schizophrenic Superpower?". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 3 (167.37 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Sam Zhao, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver presents "Between the Head Low and the Head Up: China's Pursuance of its Core Interests". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 11 (151.58 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Gerald Chan, Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland presents "China's Rise in Global Economic Governance". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 5 (115.67 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Shen Dingli, Institute of International Relations, Fudan University presents "Nuclear and Space Programme". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 14 (134.11 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Jian Yang, Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland presents "China and the South Pacific: A Political and Economic Analysis". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 13 (143.91 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Marco Buente, German Institute of Global and Area Studies presents "China's Policy towards the ASEAN organisation". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 4 (125.30 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Jin Canrong, School of International Relations, Renmin University of China presents "US-China Relations". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 12 (164.99 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Ian Taylor, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews presents "China's Political and Economic Policy towards Sub-Saharan Africa". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 8 (104.10 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Katherine Morton, Department of International Relations, Australian National University presents "China and Climate Change: Surviving an Uncertain Future". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 10 (132.94 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Marc Lanteigne, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews presents "China and FTAs in International Trade". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 7 (134.52 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Associate Professor Anne-Marie Brady, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Canterbury presents "China and the New Media". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 9 (156.41 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Peter Robertson, Business School, University of Western Australia presents "China's Economic Transformation and Implications for World Political Economy". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

Constitutionalism, the politics of power and AIDS (83.89 MB)
Friday, 20 August 2010
Justice Edwin Cameron, Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and James and Jean Davis Prestige Visitor presents a public lecture on Constitutionalism, the politics of power and AIDS.

Meet the 2010 Arts Fellows (161.73 MB)
Friday, 6 August 2010
The 2010 Otago Arts Fellows talk about themselves and their art. Karen Trebilcock - Children's Writer in Residence, University of Otago College of Education/Creative New Zealand, Christopher Adams - Mozart Fellow, Michele Powles - Robert Burns Fellow, Joanna Langford - Frances Hodgkins Fellow, Suzanne Cowan - Caroline Plummer Fellow in Community Dance.

IPL: Public Theology? No thanks, I'll stick with the normal kind (274.37 MB)
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Professor Andrew Bradstock, Howard Patterson professor of Theology and Public Issues, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on June 2, 2010.

On Being a Judge: An Indigenous New Zealand Jurisprudence (145.08 MB)
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Justice David Baragwanath, New Zealand Court of Appeal talks about an indigenous New Zealand jurisprudence.

Justice for the Jains: Remedies for Bad Administration (297.25 MB)
Friday, 25 June 2010
Lady Hale presents the 2010 F.W. Guest Memorial Lecture for the University of Otago Faculty of Law. Lady Hale became the United Kingdom’s first woman Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in January 2004, after a varied career as an academic lawyer, law reformer, and judge. She is now the first woman Justice of The Supreme Court. Justice for the Jains: Remedies for Bad Administration. Wednesday 5 May, 2010

NCPACS: Gandhi and the Power of Nonviolence - Transcending East and West (166.83 MB)
Friday, 18 June 2010
Dr. David Cortright, Director of Policy Studies, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame and Chair of the Board of the Fourth Freedom Forum in Goshen, Indiana. Wednesday 9 December, 2009

Children and Families Research Symposium - Inter-parental conflict: Session 3 (78.92 MB)
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Dr. Leslie Leve, Senior Scientist Oregon Social Learning Center and Center for Research, Practice Honorary Senior Research Fellow Centre for Research on Children and Families presents "Parenting Interventions for High-Risk families: Improving Children's Well-Being Through Parenting Support Programs". Centre for Research on Children and Families Research Symposium - St Margaret's College, Dunedin, New Zealand. Wednesday 17 March, 2010

Children and Families Research Symposium - Inter-parental conflict: Session 2 (109.07 MB)
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Professor Carolyn Pape Cowan and Professor Philip Cowan present "Adopting a Family Bases Approach to Intervention". Centre for Research on Children and Families Research Symposium - St Margaret's College, Dunedin, New Zealand. Wednesday 17 March, 2010

Children and Families Research Symposium - Inter-parental conflict: Session 1 (103.19 MB)
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Dr. Gordon Harold, Alexander McMillian Chair in Childhood Studies, Professor of Psychology, University of Otago presents "How Inter-Parental Conflict Affects Children's Psychological development: Theory, Research and Practice Implications". Centre for Research on Children and Families Research Symposium - St Margaret's College, Dunedin, New Zealand. Wednesday 17 March, 2010

Winter Lecture Series - 2008: Beyond the electoral finance act? (215.00 MB)
Friday, 4 June 2010
Associate Professor of Law, Andrew Geddis discusses the electoral finance act and beyond. 2008 Winter Lecture Series

NCPACS: Engendering Peace and Conflict: The Role of Religion (161.52 MB)
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Professor Barbara Einhorn, Department of Sociology, University of Sussex and William Evans Visiting Fellow talks about engendering peace and conflict and the role of religion. Held 18 May, 2010.

Merlin's Magic Circles: Stonehenge and the use of the Preseli Bluestones (223.48 MB)
Monday, 17 May 2010
Professor Timothy Darvill, Deputy President Society of Antiquaries, Director of the Centre for Archaeology, Anthropology & Heritage, Bournemouth University, UK. Timothy talks about Stonehenge as part of the 300th Anniversary of the Society of Antiquaries. Held 22 May, 2008.

Winter Lecture Series - 2009: Gene-Genie - once out of the bottle, who should control our genes? (214.70 MB)
Friday, 7 May 2010
The leader of the Human Genome Research Project, the University of Otago’s Professor Mark Henaghan, looks at how far we should regulate, or if at all, to determine control of genetic testing – and is New Zealand law up to the task? Should we trust in parental choice to make the right decisions with the new technology? 2009 Winter Lecture Series

Three Generations of Distance Education Pedagogy: Challenges and Opportunities (97.81 MB)
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Professor Terry Anderson, Canada Research Chair in Distance Education, Athabasca University, Canada, has an incredible knowledge of online learning, and his work on the uses of technology in support of open and distance education is at the forefront of research in this area. He will address the challenges of expanding access to high quality distance learning and the growing opportunities to create and sustain learning connections using both old and new approaches to distance education. Held 30 April, 2010.

IPL: Musical Democracy: World Music Encounters (199.09 MB)
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Professor Henry Johnson, Professor of Music, Department of Music. Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given August 6, 2009

Abbey College Prestige Lecture 2010: Stan Taylor (82.57 MB)
Friday, 23 April 2010
Professor Stan Taylor, Kennedy Center for International Studies, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah presents the 2010 Abbey College Prestige Lecture - The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight: the CIA and Fidel Castro Professor Taylor has enjoyed a distinguished career in both academics and public policy. As a former Senior Staff member of the US Senate Intelligence Committee he brings to the Otago audience unique insights into little-known aspects of US-Cuban relations. Abbey College is celebrating its first two years as the University's residential college for postgraduate students.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 11 (204.80 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Barry Coates, Oxfam, New Zealand presents "Need and greed: Food security, trade and global supply chains". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 10 (218.05 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Jules Pretty, Department of Environmental Studies, Essex University presents "Sustainability and the State of the World Food System". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 5 (192.99 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Caroline Saunders, Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, Lincoln University presents "Feed the world: the role of New Zealand's food exports". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 4 (176.01 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Geoff Lawrence, Head of School of Social Science, University of Queensland presents "Emerging Pressures on First World Food Exporters: From Climate Change to Supermarkets". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 3 (169.19 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Robert Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK presents "Identifying appropriate agricultural production systems in the context of the contemporary 'food crisis'". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 2 (182.17 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Associate Professor Bill Pritchard, Department of Geography, University of Sydney presents "'Rewriting the global food equation', but to what script? Priorities and strategic choices in addressing food insecurity within vulnerable population". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 1 (125.03 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Claire Mahon presents "The right to food: putting food security in context" for Jean Ziegler, Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, (Geneva). 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Two Burns Fellows Read Their Poems (136.82 MB)
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
2009 Burns Fellow Michael Harlow and previous Burns Fellow Bernadette Hall read their poems, October 30, 2009.

A Conversation with Meg Munn (152.26 MB)
Friday, 22 January 2010
A conversation with Meg Munn MP, former Minister in the Blair and Brown governments. Hear an 'insider's' take on the UK political scene - a crucial general election due within six months, the 'expenses scandal' entangling Westminster MPs, an unpopular Labour leader, and the UK’s relationship with Europe being questioned again. Held 7 December, 2009.

A Conversation with Meg Munn (152.26 MB)
Friday, 22 January 2010
A conversation with Meg Munn MP, former Minister in the Blair and Brown governments. Hear an 'insider's' take on the UK political scene - a crucial general election due within six months, the 'expenses scandal' entangling Westminster MPs, an unpopular Labour leader, and the UK’s relationship with Europe being questioned again. Held 7 December, 2009.

Margaret Dalziel Lecture 2009: Jam Tarts for the Mind (135.93 MB)
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Professor Lydia Wevers, Director, Stout Research Centre for NZ Studies, Victoria University, presents the 2009 Margaret Dalziel lecture, given September 17, 2009. "Jam Tarts for the Mind," an exploration of the webs of intersection between nineteenth-century New Zealand rural readers and popular fiction a hundred years ago.

Michael King Memorial Lecture - 2009 (127.02 MB)
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Professor Tom Brooking, Department of History and Art History. Michael King Memorial Lecture, given October 14, 2009. Tall Tales: Richard John Seddon and the Building of "God's Own Country".

A conversation with Rod Oram (146.34 MB)
Thursday, 3 December 2009
A conversation with Rod Oram - one of NZ's leading commentators on economic affairs. Rod Oram and Professor Andrew Bradstock of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues discuss the current economic recession and the possibilities for going forward. Held 18 September, 2009.

IPL: Strategic Shortfall: the 'Somalia Syndrome' and the March to 9/11 (214.82 MB)
Monday, 30 November 2009
Professor Robert Patman, Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics. Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given October 16, 2008.

FPCLW: Session 12 (54.09 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Keynote address. Alistair Morrison, Director-General of the Department of Conservation.

FPCLW: Session 11 (74.97 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Keynote address. Alistair Morrison, Director-General of the Department of Conservation.

FPCLW: Session 10 (82.39 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Combating climate change: a new role for wildlife corridors? Nicola Wheen, Faculty of Law.

FPCLW: Session 9 (53.60 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Linking landscapes: where there needs to be a focus on urban biodiversity? Dr Yolanda van Heezik, Department of Zoology.

FPCLW: Session 8 (50.58 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Recreation access: how to enhance visitor experiences in our parks? Dr Anna Thompson and Dr Brent Lovelock, Department of Tourism and co-directors of the Center for Recreation Research.

FPCLW: Session 7 (47.38 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Safe havens for hector dolphins: what more needs to be done? Associate Professor Liz Slooten, Department of Zoology.

FPCLW: Session 6 (43.44 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Maori owned parks: should iwi be given title to specific parks? Jacinta Ruru, Faculty of Law.

FPCLW: Session 4 (116.87 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. What is biodiversity? The challenge for our parks. Dr James Maclaurin, Head of the Department of Philosophy.

FPCLW: Session 3 (35.67 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Be involved! How can a greater sense of public engagement in the conservation estate be built? Mick Abbott, Department of Design.

FPCLW: Session 2 (71.60 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Keynote ministerial address - Hon Tim Groser, Minister of Conservation.

FPCLW: Introduction (18.24 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters.

IPL: Enlarging the Boundaries of Compassion: Opportunities and Challenges for Peace and Research in the 21st Century (157.65 MB)
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Professor Kevin Clements, Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies and Director of the New Zealand National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS), and Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given September 23, 2009.

NCPACS: Martyrs for Peace (273.34 MB)
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Reverend Father John Dear S.J. is a Jesuit Priest, Peace Activist, Organiser, Lecturer, Retreat leader, and author/editor of 20 books on peace and nonviolence, including Living Peace. He was nominated for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. Reverend Father John Dear introduces some of the individual leaders who have made a courageous lifetime vocational commitment to promoting peace and justice. These people often paid for their ideals with their lives and demonstrated positive non-violent alternatives to violence.

Religion and Conflict: An analysis of the Warrior and Pacifist in Abrahamic religions (112.22 MB)
Monday, 9 November 2009
Open Peace and Conflict lecture given by Reverend Canon Paul Oestreicher, Chaplain, University of Sussex.

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 11 (42.51 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Jacinta Ruru, senior law lecturer, University of Otago and Coordinator of Otago's Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law, "The common law doctrine of native title possibilities".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 10 (68.96 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Linda Te Aho, senior law lecturer, University of Waikato and member of the Guardians Establishment Committee created under the Waikato River Agreement in Principle, "Negotiating co-management of the Waikato River".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 9 (128.63 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Law Professor Lee Godden and Director of the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental law, University of Melbourne, Australia, "Indigenous Property Rights to Water: Environmental Flows, Cultural Values and Tradeable Property Rights in Australia".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 8 (53.48 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Steven Ross, coordinator of the Murray Lower Rivers Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations, Australia, "Cultural flows in the Murray River".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 7 (72.05 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Dr Robert Joseph, law lecturer, University of Waikato, "Indigenous water issues in North America".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 6 (80.78 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Law Professor Bradford Morse, University of Ottawa, Canada, "Indigenous Peoples and Water Rights: A Canadian Perspective".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 4 (88.07 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Tom Bennion, barrister sole, editor of Maori Law Review, and specialist in environmental law and Treaty of Waitangi claims, "Maori rights to water: an historical overview".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 3 (87.86 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Sacha McMeeking, General Manager of Strategy and Influence at Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, "Navigating the National Landscape".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Introduction (100.28 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Justice Joe Williams of the High Court and past Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court and Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal and the Hon. Pita Sharples, Minister of Maori Affairs.

IPL: The Art of Annotation (269.88 MB)
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Professor Chris Ackerley, Department of English, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on May 22, 2008.

IPL: The Myths of e-Learning (291.53 MB)
Monday, 17 August 2009
Professor Kwok-Wing Lai, Director of Centre for Distance Education and Learning Technologies, College of Education Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given November 6, 2008.

IPL: Can your Trust be Trusted? (309.26 MB)
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Professor Nicola Peart, Faculty of Law Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 23, 2008.

IPL: 'It's About Time' (297.54 MB)
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Professor Robert Hannah, Department of Classics, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given May 29, 2008.

IPL: Aesthetics and astronomy: What do we see? (307.52 MB)
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Professor Lisa Smith, College of Education, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on March 11, 2009.

IPL: The Worlds of World Religions: Manichaeism in Roman Egypt and Medieval China (182.64 MB)
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Professor Majella Franzmann, Pro Vice Chancellor for Humanities, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 8, 2008.

Our People: Mark Henaghan (71.58 MB)
Monday, 30 March 2009
An interview with Professor Mark Henaghan, Faculty of Law.

IPL: Slow train coming: religious liberty in the last days (220.95 MB)
Friday, 5 September 2008
Professor Rex Tauati Ahdar, Faculty of Law, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on August 21, 2008.

IPL: Love Stories of Later Life (165.74 MB)
Friday, 1 August 2008
Professor Amanda Barusch, Head of Social Work and Community Development Department Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on March 12, 2008.

IPL: Museum Pieces: How Cultural Institutions Educate and Civilise Society (195.18 MB)
Friday, 25 July 2008
Professor Jeffrey Smith. University of Otago College of Education, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on 21 November, 2007.

IPL: Teaching and learning in higher education: we teach, but what do they learn? (212.58 MB)
Friday, 23 May 2008
Professor Kerry Shephard, Higher Education Development Centre, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on November 7, 2007.

IPL: "Bloody Idiots!" Have the drunks behind the wheel reached a cross-roads? (325.96 MB)
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Professor Geoff Hall, Faculty of Law, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on May 15, 2008.

IPL: Marginal Lands, Marginal People, Marginal Geographies (226.14 MB)
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Professor Tony Binns, Department of Geography, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 24, 2007.

IPL: Principles for Intelligent Accountability, with Illustrations from Education (266.53 MB)
Thursday, 4 October 2007
Professor Terry Crooks, Otago University College of Education, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 4, 2007.

IPL: Grass roots History: Reflections on New Zealand's Changing Landscape (186.62 MB)
Thursday, 27 September 2007
Professor Tom Brooking, Department of History, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 27, 2007.

IPL: Footnotes to Plato (172.63 MB)
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Professor Peter Anstey, Department of Philsosphy, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 12, 2007.

IPL - Concepts of liberty in mental health law (230.16 MB)
Thursday, 6 September 2007
Professor John Dawson, Faculty of Law, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 6, 2007.

IPL: From Orange Boxes, to tsunamis and climate change: realising the potential of impact assessment (210.55 MB)
Thursday, 23 August 2007
Professor Richard Morgan, Department of Geography, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on August 23, 2007.

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CTPI: Public Square, Euthanasia - Panel, April 2012 (96.33 MB)
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
‘Euthanasia and assisted suicide: A discussion we need to have’ Panel: Professor Sean Davison, Hon. Maryan Street, MP, Professor Grant Gillett, John Kleinsman, Associate Professor Colin Gavaghan Chair: Professor Paul Trebilco. This event includes the presentation of a research paper on attitudes towards euthanasia in New Zealand by Thomas Noakes-Duncan.

CTPI: Public Square, Euthanasia - Questions, April 2012 (55.38 MB)
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
‘Euthanasia and assisted suicide: A discussion we need to have’ Panel: Professor Sean Davison, Hon. Maryan Street, MP, Professor Grant Gillett, John Kleinsman, Associate Professor Colin Gavaghan Chair: Professor Paul Trebilco. This event includes the presentation of a research paper on attitudes towards euthanasia in New Zealand by Thomas Noakes-Duncan.

Dan and Gwen Taylor Lecture - 2012 (61.08 MB)
Thursday, 10 May 2012
‘Does the Philosophy of Fiction Rest on a Mistake? ‘ presented by Professor Derek Matravers, The Open University and Emmanuel College, Cambridge

CTPI: Public Square, Secularism, April 2012 (85.87 MB)
Monday, 7 May 2012
We Don't 'Do' God: Secularism and the NZ State. Panel: Rev Dr Lynne Baab, Glyn Carpenter, Dr Bryce Edwards, Assoc Prof John Stenhouse.

Abbey College Prestige Lecture 2012: Len Cook (57.22 MB)
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Len Cook, President of the NZ Institute of Public Administration presents 'Government Performance - thought and theatre'. Abbey College is celebrating its first four years as the University's residential college for postgraduate students. Held April 03, 2012.

CTPI: Public Square, Vulnerable Children, February 2012 (94.49 MB)
Thursday, 5 April 2012
'Our Vulnerable Children' - a public forum exploring responses to the Government's Green Paper 'Every child thrives, belongs, achieves. Panel: Chris Trotter, Professor Mark Henaghan, Jenny Munro, Dr Pauline Gulliver.

CTPI: Public Square, Asset Sales, February 2012 (127.16 MB)
Thursday, 22 March 2012
'If you were Prime Minister, would you sell New Zealand's assets?', February 2012. A public forum in which expert witnesses present their views on the issue to an equally-informed and distinguished panel. Witnesses: Dr Geoff Bertram; Gillain Bremner; Stuart McLauchlan; Professor Robert Patman. Panel: Jacqui Dean, MP; Professor Paul Hansen; Hon. Peter Hodgson; Chris Trotter; Metiria Turei, MP.

CTPI: Public Square, December 2011 (86.20 MB)
Thursday, 12 January 2012
'The Public Square' is a public forum organised and hosted by the Centre for Theology and Public Issues where a panel of experts discuss current affairs. December 2011. The panelists this time are: Clare Curran; Shane Gallagher; Janine Hayward; and Michael Woodhouse.

CTPI: Public Square, November 2011 (68.79 MB)
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
'The Public Square' is a public forum organised and hosted by the Centre for Theology and Public Issues where a panel of experts discuss current affairs. November 2011. The panelists this time are: Chris Laidlaw; Bishop Victoria Matthews; Prof Robert Patman; and Anne Stevens.

Winter Lecture Series - 2011: A Hollow Democracy? Why New Zealand elections are increasingly meaningless to voters (74.40 MB)
Friday, 30 September 2011
Discover the Otago phenomenon for yourself and come along to free public lectures in Auckland and Wellington on a range of relevant and challenging issues that affect so many New Zealanders. Held July-August, 2011.

Faculty of Law: F.W. Guest Lecture 2012, Professor Andrew Ashworth (64.26 MB)
Thursday, 8 September 2011
The Faculty of Law is pleased to host the 2012 New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Professor Andrew Ashworth, Vinerian Professor of English Law. The topic is: 'Negotiating the Fundamental Right to Personal Liberty: Four Problem Cases'. The topic is "Capitalism, Revolutions and our Rule of Law". Held August 10, 2011.

F.W Guest Lecture 2011: Capitalism, Revolutions and our Rule of Law (70.36 MB)
Thursday, 8 September 2011
The Faculty of Law is pleased to host Mr Jack Hodder, Chairman and Partner, Chapman Tripp as the 2011 FW Guest Memorial speaker. The topic is "Capitalism, Revolutions and our Rule of Law". Held August 10, 2011.

Dan and Gwen Taylor Lecture - 2010 (36.84 MB)
Friday, 15 July 2011
Annette Baier, Department of Philosophy presents the first annual Dan and Gwen Taylor lecture.

On Shaky Ground - earthquakes and their consequences (120.41 MB)
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Public forum held 31 May, 2011. Rev Dr Peter Carrell (Director of Education, Theology House, Diocese of Christchurch), Karen Clements (Area Manager, Red Cross Otago), Dr Andrew Gorman (Department of Geology, University of Otago), Sarah Hexamer (Co-ordinator, Neighbourhood Support Otago), Dr Caroline Orchiston (School of Business, University of Otago), Sue Russell (Executive Officer, Council of Social Services, Dunedin)

Abbey College Prestige Lecture 2011: Peter Stupples (67.84 MB)
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Peter Stupples, Senior Lecturer, Dunedin School of Art. Abbey College is celebrating its first three years as the University's residential college for postgraduate students.

Future of Fairness 2011: Pushing drugs & modifying genes - bioethics in sports medicine (38.89 MB)
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Associate Professor David Gerrard OBE, CNZM, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness. March 22/23, 2011.

Future of Fairness 2011: What's fairness got to do with it? Assessing gene doping in sports (34.56 MB)
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Professor Ronald Green, the Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Dartmouth College presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness. March 22/23, 2011.

Future of Fairness 2011: Life isn't fair, but should it be? (31.85 MB)
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Associate Professor Andy Miah, Director of Creative Futures Research Centre, Faculty of Business and Creative industries, University of the West of Scotland presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness. March 22/23, 2011.

Wikileaks: Guardian of the Public Interest or Hotbed of Anarchy? (40.94 MB)
Monday, 18 April 2011
The Faculty of Law and the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies hosted a panel discussion chaired by Colin Gavaghan, Director of the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies. In this public lecture Mr Jeffrey Matsuura, Fullbright Senior Scholar and Counsel, Alliance Law Group Washington DC, and Andy Miah, Professor of Ethics and Emerging Technologies from the University of West Scotland, offer their expert perspectives on this vexed and engaging question. March 24, 2011.

New Directions in Jazz (68.36 MB)
Friday, 15 April 2011
Dr. Dan Bendrups and Dr. Robert Burns, Department of Music with the help of Dunedin band subject2change and Marimba player Pedro Carneiro show us some new directions in jazz.

NCPACS: From Parihaka to Nationhood (30.19 MB)
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
He kai kora nui te riri - "War Consumes everything like a raging fire". Open lecture by Sir Paul Reeves, former Governor General and Archbishop of Aotearoa New Zealand, Chancellor of AUT University. Sir Paul Reeves' whakapapa is to Taranaki. His talk focuses on Te Whiti's non violent resistance at Parihaka and the subsequent imprisonment and deportation of the resisters to Dunedin. He reflects on what Parihaka and the New Zealand wars mean for New Zealanders' concept of nationhood in the 21st century. Given on March 17, 2011.

NCPACS: Breaking Cycles of Violence - Trauma, Resilience and Peacebuilding (57.05 MB)
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Professor Vernon E. Jantzi, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, co-founder and former director of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University. Given on November 24, 2010.

NCPACS: A conversation with Chris Laidlaw, November 2011 (82.46 MB)
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Chris Laidlaw in conversation with Professor Kevin Clements, National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, November 2011. Chris Laidlaw is a broadcaster, columnist, author, Regional Councillor, sports commentator and former Rhodes Scholar, Ambassador, All Black and MP.

Winter Lecture Series - 2010: Using 'god-talk' in a secular society - time for a new conversation on public issues? (64.41 MB)
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
As a secular society in New Zealand, do we exclude religious voices from the ‘public square’? Professor Bradstock argues that a new type of public discourse is necessary as we seek solutions to the serious issues we face today. He highlights three of these issues – soaring prison numbers, the gap between rich and poor, and the threat to the environment. Given on September 16, 2010.

Turning 300: A Celebration of Samuel Johnson (110.79 MB)
Monday, 7 March 2011
Dr. Paul Tankard, Department of English, University of Otago and Dr. Ken Smith, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Bradford, present readings from Samuel Johnson. Given on September 10, 2009.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving guns, germs and steel (59.08 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 12, 2010.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving logging (61.54 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 19, 2010.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving on root crops (72.05 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on September 28, 2010.

De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving endemic disease (62.69 MB)
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 5, 2010.

NCPACS: A Swedish Critique of the War in Afghanistan (29.08 MB)
Friday, 21 January 2011
Open lecture by Maj Britt Theorin, a Swedish social democratic politician and life long advocate for the non violent resolution of conflict. Given on November 17, 2010.

IPL: Measuring Law's Impact - The Future of Socio-Legal Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand (59.22 MB)
Monday, 10 January 2011
Professor Kim Economides, Director of the University of Otago Legal Issues Centre, Faculty of Law, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 22, 2010.

IPL: Imagining Scotland and the Scottish Diaspora (56.92 MB)
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Professor Liam McIlvanney, Stuart Chair in Scottish Studies, Department of English, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 13, 2010.

A Conversation with Jim Wallis (76.28 MB)
Friday, 26 November 2010
Professor Andrew Bradstock, Theology and Religion talks to Jim Wallis about faith, ethics and public life. Sept 28, 2010.

Howard Paterson Memorial Lecture: 2010 (64.40 MB)
Friday, 26 November 2010
Jim Wallis, best-selling author, public theologian, international speaker and one of President Barack Obama's key advisers on religious and ethical issues, delivered the first Howard Paterson Memorial Lecture in Public Theology at Dunedin's historic First Church. Lecture given Sept 28, 2010.

Visions of hope for a terrorised planet - Annual Peace Lecture 2008 (50.71 MB)
Sunday, 7 November 2010
Dr Kate Dewes, member of the United Nations Disarmament Advisory Board presents the 2008 Annual Peace lecture - Visions of hope for a terrorised planet. Lecture given Aug 11, 2008.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 1 - Devaluing the Pound? A consideration of The Invention of New Zealand (35.86 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Mark Stocker presents "Devaluing the Pound? A consideration of The Invention of New Zealand. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 4 - Symbolising the shadow-side of New Zealand experience in contemporary literature and file (40.16 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Alistair Fox presents "Symbolising the shadow-side of New Zealand experience in contemporary literature and film". The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 2 - Changing countries, changing cultures (26.18 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Lynne Briggs presents "Changing countries - changing cultures: can individuals who have developed in one cultural environment learn to live in another?" The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Panel Discussion (58.81 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Round table with Malcolm Mulholland, Massey University, editor of Weeping Waters: The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change (Huia 2010): "How appropriately is New Zealand symbolised in the current flag, name of the country, and national anthem, and should they be changed? The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Panel: Malcolm Mulholland, Grant Gillett, Jacinta Ruru, Tony Ballantyne and Murray Rae. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 2 Response (15.27 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Professor Grant Gillett. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 3 Response (12.78 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Associate Professor Murray Rae. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 4 Response (16.85 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Associate Professor Tony Ballantyne. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 3 - 100% Landscape (44.32 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Mick Abbott and Jacinta Ruru present "100% Landscape". The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

Symbolising New Zealand: Session 1 Response (22.00 MB)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Dr Ed Hanfling, Media Arts, Waikato Institute of Technology. The Centre for Research on National Identity - Symbolising New Zealand conference. Held September 10, 2010.

The Jahiliyya Factor?: Fighting Muslims' Cultural Resistance to Nonviolence (46.87 MB)
Friday, 15 October 2010
Professor Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Political Science, Thammasat University, Thailand presents Annual Peace lecture - Overcoming cultural resistance to non-violence. Lecture given Jul 12, 2010.

The investigation of possible miscarriages of justice and the quashing of wrongful convictions (82.52 MB)
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Professor Graham J. Zellick, Emeritus Professor of Law of the University of London, formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of London and chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, England, presents the New Zealand Law Foundation's Distinguished Visiting Fellow lecture for 2010. His theme: the investigation of possible miscarriages of justice and the quashing of wrongful convictions. Lecture given August 18, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 3 - 'God's Favourite People': 1688 and 1776 (56.20 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 4 - 'Yours for the Jubilee': The Prophetic Religion of the Abolitionists (62.22 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 6 - 'I have Seen the Promised Land': Visions of Deliverance in Black and White (51.89 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 2 - 'The Only Parallel': The Puritan Revolution as England's Exodus (57.74 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 1 - 'Biblical Traditions of Liberation': Introducing Deliverance Politics (62.50 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 5 - 'When Israel was in Egyptland': Black Christianity against Slavery (56.49 MB)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama. Lectures given August, 2010.

Treating like cases alike and unlike cases differently: some problems of anti-discrimination law (48.56 MB)
Friday, 17 September 2010
The Right Honorable Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom presents a public lecture on Treating like cases alike and unlike cases differently: some problems of anti-discrimination law. Lecture given 16 August, 2010.

Challenging Traditions (32.20 MB)
Friday, 10 September 2010
The Honorable Simon Powers, Minister of Justice, Minister for State Owned Enterprises, Minister of Commerce, Minister Responsible for the Law Commission, Associate Minister of Finance, and Deputy Leader of the House presents a public lecture on Challenging Traditions - New Zealand's Justice System. Lecture given 25 August, 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 4 (50.67 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Jin Canrong, School of International Relations, Renmin University of China presents "US-China Relations". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 10 (54.59 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Marc Lanteigne, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews presents "China and FTAs in International Trade". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 12 (62.38 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Ian Taylor, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews presents "China's Political and Economic Policy towards Sub-Saharan Africa". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 14 (54.98 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Jian Yang, Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland presents "China and the South Pacific: A Political and Economic Analysis". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 5 (52.16 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Shen Dingli, Institute of International Relations, Fudan University presents "Nuclear and Space Programme". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 6 (56.22 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Pan Rui, School of Institue of International Relations, Fudan University presents "China and International Organizations: the Case of the WTO Accession". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 7 (55.30 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Associate Professor Anne-Marie Brady, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Canterbury presents "China and the New Media". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 11 (64.43 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Gerald Chan, Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland presents "China's Rise in Global Economic Governance". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 8 (51.88 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Katherine Morton, Department of International Relations, Australian National University presents "China and Climate Change: Surviving an Uncertain Future". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 13 (46.47 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Dr Marco Buente, German Institute of Global and Area Studies presents "China's Policy towards the ASEAN organisation". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 3 (54.19 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Sam Zhao, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver presents "Between the Head Low and the Head Up: China's Pursuance of its Core Interests". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Keynote (71.38 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor David Shambaugh, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University presents the keynote speech "China's Global Identities: the Schizophrenic Superpower?". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

China's Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Session 9 (59.66 MB)
Friday, 27 August 2010
Professor Peter Robertson, Business School, University of Western Australia presents "China's Economic Transformation and Implications for World Political Economy". 45th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 25 June to Sunday 25 June 2010.

Constitutionalism, the politics of power and AIDS (34.25 MB)
Friday, 20 August 2010
Justice Edwin Cameron, Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and James and Jean Davis Prestige Visitor presents a public lecture on Constitutionalism, the politics of power and AIDS.

Meet the 2010 Arts Fellows (61.75 MB)
Friday, 6 August 2010
The 2010 Otago Arts Fellows talk about themselves and their art. Karen Trebilcock - Children's Writer in Residence, University of Otago College of Education/Creative New Zealand, Christopher Adams - Mozart Fellow, Michele Powles - Robert Burns Fellow, Joanna Langford - Frances Hodgkins Fellow, Suzanne Cowan - Caroline Plummer Fellow in Community Dance.

IPL: Public Theology? No thanks, I'll stick with the normal kind (61.35 MB)
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Professor Andrew Bradstock, Howard Patterson professor of Theology and Public Issues, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on June 2, 2010.

On Being a Judge: An Indigenous New Zealand Jurisprudence (48.02 MB)
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Justice David Baragwanath, New Zealand Court of Appeal talks about an indigenous New Zealand jurisprudence.

Justice for the Jains: Remedies for Bad Administration (67.41 MB)
Friday, 25 June 2010
Lady Hale presents the 2010 F.W. Guest Memorial Lecture for the University of Otago Faculty of Law. Lady Hale became the United Kingdom’s first woman Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in January 2004, after a varied career as an academic lawyer, law reformer, and judge. She is now the first woman Justice of The Supreme Court. Justice for the Jains: Remedies for Bad Administration. Wednesday 5 May, 2010

NCPACS: Gandhi and the Power of Nonviolence - Transcending East and West (57.55 MB)
Friday, 18 June 2010
Dr. David Cortright, Director of Policy Studies, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame and Chair of the Board of the Fourth Freedom Forum in Goshen, Indiana. Wednesday 9 December, 2009

Winter Lecture Series - 2008: Beyond the electoral finance act? (69.92 MB)
Friday, 4 June 2010
Associate Professor of Law, Andrew Geddis discusses the electoral finance act and beyond. 2008 Winter Lecture Series

NCPACS: Engendering Peace and Conflict: The Role of Religion (60.17 MB)
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Professor Barbara Einhorn, Department of Sociology, University of Sussex and William Evans Visiting Fellow talks about engendering peace and conflict and the role of religion. Held 18 May, 2010.

Merlin's Magic Circles: Stonehenge and the use of the Preseli Bluestones (87.86 MB)
Monday, 17 May 2010
Professor Timothy Darvill, Deputy President Society of Antiquaries, Director of the Centre for Archaeology, Anthropology & Heritage, Bournemouth University, UK. Timothy talks about Stonehenge as part of the 300th Anniversary of the Society of Antiquaries. Held 22 May, 2008.

Winter Lecture Series - 2009: Gene-Genie - once out of the bottle, who should control our genes? (47.69 MB)
Friday, 7 May 2010
The leader of the Human Genome Research Project, the University of Otago’s Professor Mark Henaghan, looks at how far we should regulate, or if at all, to determine control of genetic testing – and is New Zealand law up to the task? Should we trust in parental choice to make the right decisions with the new technology? 2009 Winter Lecture Series

Three Generations of Distance Education Pedagogy: Challenges and Opportunities (65.63 MB)
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Professor Terry Anderson, Canada Research Chair in Distance Education, Athabasca University, Canada, has an incredible knowledge of online learning, and his work on the uses of technology in support of open and distance education is at the forefront of research in this area. He will address the challenges of expanding access to high quality distance learning and the growing opportunities to create and sustain learning connections using both old and new approaches to distance education. Held 30 April, 2010.

Abbey College Prestige Lecture 2010: Stan Taylor (47.24 MB)
Friday, 23 April 2010
Professor Stan Taylor, Kennedy Center for International Studies, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah presents the 2010 Abbey College Prestige Lecture - The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight: the CIA and Fidel Castro Professor Taylor has enjoyed a distinguished career in both academics and public policy. As a former Senior Staff member of the US Senate Intelligence Committee he brings to the Otago audience unique insights into little-known aspects of US-Cuban relations. Abbey College is celebrating its first two years as the University's residential college for postgraduate students.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 11 (65.14 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Barry Coates, Oxfam, New Zealand presents "Need and greed: Food security, trade and global supply chains". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 5 (62.55 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Caroline Saunders, Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, Lincoln University presents "Feed the world: the role of New Zealand's food exports". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 4 (58.39 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Geoff Lawrence, Head of School of Social Science, University of Queensland presents "Emerging Pressures on First World Food Exporters: From Climate Change to Supermarkets". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 3 (74.37 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Robert Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK presents "Identifying appropriate agricultural production systems in the context of the contemporary 'food crisis'". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 2 (78.26 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Associate Professor Bill Pritchard, Department of Geography, University of Sydney presents "'Rewriting the global food equation', but to what script? Priorities and strategic choices in addressing food insecurity within vulnerable population". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 1 (audio) (55.26 MB)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Claire Mahon presents "The right to food: putting food security in context" for Jean Ziegler, Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, (Geneva). 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.

Two Burns Fellows Read Their Poems (audio) (46.33 MB)
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
2009 Burns Fellow Michael Harlow and previous Burns Fellow Bernadette Hall read their poems, October 30, 2009.

Margaret Dalziel Lecture 2009: Jam Tarts for the Mind (audio) (53.58 MB)
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Professor Lydia Wevers, Director, Stout Research Centre for NZ Studies, Victoria University, presents the 2009 Margaret Dalziel lecture, given September 17, 2009. "Jam Tarts for the Mind," an exploration of the webs of intersection between nineteenth-century New Zealand rural readers and popular fiction a hundred years ago.

Michael King Memorial Lecture - 2009 (60.56 MB)
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Professor Tom Brooking, Department of History and Art History. Michael King Memorial Lecture, given October 14, 2009. Tall Tales: Richard John Seddon and the Building of "God's Own Country".

A conversation with Rod Oram (72.14 MB)
Thursday, 3 December 2009
A conversation with Rod Oram - one of NZ's leading commentators on economic affairs. Rod Oram and Professor Andrew Bradstock of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues discuss the current economic recession and the possibilities for going forward. Held 18 September, 2009.

IPL: Strategic Shortfall: the 'Somalia Syndrome' and the March to 9/11 (26.20 MB)
Monday, 30 November 2009
Professor Robert Patman, Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics. Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given October 16, 2008.

FPCLW: Session 12 (21.49 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Keynote address. Alistair Morrison, Director-General of the Department of Conservation.

FPCLW: Session 11 (21.39 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Three into two won't go (Iwi, DoC and Fish and Game): can the spirit of the Ngai Tahu settlement be maintained? Dr Jim Williams, School of Maori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies.

FPCLW: Session 10 (20.39 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Combating climate change: a new role for wildlife corridors? Nicola Wheen, Faculty of Law.

FPCLW: Session 9 (15.92 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Linking landscapes: where there needs to be a focus on urban biodiversity? Dr Yolanda van Heezik, Department of Zoology.

FPCLW: Session 7 (19.54 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Safe havens for hector dolphins: what more needs to be done? Associate Professor Liz Slooten, Department of Zoology.

FPCLW: Session 4 (25.52 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. What is biodiversity? The challenge for our parks. Dr James Maclaurin, Head of the Department of Philosophy.

FPCLW: Session 3 (15.33 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Be involved! How can a greater sense of public engagement in the conservation estate be built? Mick Abbott, Department of Design.

FPCLW: Session 2 (24.66 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters. Keynote ministerial address - Hon Tim Groser, Minister of Conservation.

FPCLW: Introduction (6.14 MB)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters.

IPL: Enlarging the Boundaries of Compassion: Opportunities and Challenges for Peace and Research in the 21st Century (65.51 MB)
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Professor Kevin Clements, Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies and Director of the New Zealand National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS), and Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given September 23, 2009.

NCPACS: Martyrs for Peace (60.34 MB)
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Reverend Father John Dear S.J. is a Jesuit Priest, Peace Activist, Organiser, Lecturer, Retreat leader, and author/editor of 20 books on peace and nonviolence, including Living Peace. He was nominated for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. Reverend Father John Dear introduces some of the individual leaders who have made a courageous lifetime vocational commitment to promoting peace and justice. These people often paid for their ideals with their lives and demonstrated positive non-violent alternatives to violence.

Religion and Conflict: An analysis of the Warrior and Pacifist in Abrahamic religions (53.10 MB)
Monday, 9 November 2009
Open Peace and Conflict lecture given by Reverend Canon Paul Oestreicher, Chaplain, University of Sussex.

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 11 (24.14 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Jacinta Ruru, senior law lecturer, University of Otago and Coordinator of Otago's Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law, "The common law doctrine of native title possibilities".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 10 (audio) (32.69 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Linda Te Aho, senior law lecturer, University of Waikato and member of the Guardians Establishment Committee created under the Waikato River Agreement in Principle, "Negotiating co-management of the Waikato River".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 9 (41.05 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Law Professor Lee Godden and Director of the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental law, University of Melbourne, Australia, "Indigenous Property Rights to Water: Environmental Flows, Cultural Values and Tradeable Property Rights in Australia".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 8 (28.26 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Steven Ross, coordinator of the Murray Lower Rivers Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations, Australia, "Cultural flows in the Murray River".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 7 (28.71 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Dr Robert Joseph, law lecturer, University of Waikato, "Indigenous water issues in North America".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 6 (43.27 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Law Professor Bradford Morse, University of Ottawa, Canada, "Indigenous Peoples and Water Rights: A Canadian Perspective".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 4 (37.76 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Tom Bennion, barrister sole, editor of Maori Law Review, and specialist in environmental law and Treaty of Waitangi claims, "Maori rights to water: an historical overview".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Session 3 (19.39 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Sacha McMeeking, General Manager of Strategy and Influence at Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, "Navigating the National Landscape".

Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Introduction (45.20 MB)
Monday, 2 November 2009
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Justice Joe Williams of the High Court and past Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court and Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal and the Hon. Pita Sharples, Minister of Maori Affairs.

IPL: The Art of Annotation (28.54 MB)
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Professor Chris Ackerley, Department of English, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on May 22, 2008.

IPL: The Myths of e-Learning (69.55 MB)
Monday, 17 August 2009
Professor Kwok-Wing Lai, Director of Centre for Distance Education and Learning Technologies, College of Education Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given November 6, 2008.

IPL: Can your Trust be Trusted? (24.36 MB)
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Professor Nicola Peart, Faculty of Law Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 23, 2008.

IPL: 'It's About Time' (23.43 MB)
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Professor Robert Hannah, Department of Classics Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given May 29, 2008.

IPL: Aesthetics and astronomy: What do we see? (72.49 MB)
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Professor Lisa Smith, College of Education, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on March 11, 2009.

IPL: The Worlds of World Religions: Manichaeism in Roman Egypt and Medieval China (68.27 MB)
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Professor Majella Franzmann, Pro Vice Chancellor for Humanities, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 8, 2008.

IPL: Slow train coming: religious liberty in the last days (27.71 MB)
Friday, 5 September 2008
Professor Rex Tauati Ahdar, Faculty of Law, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on August 21, 2008.

IPL: Love Stories of Later Life (20.37 MB)
Friday, 1 August 2008
Professor Amanda Barusch, Head of Social Work and Community Development Department Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on March 12, 2008.

IPL: Museum Pieces: How Cultural Institutions Educate and Civilise Society (24.38 MB)
Friday, 25 July 2008
Professor Jeffrey Smith. University of Otago College of Education, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on 21 November, 2007.

IPL: Teaching and learning in higher education: we teach, but what do they learn? (12.03 MB)
Friday, 23 May 2008
Professor Kerry Shephard, Higher Education Development Centre, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on November 7, 2007.

IPL: "Bloody Idiots!" Have the drunks behind the wheel reached a cross-roads? (37.31 MB)
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Professor Geoff Hall, Faculty of Law, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on May 15, 2008.

IPL: Marginal Lands, Marginal People, Marginal Geographies (13.58 MB)
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Professor Tony Binns, Department of Geography, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 24, 2007.

IPL: Principles for Intelligent Accountability, with Illustrations from Education (16.66 MB)
Thursday, 4 October 2007
Professor Terry Crooks, Otago University College of Education, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on October 4, 2007.

IPL: Grass roots History: Reflections on New Zealand's Changing Landscape (12.00 MB)
Thursday, 27 September 2007
Professor Tom Brooking, Department of History, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 27, 2007.

IPL - Footnotes to Plato (audio) (10.75 MB)
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Professor Peter Anstey, Department of Philsosphy, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 12, 2007.

IPL: Concepts of liberty in mental health law (13.93 MB)
Thursday, 6 September 2007
Professor John Dawson, Faculty of Law Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on September 6, 2007.

IPL: From Orange Boxes, to tsunamis and climate change: realising the potential of impact assessment (12.41 MB)
Thursday, 23 August 2007
Professor Richard Morgan, Department of Geography, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given on August 23, 2007.