Marcus, Carolyn and Sarah talk with Nicole Thompson, where we honour the memory of Megan Wraight and discuss Nicole and Megan's critique of 'mitigation' approaches to landscape architecture and positive new directions in this space.
Marcus hosts a conversation with Brendan Dunford about the inspiring work in sustaining the deep bonds between people and place in the Burren, Ireland through environmentally-responsive farming.
Marcus, Sarah and Carolyn talk with Becky Kiddle on her incisive work about what urban design means when seeing cities as Indigenous places.
Marcus hosts a kōrero with Shaun Awatere and Nikki Harcourt on their innovative mahi in creating a kaupapa Māori decision-making framework for land use assessments - empowering mana whenua to step beyond Western economics-driven norms.
Marcus hosts a kōrero with Te Kerekere Roycroft, unpacking how identities are shaped in many ways that link to place(s) in a web of relationships.
Marcus, Sarah and Carolyn talk with Lena Henry about the problematic intersections between whenua Māori and state planning, and opportunities for future change.
Marcus hosts a kōrero with Mere Whaanga on the deep importance of ahikāroa and the painful realities of whenua loss in a settler colonial legal system.
Marcus and Carolyn talk with Wayne Knox about pepeha, whenua and tikanga as the bases for identity, recognition and relationships - and Wayne shares a beautiful pātere dedicated to the memory of Te Kawerau a Maki rangatira, Hariata Ewe.
Kicking off Season 2, Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with the amazing Lynda Toki and Kim Penetito, where they share about their passion for karanga as part of healing and nurturing relationships between tāngata and te taiao.
In this episode Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with artist Andrew Craig, author of the chapter 'Geo-vanitas: Painting New Zealand's geology'. Andrew explores the whenua itself in terms of how it informs his art and life, and how art - in not telling the full story - might inform landscape understanding and new ways of care.
The book - Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape is available from the Landscape Foundation and at all good bookstores.
In this episode Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with William Hatton, landscape architect and author - with Jacqueline Paul - of the chapter 'Manaaki whenua, manaaki tangata: protecting cultural landscapes'. William gets pretty deep in terms of colonialism and capitalism's impact on the whenua, and how the mauri of the landscape flows from maunga to moana - mountains to sea.
The book - Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape is available from the Landscape Foundation and at all good bookstores.
In this episode Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Fleur Palmer - architect, spatial activist and associate professor - about her chapter, 'Upholding Papatūānuku's right to support future generations'. Fleur talks about the amazing power of collaboration in co-creating alternative futures for our places.
The book - Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape is available from the Landscape Foundation and at all good bookstores.
In this episode, Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Sterling Ruwhiu where she talks about her chapter with Hōhepa Waenga, 'Education at Auckland Zoo: Connecting tamariki with native wildlife' and her new directions and insights in people / place connectivity.
The book - Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape is available from the Landscape Foundation and at all good bookstores.
In this episode, Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Dr Alayna Pakinui Rā, chairperson of the Landscape Foundation and author of the chapter, 'How not to study "the spirit of the landscape"'.
The book - Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape is available from the Landscape Foundation and at all good bookstores.
In this episode, Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Jacky Bowring, professor of landscape architecture and author of the chapter, 'On the trail of the dark and mysterious: researching the spirit of the land'. What are the threads of commonality across different aspects of spirit and place, and how can we support these relationships in ways that enhance life and wellbeing?
The book - Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape is available from the Landscape Foundation and at all good bookstores.
Rangatahi and environmental planner Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Diane Menzies, instigator of Kia Whakanuia te Whenua, and Carolyn Hill, its editor, to talk about how the book came about, who's involved and what their vision is for an Indigenous-led paradigm shift in how we care for our landscapes.
The book - Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape is available from the Landscape Foundation and at all good bookstores.
In this episode, Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Clive Anstey, resource planning consultant and author of the chapter, 'Unforeseen effects: Integrating land/people wellbeing in landscape management'. Clive compares the creation of the Resource Management Act in 1991 with new directions in environmental planning, and questions if/how we can actually achieve 'integration' in a system prone to siloes.
The book - Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape is available from the Landscape Foundation and at all good bookstores.
In this episode, Carolyn Hill and Sarah Flynn are in conversation with Rachel Shearer, sound artist and author of the chapter 'The sounds of the whenua'. Rachel shares how she works with whakapapa as a research methodology to (re)consider relationships between people, place and environment.
The book - Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape is available from the Landscape Foundation and at all good bookstores.
In this episode Marcus Fletcher and Carolyn Hill talk with ecologist Sarah Flynn about her chapter, 'Recalling the mauri'. Sarah relates how 'non-conforming' ecosystems - messy, weedy and neglected - still hold mauri, and this foregrounding may help restoration through whole environments, not their constituent parts.
The book - Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape is available from the Landscape Foundation and at all good bookstores.
