How do we describe cultural connection to place? This blog revisits some university essays I wrote last year by way of trying to gain a more nuanced insight into the complex relationships between land and people in Aotearoa.
This post is the first of a small series exploring the cultural terrains of Aotearoa both from a personal and academic perspective.
This third installation of 3 posts wraps up an overview of community-led conservation hubs in Aotearoa. There’s a summary of what successful ones look like and considerations for measuring their value add to conservation and communities.
The first post in this 3-part mini-series introduced the community-led conservation hub movement. This second post briefly looks at the community conservation sector in Aotearoa and what makes it so […]
Our conservation landscape has undergone some radical changes and community-led conservation hubs are thriving. I first blogged about hubs in 2020, describing what they are, how they operate and what […]
We’re now 3 years old and our 8-member committee continues to represent a cross-section of citizen science doers, movers, shakers and thinkers across the country. We’re based at universities, government […]
A few years ago, I wrote a list of all of the skills needed by community conservation groups to carry out their restoration mahi (works). Terms such as “bottom up” […]
I decided that a Great Big Goal was needed for 2022. Like cycling from Cape Reinga to Bluff in a month. Was it even possible? I didn’t think so, until […]
When Karen Denyer, Executive Officer of the National Wetland Trust was contacted by Massey University Press to write a book on wetlands in Aotearoa, there was an immediate dilemma – […]
Google “Why do we love birds so much?” and of all offerings this one pretty much sums it up: “Any answer is correct”. Responses meander across scientific, technical, creative, aesthetic […]
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