This one-day symposium in Wellington will commemorate the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook and his botanists arrival in Aotearoa-New Zealand.
Expert speakers, Ewen Cameron, Catherine Duthie, Waitangi Wood, and our 2019 Banks Memorial Lecturer Ross Ferguson will cover diverse topics on botany, horticulture, biosecurity, and Maori perspectives.
The Banks Memorial Lecture is a free lecture open to the public. The lecture commemorates Sir Joseph Banks, botanist on Captain Cook's first voyage to New Zealand. The history of the green-fleshed kiwifruit is a classic example of the successful domestication and commercialisation of a new fruit plant. Almost every step from wild plant in China to successful export crop in New Zealand is known in detail. Learn more at this free lecture by Ross Ferguson.
Venue: Rangimarie Room 1, Te Papa Tongarewa, 55 Cable St, Wellington
For more information: www.rnzih.org.nz/pages/conference2019.htm
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