Tuesday, 20 February -"The Hazards In The Study Of Soils" presented by Dr V. E. Neall, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University. This, the Norman Taylor Memorial lecture for 2000.

Tuesday, 20 March -" The Diverse World of the Nuclear Spin"  presented by Professor Paul Callaghan  Institute of Fundamental Science, Massey University and founder of the NMR group . Abstract>>

Tuesday, 17 April - "Walking with Dinosaurs: A view from the bush" presenterDr Mark Large, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey University. Abstract>>

Monday, 23 April at 7:30pm - A joint meeting with NZ Institute of Agricultural Science. "Mad cows, sad cows and bird flu - using new techniques to understand and manage epidemic in animals and man" presenter Professor Roger Morris, Head of the EpiCentre, Massey University. Abstract>>

Tuesday, 15 May at 7:30pm - Presentation of awards and medals: 2000 Sir Charles Hercus Medal to Professor David Parry, 2000 Thomson Medal to Professor Robert Anderson and the 2000 Hatherton Award to Dr Roger Shand. "Molecular Phylogenetics - Extracting evolutionary history from the genes"  presenter Professor Mike Hendy, Institute of Fundamental Science, Massey University and newly-elected Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Abstract>>

Tuesday, 19 June at 7:30pm -  Cancelled due to unforseen circumstances.

Tuesday, 3 July at 6:00 pm at Massey University's College of Education auditorium on the Hokowhitu Campus - Nobel Prize recipient Professor Alan MacDiarmid. "NOBEL PRIZE - NEW ZEALAND - THE FUTURE". Alan MacDiarmid has been awarded the Rutherford Medal which will be presented by the Governor General, the Hon. Dame Silvia Cartwright, at Government House in Wellington, on 4 July, 2001. Dame Silvia is the Patron of the Royal Society of New Zealand. His visit to New Zealand is sponsored by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FRST), Industrial Research Limited (IRL), the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST), the New Zealand Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of New Zealand, the United States Embassy and Victoria University of Wellington. Abstract>>

Thursday, 19 July at 7:30pm - The Hochstetter Lecture.   A joint meeting with the Manawatu Branch of the Geological Society of NZ. "Mapping the Southern Alps: an attempt to make sense of the Torlesse" to be presented by Dr Simon Cox, Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, Dunedin. Abstract>>

Thursday, 21 August at 7:30pm - "Non-market valuation, "Ubiquitous Panacea Du Jour"? presented by Professor Anton Meister, Department of Applied & International Economics, Massey University. Prof. Meister is an international authority in the area of non-market valuation, works extensively overseas, and his efforts have been recognised by the award of a Science &Technology Medal. The talk should be of interest to all those concerned with management and conservation of biodiversity, land and landscapes. Abstract>>

Tuesday 18 September at 7:30pm - "From land reclamation to remnant conservation: Late spider orchid to kaka beak" presented by Dr John Clemens,Senior Lecturer in Plant Biology, Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University. Joint leader of the Metrosideros Research Group. Abstract>>

Monday 1 October at 7:30pm - The IEE distinguished lecture. A joint meeting with IPENZ. "The Past Present & Future of Electronic & Information Technology - From transistors to A.I. as the next step in evolution" to be presented by R M (Bob) Hodgson, Professor of Information Engineering, Head of the Institute of Information Sciences and Technology (IIS&T), Massey University and an active member of the Signal Processing. Abstract>>

Tuesday 16 October at 7:30pm - "Snakes and Bugs: Permeable Borders and New Zealand's Bio?Economy" presented by Dr Megan McKenna FoRST Post-Doctoral Fellow attached to Geography in the School of Global Studies at Massey University. Abstract>>

Thursday 1 November at 7:30pm - The Cockayne Lecture 2001 "Reconstructing the Future: Past and present influences on the vegetation cover of New Zealand, and future trajectories." presented by Dr Matt McGlone: Matt McGlone is a scientist at Landcare Research, Lincoln. His main research interests are vegetation change of the last Pleistocene-Holocene period, climate change, impact of human settlement, and plant biogeography. Current projects he is involved in are vegetation change on the subantarctic islands, mapping of the original vegetation cover of New Zealand, climate and vegetation modelling from fossil evidence, deciduousness in New Zealand trees and shrubs, and the prehistoric significance of bracken for Maori settlement. Abstract>>

Tuesday 20 November at 7:30pm - AGM followed by The 2001 Manawatu Lecture "New Zealand Dairy Industry: Past, Present and Future" to be presented by Dr Lawrence Creamer, NZDRI. Abstract>>

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