CCC S1E15 with Huhana Smith (Waikōkopu Grove & Orchard)

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Char Chit Chat

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Char Chit Chat is created by Dylan Graves and explores char in New Zealand and beyond. The podcast aims to interview a range of people involved in biochar, activated charcoal, carbon anodes, and so on. The main subject will tend to be biochar as that is most accessible and scales from individuals making char in their woodstove over the winter to large industrial pyrolysis units outputting several tonnes per day. Biochar is also a great soil conditioner and improver and so is relevant to gardeners and famers alike. An introduction and overview of Biochar: https://www.sces.org.nz/biochar

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CCC S1E15 with Huhana Smith (Waikōkopu Grove & Orchard)

Char Chit Chat

46 minutes 17 seconds

1 month ago

CCC S1E15 with Huhana Smith (Waikōkopu Grove & Orchard)

Excited to release this chat with Huhana so you too can enjoy her passion for biochar and growing good food. Huhana is an artist, university professor, farmer, kaitiaki, biochar enthusiast, and more...

We explore a recent stream rehabilitation project made into an art project that has probably exposed thousands of people to biochar with an exhibition in Wellington.

We go into some detail on making biochar paint and how it was applied to the hemp and wool roll with a design inspired by pukeko footprints... Supporting blog post: https://passionatepermies.wordpress.com/2025/09/24/podcast-with-huhana-smith

Loads more detail of the Kuku Biochar Project: https://www.drawingopen.com/blog/2024/3/3/the-kuku-biochar-project-2021-2024

Listen to Huhana on RNZ: https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/countrylife/2025/huhana-smith-artist-scholar-activist-and-farmer

Follow Huhana on instagram @dooze69High and her property website: https://www.waikokopuoil.co.nz