2024 | Term 1 | Miscellany |
| | Out of Africa and DNA: Human migration and global connections |
| Term 2 | International Conflict |
| | Matters Medical |
| Term 3 | Visual Arts |
| | Miscellany |
| Term 4 | November Series |
2023 | Term 1 | Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River: from source to estuary |
| | Music Through The Ages |
| Term 2 | Water as a Resource |
| | All Things Wine |
| Term 3 | Economic Issues |
| | Advancing Science |
| Term 4 | November Series |
2022 | Term 1 | Remembering Nelson Mandela |
| | Otakaro Avon River: from source to estuary |
| Term 2 | History |
| | Making Christchurch a National Park City (NPC) |
| Term 3 | A Heterogenous Mixture |
| Term 4 | Antarctica, Ukraine and Russia |
2021 | Term 1 | Exploring the Final Frontier - From Christchurch |
| | Linguistics |
| Term 2 | The Politics of Regional Relations: Understanding Our Own Neighbourhood |
| | Genealogy |
| Term 3 | Diversity |
| Term 4 | November Series |
2020 | Term 1 | Epidemics and Pandemics |
| | Connecting with Purposeful Ideas, Opinions and Experiences |
| | Keeping NZ Safe |
| Term 3 | On Safari |
| Term 4 | November Series |
2019 | Term 1 | Members' Miscellany |
| | Antarctica |
| | Frontiers of Research |
| | Preventing Illnesses and Combatting Hazards to Health |
| Term 2 | Various voices present a Medley of Topics |
| | Family Law |
| | Current Canterbury Concerns |
| | Music Pot-pourri |
| Term 3 | Vikings, Scandinavia and the Founding of Russia |
| | Linguistics |
| | Connecting with Purposeful Ideas and Opinions |
| Term 4 | Further Connections with Purposeful Ideas and Opinions |
2018 | Term 1 | Frontiers of Research at UC |
| | Our World As I See It |
| | There is No Love Sincerer than the Love of Food |
| | I Have A Story To Tell... |
| Term 2 | From The Neck Up – Why The Head Is So Important |
| | I've Been Thinking |
| | Living Through an Arab Spring |
| | Early Christchurch and Pre-European Settlement at Ōtautahi |
| Term 3 | The History of Scotland |
| | From Prague to Helsinki: Eastern Europe emerging from the Iron Curtain |
| | Getting the Most from your ICT Devices and the Internet |
| | South Africa in the C20th: Ordinary and Extraordinary Women Remember |
| Term 4 | New Zealand Division on the Western Front in 1918 |
| | Plastic – Wonder Product or Environmental Menace? |
| | Advance Care Planning |
2017 | Term 1 | Issues of Interest |
| | Ageing Gracefully |
| | Members' Miscellany |
| | Helping Agencies |
| Term 2 | Frontiers of Research - UC |
| | Topical Issues for New Zealanders |
| | Art Galleries and New Artists |
| | Our Pacific Neighbours: Beyond the Beaches and the Palms |
| Term 3 | Reason and Moral Beliefs |
| | Volcanology |
| | Irish History |
| | Banks Peninsula |
| Term 4 | Passchendaele: Mud, Muddle and Massacre |
| | Will We Survive Trump and Vice Versa? |
| | The Earth Beneath Our Feet: Canterbury Geology |
| | NZ's Biosecurity |
2016 | Term 1 | The New Dynamics for Christchurch |
| | Poverty’s effect on New Zealand’s pre-schoolers |
| | Aspects of Design |
| | Frontiers of Research, University of Canterbury |
| Term 2 | Music In Our Midst |
| | Cleaning Up Canterbury's Waters |
| | Criminology |
| | Members' Miscellany |
| Term 3 | What Constitutes a Meaningful Life? |
| | The Rise of China - an Overview |
| | Chocolate: Food of The Gods and Elixir of Empire |
| Term 4 | Gardening the Garden City |
| | How Hillary and Donald are the Offspring of Barack Obama |
| | Solar Power in Tonga and the Pacific |
| | The Future of the Media |
2015 | Term 1 | Pilgrimage Routes in Medieval Europe |
| | Religion as a Societal Phenomenon |
| Term 2 | When Books are in Focus |
| | Aspects of your Health |
| Term 3 | The thirst for water in Canterbury |
| | Topical Issues for New Zealanders |
| Term 4 | Trials and tribulations of private life in the Middle East |
| | A soldier/diplomat's insight on the Middle East |
| | How to manage a City Council and come out smiling |
2014 | Term 1 | My life in [up to] five objects - a Members' Miscellany |
| | Interesting occupations |
| | Live Theatre in the Making |
| | Music matters |
| Term 2 | Emergency Services |
| | The Plant Kingdom |
| | Farming in Canterbury - Not Just Dairying |
| | Tourism |
| Term 3 | Central Asia (including Tibet, Kyrgystan and Uzbekistan) |
| | Ethical Issues |
| | Archeology & Anthropology of Pre-European New Zealand |
| | My family involvement in World War I |
| Term 4 | Brian Pauling on 'Television is dead!' |
| | Three Generations in Persia |
| | Ian Culpan on 'Does sport matter?' |
| | Alan Hunter on the Normandy Landings. |
2013 | Term 1 | Frontiers of science |
| | Communications in the age of the internet |
| | Health Professionals talk |
| | The Criminal Lawyer |
| Term 2 | Astronomy |
| | OE with an Easel |
| | Heroines of History |
| | Facts, Fictions and Foibles |
| Term 3 | Innovations |
| | India and Indians: Glimpses from different viewpoints |
| | Women in Leadership |
| | China |
| Term 4 | Diabetes |
| | Reflecting on a career |
| | Never miss the opportunity to dance |
| | Antarctica with Sue |
2012 | Term 1 | Medical Matters |
| | Dialogues |
| | The NZ Aviation Industry |
| | The Book and Print in today's society |
| Term 2 | Banks Peninsula Yesterday and Today |
| | Rebuilding Christchurch |
| | Threads of South Asia, with emphasis on India |
| | Sustainability |
| Term 3 | Eastern Europe and Beyond |
| | Connecting Mouths, Minds and Movements |
| | Financial Crises: Past and Present |
| | Members' Miscellany 2012 |
| Term 4 | Stories, Studies, Scandals at Oxford |
| | Advances in digital photography |
| | Building a new Christchurch Airport. |
| | Obama, Romney and the American Presidency. |