Marking the midway point of the James Cameron – Challenging the Deep exhibition, Otago Museum is extremely pleased to announce that James Cameron himself will be in Dunedin for two public talks on the weekend of 16 and 17 November.
Both will be hosted by Radio NZ host Noelle McCarthy. First, at 7pm on Saturday 16 November, she will discuss ‘The Life of an Explorer’ with James Cameron, renowned deep-sea explorer, innovator, and environmentalist.
Then, on Sunday 17 November, at 11.30am, she will discuss ‘Changing How we Live in Our World’ with James Cameron, and Dunedin’s new Mayor, Aaron Hawkins, New Zealand’s first Green mayor.
Longtime host of RNZ’s popular holiday show Summer Noelle, Noelle McCarthy is now a regular guest presenter of Saturday Morning. Her series on ageing, A Wrinkle in Time, was RNZ’s inaugural podcast, and a New York Radio Awards finalist in 2017. Recent podcasts include her feminism series Venus Envy in association with Auckland Museum and Ours with Te Papa. Bird of Paradise, the production company she runs with her husband John Daniell, has several new podcasts in the works for the coming year.
Otago Museum is also offering the chance to win one of twenty places on Sunday morning for a private tour of James Cameron – Challenging the Deep guided by the world-famous explorer himself. Details of how to enter are on the Museum website and social media from Monday. Attendees of the Saturday evening event will also be invited to put their names forward for two tickets to the tour.
Both events are in the Museum’s Hutton Theatre and are ticketed with bookings available via the Museum Shop or at www.otagomuseum.nz, also from Monday. Depending on the demand for tickets, the talks may be streamed through to another Museum lecture theatre.
Schedule:
In Conversation with James Cameron – The Life of an Explorer
Hosted by Noelle McCarthy
7pm–8pm, Saturday 16 November
Hutton Theatre
Tickets $20 (if sold out, tickets to hear the talk via stream in the Barclay Theatre will be $10)
Exclusive tour of James Cameron – Challenging the Deep
9.30am, Sunday 17 November
Restricted entry (competition)
In conversation with James Cameron, and Aaron Hawkins – Changing the way we live in our world
Hosted by Noelle McCarthy
11.30am–12.30, Sunday 17 November
Hutton Theatre
Tickets $20 (if sold out, tickets to hear the talk via stream in the Barclay Theatre will be $10)