Our 5th Christchurch Business Forum networking breakfast will be held in less than a month. The purpose underlying these events is to (i) present challenging content and in particular how faith affects our businesses (ii) encourage each other, and (iii) make new connections over great food.

Our speaker this month is Dr Amanda Landers who is a is a community palliative care physician working in the Canterbury region.

We will hear about her perspective on working as a Christian in the medical profession and what we can learn from her journey. We will also hear from her regarding insights on the End of Life Choice Bill which she is an expert on. The topic of her talk will be “The Reality of Death and Faith…”

Dr Amanda Landers was born and bred in rural Waikato. However, after finishing high school in Australia, she returned to the South Island to begin her studies at the University of Otago.

The Deep South is where her passion for palliative care began. Talking with patient/whanau facing life-limiting illness, helping them to understand the future and making sure symptoms were well-managed became her preferred career path. Her work has led her to Wellington and remote communities in and around Darwin, Australia.

Now Amanda is a community palliative care physician working in the Canterbury region. She also supports the West Coast and is always looking for ways to collaborate with other neighbouring regions. Her current areas of interest are those with non-cancer palliative care needs, especially chronic lung disease. She is a senior clinical lecturer with the Otago Medical School and loves to teach others about palliative care.

This is a great chance to enjoy good food and also network with others involved in business in Christchurch and encourage and support each other. Please consider who you know that might be interested in attending and would like to have this invite forwarded on to them.

Also, we are looking to line up sponsors to cover the room cost ($550) for this and the other three events we will hold this year to keep costs down – please reach out if that is of interest.

All the best and look forward to seeing you on the 15th of February.

Dietmar, Holly, Carla, Kris, Scott and Steven