Seminars

Each year U3A Manawatu offers two seminar series, one in the autumn and one in the spring.  Each series of four seminars is organised around a theme and is open to the public.  A diverse range of themes have been offered over the years, dealing with both topical and historical issues in areas ranging from science, education and social science to the arts.

The 2023 Spring series, with the theme “Approaching end of life”, ran for four Wednesdays from 2.15-4.00 pm starting 25th October. “What should people be thinking about in advance to make their end of life experience as positive an experience as possible for all concerned?” Click here for the spring 2023 seminar series flyer.

Audio recordings and PowerPoint presentations are made available after each seminar on the Presentations page of this website.

Recent seminars

Click here for the autumn 2023 seminar series flyer
Click here for the spring 2022 seminar series flyer
Click here for the autumn 2022 seminar series flyer
Click here for the spring 2021 seminar series flyer
Click here for the autumn 2021 seminar series flyer
Click here for the spring 2020 seminar series flyer
Click here for the spring 2019 seminar series flyer
Click here for the autumn 2019 seminar series flyer