Cambridge History Talk Series in partnership with U3A
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Cambridge Museum and Historical Society partners with U3A to provide three lectures a year focussing on the history of Cambridge and the Waikato region.
Meetings are free for Friends of the Museum and are held at the Te Awa Lifecare Woolshed, 1866 Cambridge Road, Cambridge, from 10am for 10.30 until 12.00 noon on the fourth Friday of each month.
Upcoming events
- Friday, 25 October, 2024 – Warren Gumbley, Archaeologist – The Waikato Horticultural Complex: Adaptation of Polynesian agronomy to a temperate environment
- Friday, 23 May 2025 – Matthew Gainsford, RedOx Cultural Heritage Services – title coming soon!
- Friday 22 August 2025 – Craig Hoyle, Excommunicated: Two centuries of complicated family history
FURTHER DETAILS:
Friday October 25th, 2024
Warren Gumbley, The Waikato Horticultural Complex: Adaptation of Polynesian agronomy to a temperate environment.
Warren Gumbley has worked as an archaeologist for over 40 years and has a Ph.D. from the Australian National University. His principal areas of research interest are: The adaptation of Polynesian horticulture to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the development of pā, the archaeology of mission stations, and the archaeology of the Waikato Land War of 1863-1864.
“Archaeology deals with the physical remains of what people have been doing, and often that’s associated with day-to-day activities: how people made a living, how they grew their crops, how they fished for eel, how they went about processing their food to eat and storing it, and what sort of houses they lived in,” said Warren.
Friday August 22nd, 2025
Craig Hoyle – Excommunicated: Two centuries of complicated family history
Craig Hoyle was born in Kirikiriroa Hamilton into the Exclusive Brethren, an isolationist sect that shuns social contact with the outside world. After facing interrogations and conversion therapy for his sexuality, Craig was excommunicated from the Brethren and lost his family in 2009.
Today he is chief news director for the Sunday Star-Times. His book, Excommunicated, is a multigenerational memoir tracing 200 years of his family’s history, using letters, records and interviews to explore how his forebears became associated with the Brethren movement, and the subsequent impact over seven generations. Craig lives in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
To book your place:
These events are free to Friends of Cambridge Museum. Book your place by contacting the Museum.