Becci Manson: (Re)touching Lives through Photos
In the wake of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, mixed into the wreckage were lost and damaged photos of families and loved ones. Photo retoucher Becci Manson, together with local volunteers and a global group of colleagues she recruited online, helped clean and fix them, restoring those memories to their owners.
Geoff Lawton: Permaculture
Geoff Lawton is an internationally renowned permaculture Educator, Consultant and Practitioner. He emigrated from England to Australia and later studied permaculture with Bill Mollison in Tasmania. He established the Permaculture Research Institute at Tagari Farm in New South Wales, Australia, a 147 acre farmstead previously developed by Mollison. PRI was eventually moved to Zaytuna Farm, […]
Meeting House, Te Papa, Wellington
August 2, 2012 by Gail
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“The Wharenui or (Meeting House) at Te Papa is called Te Hono Ki Hawaiki, meaning the links to Hawaiki, the traditional homelands of the Māori. The kinship groups it represents encompass all the iwi and other cultures whose treasures and stories are held at Te Papa.
Doubtful Sound, Fiordland
August 2, 2012 by Gail
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“Doubtful Sound is a large wilderness area of rugged peaks, rainforest and twisting, hidden inlets – all deep in the heart of Fiordland National Park. Known for its pristine beauty and wildlife, Doubtful Sound is the second largest of the 14 fiords in Fiordland National Park and is three times longer and 10 times larger than Milford […]
Simon Roberts: How should New Wall Street invest in National Economies?
Where does money come from and how does it work? National accounts provide a mine of data for understanding the productive capacity of an economy and how sectors of the economy interact. Dr Simon Roberts takes us through these systemic dependencies by introducing a novel flow diagram. The diagram reveals the connection between economic output […]
