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First meeting of the Wine Appreciation Interest Group
Last night seven people enjoyed a very pleasant evening tasting six wines under $15 from New World. It was the first meeting of the Wine Appreciation group ably and enthusiastically presented by Tina Carlton. We inspected the colour and then swirled … Continue reading
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Our first interest group meeting
It was a special day for U3A Ellesmere today. Twelve members of the Movies Interest Group saw Woman in Gold at the Academy Gold Cinema at the Colombo. This was the first meeting for any interest group. All the members … Continue reading
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April talk – Selwyn MP Amy Adams
Amy Adams has been MP for Selwyn since 2008. She is currently Minister for Justice, Minister for Courts, Minister for Communications and Minister for Broadcasting. This morning she talked about her justice portfolio, in particular efforts to get all relevant government … Continue reading
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March talk – Helping migrants achieve their dreams
Tazvitya (Taz) Mukorombindo gave us an engaging presentation on his work in Canterbury helping migrants achieve their dreams. Taz arrived in New Zealand in 2002 from Zimbabwe and despite having a degree in Commerce and working for 2 years at … Continue reading
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February talk – Climate Change
Victoria Metcalf has provided an abstract for her climate change talk on 25 February 2015 and several links. Slides of Victoria’s climate change talk 25 Feb 2015 (PDF – 8MB) Talk Synopsis for Climate Change With a research focus on Antarctic marine … Continue reading
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Up and running
We held our first monthly meeting yesterday and are feeling very confident of our future. About 60 people turned up to hear Dr Victoria Metcalf talk on climate change. Victoria is the youngest daughter of our president Lena. She has a … Continue reading
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Another step forward
The meeting to approve the rules and appoint the committee was held on Wednesday 26 November. The application to incorporate has been filed and we are waiting for the certificate before we can open a bank account. We are working … Continue reading
A very successful start
About 50 people attended the information evening for the new U3A Ellesmere group. Lena Metcalf and John Yarrall explained the current thoughts on how the group will be organised. There will be a general meeting held at the Lincoln Events … Continue reading
A new U3A group
A small group of Lincoln residents met with some members of the U3A Port Hills group today to consider setting up a group based in Lincoln. The meeting agreed to call a public meeting late October to gauge interest.
