NUWAO PODCAST SESSIONS
Nature-based Urban Design for Wellbeing in Oceania
Our aim is to develop nature-based urban design solutions rooted in indigenous knowledges that support climate change adaptation, individual and community wellbeing in different contexts across Aotearoa and Oceania.
The hope is that these podcasts will inform, inspire and call people to action!
Episodes
12 episodes
12. Sam Wood
“I think it’s just been a perfect marriage of sort of positive environmental outcomes but also learning a bit more about my identity.” Sam Wood (Tangata whenua), talks on his masters project, smart cities, his involvement in law, a...
11. Maibritt Pedersen Zari
“Working with nature is a lot more complex in Oceania and spiritual than it might be in other places so if you are working with a river in Aotearoa you are working with people’s ancestor. It’s not just like a body of water that has a flow rate ...
10. Fleur Palmer
“I guess I have been exposed to how tertiary institutions operate and they have not been very proactive at reinforcing indigenous worldviews or reinforcing mātauranga māori or reinforcing our connection to the environment which is critical for ...
09. Sibyl Bloomfield
“We have to act with integrity when it comes to indigenous knowledge and be careful and intentional about how we frame what that means. If we are the lens through which people see that happening we have a responsibility to do that properly to b...
08. Willy Missack
“The main goal for me is to understand the impact of climate change more deeply and also help the local community to adapt to it to sort of create their own cultural changes that we see.”Willy Missack is a Doctorate Student at Victoria ...
07. James Renwick
“We don’t have time to talk about the problems anymore. We need to take action now. The science hasn’t changed, we need to have actions starting immediately. We have the power, we are the ones emitting this stuff we can stop.”We speak w...
06. Amanda Yates
“How do we affect system change and how do we shift to a more regenerative, more ecological, pluriversal or place based culture? We need to actively begin to build cultural systems that rebuilds mauri, social and ecological viability.”A...
05. Mr. Vaimu'a Muliava
"I strongly believe that this way of thinking of women is the better way of thinking for us in the pacific, and I think for humanity." Mr. Vaimu'a Muliava (New Caledonia Minister, member of New Caledonia Government in charge of in...
04. Māia-te-oho Holman-Wharehoka
"It's a reciprocal relationship between the natural environment and humans that needs to be nurtured." Māia-te-oho takes us through the process of her Masters project, in creating her own pūrākau to address the health of Waiwhetū ...
03. Suli Vunibola
"For indigenous innovation it's always about the collective. It's always about the whenua. It's always about making sure that the future generations can also - not only appreciate what we have in terms of resources - but make sure that they kee...
02. Albert Refiti
"The second part of the movement or decolonisation is indigenisation. That is - for me and for anyone who is indigenous - to have access to their knowledge. Not just access but also for them to try to build their own worldview from tha...
01. Intro - Our Kaupapa
Welcome to the official podcast of NUWAO (Nature-based Urban design for Wellbeing and Adaptation in Oceania). Hosted by Maija Stephens and Mercia Abbott, in this introductory episode we cover who we are, what we stand for and what's to come.&nb...
