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Additional details

• Dress code: smart casual

The programme

10.45am: Networking in the foyer

• Tea, coffee, juice and water served

11.20am: Doors to The Great Room open

• guests to be seated
• MC Amy Malcolm to welcome guests and introduce the nostalgia quiz
• Address from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dawn Freshwater
• Address from the President of Auckland University Students’ Association, Anamika Harirajh,
• followed by the 1969-1970 AUSA President, Michael Law

12pm: Two-course lunch with wine served

1pm: Close Harmony quartet

• Nick Curry, Matthew Bennett, Arthur Adams-Close, Blake Nicholson
• Keynote speech from the Faculty of Science’s Professor James Russell
• Dessert, tea and coffee served

2pm: Event finishes

Guest speaker: Professor James Russell

The Swinging Sixties was a time when The Beatles topped the music charts and tie-dye clothing was a fashion staple. It was also the decade when New Zealanders grew aware of the need to protect our environment.

Eradication of predators such as rats began and over time native birds and other species began to make a comeback.

Join us as conservation expert Professor James Russell outlines Aotearoa’s conservation history and the journey towards becoming predator free.

He will touch on his experience of studying biodiversity in remote areas, the benefits of predator eradication and the highlights of his career.

Professor James Russell is a conservation biologist who has worked around the world, from New Zealand’s sub-antarctic islands to Polynesia’s tropical islands, using scientific methods to protect native species and restore habitats to their former predator-free glory.