TEDxTauranga 2014
- When?: Saturday 19 July 2014
- Where?: ASB Arena, Mount Maunganui
- What?: 9 live speakers on stage + 2 entertainment acts + official TED videos + glorious food for a sold-out audience of 505
WATCH THE TALKS

PUAWAI CAIRNS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62EarHyXUa8
Talk Title: Forgotten grandfathers: Newly discovered stories from the Maori men of World War I.Puawai is a Curator at Te Papa Tongarewa. She took us on a journey discovering the motivations and emotions of the Maori Contingent at Gallipoli, and what she discovered with the help of social media.

BEN WARREN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6yHstdVlAk
Talk Title: Modern lives are longer lives? Why that might NOT be true for you.Through the story of his own journey to health, former professional golfer, nutritional and health expert Ben helped us discover why, as a society, we aren’t living longer, healthier lives and what exactly we could do about this

DR IAN G. MCLEAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guICSziYMxc
Talk Title: Love your children? Keep their enemies close.From the wilds of Canada, through warzones in the middle east to small town New Zealand, Biologist Dr. Ian G. McLean explained how our ability to adapt our behaviour to whatever threatens us will allow us to survive in the face of adversity.

MARTY HOFFAT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJjEebBrQCY
Talk Title: Still a clean, green New Zealand? Three opportunities to rescue our slipping image.Do you know how many discarded tyres there are in the landscape of NZ? What happens to your old TV when it goes to the dump? Marty is co-founder and trustee of The Environmental Education for Resource Sustainability Trust (EERST), Chair of the Community Recycling Network (CRN) and is the director of a Tauranga based waste minimisation consultancy Waste Watchers Ltd. His ideas on waste minimisation challenged our perceptions of how we deal with waste in New Zealand.

DR RODNEY FORD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6JrHteOsII
Talk Title: Daily bread: Can ANY human body handle gluten?Gluten – friend or foe? Did Dr. Rodney Ford, MB. BS. MD. FRACP, and a pioneer in the field of paediatric food allergies, convince us that nobody is equipped to digest gluten? Through decades of research, Dr. Ford believes that abundant health can be achieved by anyone who eats the appropriate foods.

VIKKI KELLY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbB4SKzHC7w
Talk Title: The three second kiss: Why our future depends on it.Mindfulness is available to us all. We are losing our ability to relate to one another but with a few simple tools we learnt to reverse this process– We PUCKERED up with development coach Vikki Kelly to rediscover this lost art and improve our relationships with each other.

JAMES ROSS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfsU_3WEUNQ
Talk Title: Learning differently: What if words in every book leaped up and came to life?How do you go from school drop-out to finding power in seeing words in three dimensions? James Ross is passionate about showing people how dyslexia can be nurtured by teaching 3D learning

DR LIZA SCHNEIDER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7OqUanLDNQ
Talk Title: Sustainable healthcare for our pets: Why the answer is not in the bag.Dr. Liza Schneider is a holistic vet. She works hard to help in the pursuit of happier, healthier lives for our pets. Could we learn from these principles and apply them in our own lives?

NICOLE MASTERS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE_HHLBP82s
Talk Title: Down and Dirty: A pile of reasons to fall in love with soil.Are you a “germaphobe”? We let Agroecologist, Nicole Masters, explain how deeply microbes affect everything about us and learnt why taking action to save the health of our soil offers a wide range of benefits not only to the environment but to society as a whole.

ALICE SEA & AARON SAXON
Entertainer.Composer and multi-instrumentalist, Alice Sea has been sweeping her sound waves across our shores since 2008. She used an array of instruments when performing including the didgeridoo, tin whistles, djembe, finger harp, guitar, blues harp, ukulele, flute, vocals & synth.

CALISTA
Entertainer.15-year-old Tauranga singer Calista reached the semi finals in NZ’s Got Talent last year. She has a huge future ahead and wowed the audience with her extreme talent.

SHELDON NESDALE
Emcee.
Your emcee for the evening was Sheldon Nesdale, the licence holder for TEDxTauranga.
EVENT GALLERY
Check out our photos from this splendid event.
SPONSORS OF TEDxTauranga 2014
We’re very pleased to be partnered with the following organisations for TEDxTauranga 2014.

TRADESTAFF
http://www.tradestaff.co.nz/

MACKENZIE ELVIN
http://www.mackenzie-elvin.com/

WAIKATO UNIVERSITY
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/

COMVITA
http://www.comvita.co.nz/

NZIM
http://www.imnz.co.nz/

SMART GROWTH
http://www.smartgrowthbop.org.nz/

RADIO NETWORK
http://www.radionetwork.co.nz/

TOI TOI MANAWA

ACORN FOUNDATION
http://www.acornfoundation.org.nz/

MAILCHIMP
http://www.mailchimp.com/
And thanks to these amazing companies and people that gave us huge discounts and massive donations of goods/services and time:
Videography & Photography
Quinn & Katie Video & Photography
Peter Houston / 39 South Productions Videography
Outdoor Signage
Printing
Goodies
Tastypot Grab & Go Pasta
Ecco Crunch Snack Ball
Nuzest Superfood Sachet
Mindfood Magazine
BOP Times Notepads (eco-friendly) + Pens
Touches of Awesomeness
PARTNER WITH US
Sponsors of TEDxTauranga are innovative, leading organisations which are seen as forward-thinking organisations. If your organisation is dynamic with a community focus, we’d love to hear from you.
THANK YOU
FROM THE ARCHIVES
98 Reasons Why The Nominations For Speaking At TEDxTauranga 2015 Have Now Closed
Good news, we have closed nominations for speakers for TEDxTauranga 2015! It's good news because we've had 98 nominations to work through this year which is awesome! There are 5 stages in our speaker selection process: Nomination Phone Interview Face-to-Face interview...
read moreHooray! Another Video From TEDxTauranga 2014: Dr. Rodney Ford
I just updated our video page with the 9th (and final) video from TEDxTauranga 2014. Dr. Rodney Ford: Daily Bread: Can ANY human body handle gluten? Watch on our video page Watch straight from YouTube Yay! In other news, I have assembled my team for TEDxTauranga 2015....
read more2 More Videos From TEDxTauranga 2014: Nicole Masters + James Ross
I just updated our video page with another 2 videos from TEDxTauranga 2014. Nicole Masters: Down and Dirty; a pile of reasons to fall in love with soil Watch on our video page Watch straight from YouTube James A. Ross: Learning Differently: What if words in every book...
read more