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for thriving peoples and planetary wellbeing
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Did you know Aotearoa is home to the world’s first electric jetboard?
Image by PublicDomainPictures, used under CC0 1.0. ZeroJet’s on a mission to eliminate combustion engines on water, and their team of engineers have built the highest performance, low weight EV powertrains the world has ever seen. Take a look here. Since...
EU Ambassador to Open Blue and Green Technology Conference 2025
We are thrilled to announce that the European Union Ambassador to Aotearoa New Zealand, H.E. Mr Lawrence Meredith, will be joining us as a special guest speaker to open the Blue and Green Technology Conference 2025. Ambassador Meredith’s participation signals a shared...
Into The Great Ocean – Panel discussion at Gus Fisher Gallery
Join us on the final day of Tala o le tau for a talanoa with leading academics and artists as we explore multidisciplinary responses to the climate crisis from our place in Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa. This panel discussion includes Cilla Brown, Pamata Toleafoa, Guy Sinclair and...
An Uncommon Land: From a history of enclosure towards a regenerative future?
In this seminar, the environmental historian Dr Catherine Knight will present a history of the commons, their enclosure, and their near invisibility in the social and geographical landscape of colonial New Zealand. She will explore how the ethos of commons could...
Economic Futures: Climate Change and Modernity
In this upcoming talk, Professor Ruth Irwin will be examining histories of alternative economic theories. For many years, Irwin has been researching the connection between the economy and climate change, drawing on a great range of ideas: post-colonialism,...
Ngā Ara Whetū Pecha Kucha: Networking for sustainable futures and collective wellbeing
Ngā Ara Whetū cordially invites you to our second Pecha Kucha event of 2025, upcoming towards the end of the month! Pecha Kucha is a fun, creative, short way to communicate ideas, interests or research. It is done using a PowerPoint moving image presentation with 20...
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