Future of Medicine: Queenstown
Description
FUTURE OF MEDICINE: QUEENSTOWN
Brought to you by PREKURE
Tuesday 22nd September 2026, 6:00pm - 8:30pm NZST | 91 Fernhill Road, Queenstown 9300
Tickets: $49. Over 75% sold out.
You probably already know Simon Gault as one of New Zealand's most celebrated chefs. What you may not know is his health story - the one about what happened when his own body forced him to completely rethink how he was eating and living.
This September in Queenstown, Simon joins Prof Grant Schofield and Dr Louise Schofield for an evening that goes deep into the future of medicine. Why, in an age of extraordinary technology, are we still so far from living well? It's a candid, science-grounded conversation about what it actually takes to change that.
Choose Your Hard - Book Launch Exclusive
As a special addition to the evening, you'll have the opportunity to take home a personally signed copy of Prof Grant Schofield's brand new book, Choose Your Hard - straight from the very first print run, before it's available anywhere else in the world. Stock is strictly limited and will only be available for pickup on the night. Add it to your ticket while copies remain.
An Evening for People Who Want More
Medicine is changing. The evidence is clear that the most powerful interventions for chronic disease, mental health, and longevity are not pharmaceutical. They're lifestyle, nutrition, and behaviour. Although the health system is still catching up, the tide is turning as clinicians, allied health professionals and the public demand more than managing symptoms of a disease but rather going upstream and fixing the root cause.
What You'll Take Away
What choosing the right 'hard' actually means - and why it could be the most important decision you make for your health and career
Simon Gault's personal health transformation - and the science behind using food as medicine
The real reason most behaviour change fails, and the evidence-based strategies that actually work
What the future of medicine looks like - and where lifestyle, coaching, and behaviour change fit in.
Who Is This For?
This event is for people who are serious about health - their own and others'. You might be:
A health professional - nurse, physio, GP, pharmacist, or similar - who wants to go deeper with behaviour change and preventative care
A high-achiever who's built a successful career but is increasingly drawn toward work that has real purpose and impact
Someone with a deep interest in health and wellbeing - your own health journey may have sparked something you can't ignore
Curious about whether a career in professional health coaching could be right for you
You don't need a medical background. You need genuine curiosity, a desire to help people, and the drive to do the work.
Featuring
Prof Grant Schofield, 6 x Best-Selling Author & Professor of Public Health - Choose Your Hard: Living Well in the Age of AI and Radical Change
Simon Gault, Award-Winning Chef & Health Advocate - Food as Medicine: A Personal Journey
Dr Louise Schofield, Behaviour Change Specialist & PREKURE Co-Founder and CEO - The Confidence to Change: Practical Strategies to Boost Your Healthspan and Happiness
These events regularly sell out and we are unable to increase capacity. Reserve your seat early.
Lineup
About Prof Grant Schofield
Professor of Public Health | Chief Science Officer, PREKURE Grant Schofield is one of New Zealand's most respected public health voices - and one of its most direct. As Professor of Public Health at Auckland University of Technology and Director of its Human Potential Centre, his life's work is challenging a healthcare system that treats disease after the fact, rather than preventing it. Co-author of four bestselling books and former Chief Scientific Adviser to New Zealand's Ministry of Education, his newest book Choose Your Hard is a provocation: life is hard either way - being unwell is hard, making real changes is hard. The only question is which hard is worth it. In an era of AI, radical change, and the growing limits of conventional medicine, Grant brings a rare combination of scientific rigour and genuine optimism. His talk sets the tone for the evening - and gives the audience a framework for thinking about health, career, and the future that most people leave the room still thinking about.
About Simon Gault
Award-Winning Chef | Food as Medicine Advocate Simon Gault is one of New Zealand’s most recognisable culinary figures. A five-season judge on MasterChef New Zealand, an inductee into the New Zealand Restaurant Association Hall of Fame, and the chef behind some of Auckland’s most celebrated restaurants, he has spent decades shaping the way New Zealand eats. Simon has also explored the science of modern nutrition through television documentaries including Why Are We Fat?and How We Eat, investigating the global rise in obesity and the impact of modern eating habits on our health. Twelve years ago, the subject became deeply personal when Simon was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. His doctor warned him he was dangerously close to insulin and dialysis and asked whether he wanted to live long enough to walk his daughter down the aisle. That moment changed everything. Simon went back to the drawing board, challenged what he thought he knew about food, and rebuilt his health from the ground up. He lost 30kg and brought his diabetes under control, going on to develop a science-based health programme focused on nutrition, gut health, sleep, and timed eating. Today Simon brings a rare combination of chef, storyteller, and lived experience to the stage. His talks are practical, engaging, and deeply motivating, showing audiences how small changes to the food we eat and the way we live can dramatically improve long-term health.
About Dr Louise Schofield
Behaviour Change Specialist | Co-Founder & CEO, PREKURE Louise Schofield holds a PhD in behaviour change and is the co-founder and CEO of PREKURE, New Zealand's leading professional health coaching education provider. With more than 15 years building businesses in corporate wellbeing and designing programmes that actually change behaviour, Louise knows that the gap between knowing and doing is where most health interventions collapse. Her approach is evidence-based, practical, and grounded in the science of how people actually change - not how we wish they would. Her talk closes the evening with something rare: a genuine roadmap. Not motivation, but methodology. How to build the confidence, the strategies, and the habits that increase healthspan and happiness - and how behaviour change provides the structure that makes it sustainable.
Clancy Simmonds - MC
Clancy Simmonds is a Study & Career Advisor at PREKURE, Australasia's leading provider of professional health coach education. Passionate about helping people build careers at the intersection of lifestyle medicine and preventive health, Clancy works with aspiring and practising health professionals to turn that passion into a vocation. At the Future of Medicine events, Clancy brings her warmth and expertise to the stage as your MC for the evening.
FAQs
- Will the event be recorded?
No. This is a live event and won't be available online afterwards. If you want to be in the room, you need to be in the room.
- What can I expect on the night?
Three talks, each running around 30 minutes, followed by Q & A (if time allows). The format is conversational and direct - expect real science, honest opinions, and no PowerPoint slides full of stock photos. Doors open at 5:30pm for a 6:00pm start.
- I've attended a previous Future of Medicine event - will the talks be different?
Yes. The speakers present new material each year. If you've been before, you'll hear a different conversation.
- What's your refund policy?
Tickets are non-refundable but transferable. If you can't make it, you're welcome to pass your ticket to someone else.
- Will this event sell out?
These events regularly sell out and we are unable to increase capacity. It's first come, first served.
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