From: thetroll@rata.vuw.ac.nz (The Troll)
Subject: What's on at Victoria University of Wellington
Organization: Computing Serv. Ctr, Victoria Uni., Wellington, New Zealand
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 04:38:14 GMT

Tuesday, 29 September

Linguistic Society of New Zealand Wellington Branch:  Nikolas Coupland, 
University of Wales, will speak on Talking Old Age:  an interactional 
perspective on geriatric medicine.   All welcome.
Venue:	Hugh Mackenzie 1
Time:	5.10 p.m.

Centre for Continuing Education P Back to the Nineties Series:  Charles Royal, 
Ngati Raukawa,  Researcher, Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs,  
will speak on Kotahitanga:  Maori Unity in Political Movements in the third of 
this series.  The fee per session is $9.  (Please note:  change of venue).
Venue:	Seminar Room, 86 Fairlie Terrace
Time:	7.30 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.

Wednesday, 30 September

Economics Group Seminar:  Dr Peter J Stemp (ECON, Queens, Kingston) will speak 
on Price Stabilisations:  the impact of central bank announcement on fiscal 
authority behaviour.  (Jointly written with Dr Bill Scarth).
Venue:	Murphy 506
Time:	12.10 p.m., with tea and coffee available	from 12 noon

Stout Research Centre Seminar:  Angela Ballara will speak on Pakeha uses of 
Takitimutanga:  Who owns tribal tradition?
Venue:	Stout Research Centre, 12 Wai-te-ata Road
Time:	4.10 p.m., tea and coffee are available from	3.45 p.m.

Interdisciplinary Seminar (under the auspices of the Department of Sociology 
and Social Work):  Rosemary Pringle (Associate Professor of Sociology, 
MacQuarrie University) will speak on Women and Butchery:  Some Cultural 
Taboos.
Venue:	von Zedlitz 312
Time:	12.15 p.m., with tea and coffee available	from 12 noon

School of Architecture Colloquium:  Nigel Isaacs will speak on Building Energy 
Research P Report from the USA.   Coffee and croissants will be served for a 
nominal fee.
Venue:	Ground Floor, 89 Fairlie Terrace
Time:	12.30 p.m.

Linguistics Postponed Research Seminar:  Jeffrey Waite, Ministry of Education, 
will speak on New Zealand Languages Policy:  update and discussion.  Please 
note change from advertised programme.
Venue:	von Zedlitz 711
Time:	1.00 p.m. prompt

New Zealand Society for Legal and Social Philosophy, Wellington Branch:  
Professor Rex Martin (Philosophy, University of Kansas) will speak on The 
Characterization of Punishment.
Venue:	Murphy 220
Time:	6.00 p.m.

Wellington School of Medicine Lecture:  Three trainee interns will speak on 
their elective experiences:  Anna Zender on Seychelles and Germany, Anna 
Sinclair on Scotland, and Merryl Park on Solomon Islands. 
Venue:	Small Lecture Theatre, Level D, Academic	Block, Wellington School of 
Medicine
Time:	12 noon

Thursday, 1 October

Law Faculty Seminar:  Rex Martin, Professor of Philosophy, University of 
Kansas, will speak on Criminal Responsibility:  Hart on the Mens Rea 
Requirement.
Venue:	Old Kirk 511
Time:	12 noon

Asian Studies Seminar:  Jack Body, Music Department, will speak on The 
Asia/Pacific Festival P The Artistic Director of next month's Festival 
previews its Highlights.
Venue:	Seminar Room, Somerset House
Time:	4.10 to 5.00 p.m.

School of Music Lunchtime Concert:  For this 'International Music Day' the VUW 
Orchestra (John Young) will play Concerto No 4 in G Major P Beethoven, and 
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 P Bach.
Venue:	Adam Concert Room
Time:	1.10 p.m.

School of Music Composer Workshops:  This will be a composition competition.
Venue:	Adam Concert Room
Time:	3.00 p.m

Friday, 2 October

Law Faculty Seminar:  Gerald Fridman, Visiting Professor of Law, University of 
Auckland, will speak on Agency Law:  The Liability of Principals.
Venue:	Old Kirk 511
Time:	4.00 p.m.

History Department Lunchtime Seminar:  Sekhar Bandyopadhyay will speak on 
Religion and Protest in Popular Culture:  A Case Study from South Asian 
Experience.   All welcome.
Venue:	Wood Seminar Room, 9th floor, Rankine	Brown Building
Time:	12 noon

Institute of Statistics and Operations Research Wider ISOR Seminar:  Vit Drga 
will speak on The Transfer Function for Human Beings in Simple Psychophysical 
Tests.
Venue:	Murphy 101
Time:	12 noon

Geology Seminar:  Nick Mortimer, Petrology Section, Institute of Geological 
and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, will speak on New Zealand Basement 
Puzzle.
Venue:	RSES Seminar Room, CA 308
Time:	3.30 p.m.

Master of Public Policy Lunchtime Seminar:  Ms Angela Griffin (Chief 
Executive, Wellington City Council) will speak on Local Government:  A 
Comparative Perspective.
Venue:	Murphy 201
Time:	12.30 to 2.00 p.m.

Saturday, 3 October

Wellington Lieder Group:  This month's meeting will place emphasis on Lieder 
involving animals, insects, fish and birds (but excluding nightingales!)  
Songs performed will range from Beethoven's Song of the Flea to Mahler with a 
menagerie of fish, birds and beasts.  As usual, all are welcome.  Enquiries to 
Peter Russell ext. 8820.
Venue:	Adam Concert Room
Time:	4.00 to 6.00 p.m.

Tuesday, 6 October

Centre for Continuing Education P Back to the Nineties Series:  Rosemarie 
Smith, Coordinator of a Suffrage Centennial Trust Local History Project,  will 
speak on "Stepping Out of the Ordinary Way":  Women and the Vote in the fourth 
of this series.  The fee per session is $9.  (Please note:  change of venue).
Venue:	Seminar Room, 86 Fairlie Terrace
Time:	7.30 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.

Politics Department and New Zealand Institute of International Affairs 
Seminar:  Charles Ziegler, Associate Professor, Department of Political 
Science, University of Louisville, USA, will speak on Russian Participation in 
the Emerging Asia-Pacific Economic Order.  If interested please ring the 
Institute on ext. 8856 or 472-7430.
Venue:	Seminar Room, NZIIA, 6 Wai-te-ata Road
Time:	11 a.m. to 12 noon

Wednesday, 7 October

Linguistics Research Seminar:  Jenny O'Brien will speak on Collecting 
Transactions for the Corpus.
Venue:	von Zedlitz 711
Time:	1 p.m. prompt

Radio Broadcast:  Campus broadcast will feature input from Shona Valentine and 
will be broadcast on National Radio at 8.05 p.m.

Economics Group Seminar:  Professor Dr Detlef Lorenz (Weltwirtschaft, FU 
Berlin) will speak on Theoretical and Economic Policy Aspects of 
Regionalization in the World Economy:  a comparative view.
Venue:	Murphy 506
Time:	12.10 p.m., with tea and coffee available from 12 noon

Stout Research Centre Seminar:  Jim Traue will speak on Library Aspirations 
and Colonial Reality in the Early years of European Settlement.
Venue:	Stout Research Centre, 12 Wai-te-ata Road
Time:	4.10 p.m., with tea and coffee available from 3.45 p.m.

Interdiciplinary Seminar (under the auspices of the Department of Sociology 
and Social Work):  Miles Fairburn will speak on Problems of Poverty in Late 
Colonial New Zealand.
Venue:	von Zedlitz 312
Time:	12.15 p.m., with tea and coffee available	from 12 noon.




Victoria University of Wellington Toastmasters Club:  The Toastmasters Club 
would like some new members to join.  Why not attend as a visitor for this 
evening?
Venue:	Meeting Room 3, Student Union Building
Time:	5.30 to 7.30 p.m.

Thursday, 8 October

School of Music Lunchtime Concert:  Grand Finale.  Venue:	Adam Concert Room
Time:	12.30 p.m.  Please note change in starting	time.

Asian Studies Seminar:  Farib Sos, Whitireia Community Polytechnic, will speak 
on A Personal Odyssey:  from Cambodia to New Zealand via Japan.
Venue:	Seminar Room, Somerset House
Time:	4.10 to 5.00 p.m.

Friday, 9 October

History Department Lunchtime Seminar:  Margaret Orbell will speak on The 
Sacred Geography of Raukawa:  Cook Strait in Maori Poetry and Myth.
Venue:	Wood Seminar Room, 9th floor, Rankine	Brown Building
Time:	12 noon

  

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