NGĀ ARA WHETŪ
Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society
Transdisciplinary innovation and collaboration in research, education, and engagement
for thriving peoples and planetary wellbeing
Our vision
Named for the journeys of our collective ancestors to the shores of Aotearoa, New Zealand, Ngā Ara Whetū (“Star Paths”), responds to challenges of attaining sustainable futures and collective wellbeing through enabling and enhancing collaborative research and training.
Ngā Ara Whetū is networked with local and global communities of purpose, practice and understanding, who share aspirations for accelerating actions that promote lasting protection of the planet, its natural resources, and peaceful, just and inclusive societies.
News and events
Seminar: Teaching and learning for the end of the world as we know it
1 November 2024, 1-2pm NZST EVENT SUMMARY This event is the seventh in the Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable World seminar series hosted by the Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau. In this talk, Dr Stein will share...
Public lecture: The consequences of public investments following coastal climate disasters
15 October 2024, 5-6pm EVENT SUMMARY Governments provide the leading and largest responses to climate-change-related coastal disasters. They decide whether to reinvest and rebuild, to what degree, and in what ways. Public post-disaster investment shapes the future of...
Sustain Episodes 9 & 10: Inclusive capitalism? Inequality and environmental degradation through an economics lens
Ngā Ara Whetū - Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society co-hosted a symposium on the challenges of inequality and environmental degradation with Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism, a research centre based in the Business School at the University of...
Inequality, pollution by the ultra-wealthy, climate change, power of corporations, and economic solutions debated during symposium
On 13th September, Ngā Ara Whetū co-hosted a symposium on the challenges of inequality and environmental degradation with Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism, a research centre based in the Business School at the University of Auckland. Held in the Sir Owen G...
Don’t be stuck in the now! Imagining different futures can help tackle climate change
For those tuned in to the state of our climate, the need for urgent change can be hard to get past. However – as the last two presenters in the Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable World seminar series have pointed out – there...
Seminar: Empowering learners through Mana Ora: Students decarbonising schools project
4 October 2024, 1-2pm NZST EVENT SUMMARY This event is the sixth in the Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable World seminar series hosted by the Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau. Mana Ora speaks to the mana...
Join Ngā Ara Whetū
Be a part of our vision and join Ngā Ara Whetū as an affiliate. This role is open to all researchers based at The University of Auckland and select research centres. As an affiliate, we will amplify and support your research, give you access to funding opportunities, and invite you to tailored Ngā Ara Whetū events.
Contact us
Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland
Auckland 1010, Aotearoa New Zealand