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The following posts are filed under: Natural Assets.
Friday Poem: The Last Days of the Coastal Property Boom by Tim Jones
It’s National Poetry Day! The Talk Welly crew are celebrating with this evocative piece about future, all-consuming sea level rise… Hear Tim Jones and others at Wellington City Library today!
Read MoreWet Wet Wetlington
Wellington winter means lots of water. Falling from the sky, and then being all around us… and being all up in our face where we don’t want it. What can we do?
Read MoreFriday poem: All That Summer, by Tim Jones
There’s a lot of great kōrero in Wellington about climate change, but what could happen if that talk doesn’t translate to action? This Friday poem is a portal into our city’s future
Read MoreWeekend reading 27.1.18
Welcome back to weekend reading! Today’s food for thought: as Waitangi Day approaches, what it means to be there. And as we enjoy the beach and envy coastal homeowners, a worrying discovery about how ministers have been dealing with sea level rise…
Read MoreLet’s Coexist
Guest author Kara Puketapu-Dentice looks at New Zealand’s resource management and our struggles to look after this place, and prescribes a dose of disruption: through a simple, elegant reframing of our relationship with nature. This piece is based on a lecture given to a class from Victoria University’s Masters of Resource Management Programme on 21…
Read MoreHoliday Reading 23.12.17
It’s Christmas! So we’re going with a festive theme this weekend. Happy holidays to you all!
Read MoreReminiscing With Reason: Protecting our water, to preserve our future memories
Guest author Larissa Toelupe examines the taonga in our environment that can trigger our memories, and why we must endeavour to preserve the environment around these objects so that future generations can enjoy them.
Read MoreTunnel Vision
The End is Naenae peers into the history of Upper Hutt and finds a little gem that will soon be added to the regional necklace of connected biking and walking trails – but it won’t come free. Between Upper Hutt and Featherston, hidden behind Kingsley Heights in the Rimutakas, are six tunnels known best to…
Read MoreWeekend Reading 25.11.17
This weekend’s tasty tidbits: nature play (sigh, that this has to be A Thing) and revitalising depressed cities “I just like being out here. You know an animal will enjoy what we’re doing, you’re helping clean up what’s happened.” A Christchurch ex-teacher turned landscaper has set up Woodland Escape to create awesome natural “free play” environments….
Read More‘Then I understood’: connecting again with the Porirua Stream
Poet, chaplain, father and Tawa local John Dennison goes exploring down the backyard… and discovers a taonga
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