Kia Whakanuia te Whenua - The Landscape Foundation
Episodes
S3 E7: Gayle Souter-Brown -
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gayle Souter-Brown talks to Marcus, Sarah and Carolyn about her work in evidence-based landscape design practice, focusing on ideas of rewilding and i...
S3 E6: Simon Smale - Adventures in a global biodiversity hotspot: Connectivity conservation in South West Australia
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Landscape architect Simon Smale shares key learnings from his amazing work with Bush Heritage Australia in the Fitz-Stirling programme - healing place...
S3 E5: Bruno Marques - The importance of collaborative design-led research for culturally-diverse communities
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Bruno Marques, President of the International Federation of Landscape Architects, talks to us about his students' collaborations with mana when...
S3 E4: Jade Kake - Indigenous urbanism: Seeking genuine decolonisation in the cities of Aotearoa
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jade Kake, architect and academic of Ngāpuhi, Te Arawa and Whakatōhea iwi, shares her whaakaro / thoughts on what it takes to genuinely engage in de...
S3 E3: Lee Beattie - City growth: Transformational change to deliver liveability
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus and Carolyn talk to Professor Lee Beattie, planner and urban designer, about how urban development can happen in ways that create and enhance c...
S3 E2: Rod Barnett - Carbon gardens: Garden research in the era of climate crisis
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to landscape architect Rod Barnett about how the concept of garden can be reimagined to respect and encourage diversity, and to remember human...
S3 E1: Timmah Ball - Raising voices and sharing truths: How Aboriginal People are reshaping cities
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus, Sarah and Carolyn talk to Timmah Ball about how Aboriginal people continue to reassert their voice and presence in cities that can seem overwh...
S2 E10: Nicole Thompson (& Megan Wraight) – Mitigation measures or good design?
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus, Carolyn and Sarah talk with Nicole Thompson, where we honour the memory of Megan Wraight and discuss Nicole and Megan's critique of 'm...
S2 E8: Brendan Dunford – The Burren, a land of paradox
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus hosts a conversation with Brendan Dunford about the inspiring work in sustaining the deep bonds between people and place in the Burren, Ireland...
S2 E7: Becky Kiddle – Aotearoa towns and cities have always been Indigenous places
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus, Sarah and Carolyn talk with Becky Kiddle on her incisive work about what urban design means when seeing cities as Indigenous places.
S2 E6: Shaun Awatere & Nikki Harcourt – Whakarite whakaaro, whanake whenua
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus hosts a kōrero with Shaun Awatere and Nikki Harcourt on their innovative mahi in creating a kaupapa Māori decision-making framework for land ...
S2 E5: Te Kerekere Roycroft – Identity through whenua
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus hosts a kōrero with Te Kerekere Roycroft, unpacking how identities are shaped in many ways that link to place(s) in a web of relationships.
S2 E4: Lena Henry – Whenua Māori and state planning
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus, Sarah and Carolyn talk with Lena Henry about the problematic intersections between whenua Māori and state planning, and opportunities for fut...
S2 E3: Mere Whaanga – Ahikāroa: To keep the fire burning
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus hosts a kōrero with Mere Whaanga on the deep importance of ahikāroa and the painful realities of whenua loss in a settler colonial legal syst...
S2 E2: Wayne Knox – Whenua and identity
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus and Carolyn talk with Wayne Knox about pepeha, whenua and tikanga as the bases for identity, recognition and relationships - and Wayne shares a...
S2 E1: Lynda Toki & Kim Penetito – Te whakanuia te whenua
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kicking off Season 2, Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with the amazing Lynda Toki and Kim Penetito, where they share about their passion for karanga a...
Season 1 Episode 10: Sterling Ruwhiu - Connecting tamariki with native wildlife
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Sterling Ruwhiu where she talks about her chapter with Hōhepa Waenga, 'Education at Aucklan...
Season 1 Episode 9: Clive Anstey - Unforeseen effects in landscape management
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Clive Anstey, resource planning consultant and author of the chapter, 'Unforeseen effects: I...
Season 1 Episode 8: Sarah Flynn - Recalling the mauri
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Marcus Fletcher and Carolyn Hill talk with ecologist Sarah Flynn about her chapter, 'Recalling the mauri'. Sarah relates how &...
Season 1 Episode 7: Fleur Palmer - Upholding Papatūānuku's right to support life
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Fleur Palmer - architect, spatial activist and associate professor - about her chapter, 'Upho...
Season 1 Episode 6: William Hatton - Manaaki whenua, manaaki tangata
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with William Hatton, landscape architect and author - with Jacqueline Paul - of the chapter 'Manaa...
Season 1 Episode 5 - Andrew Craig: Painting New Zealand's geology
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with artist Andrew Craig, author of the chapter 'Geo-vanitas: Painting New Zealand's geology&#...
Season 1 Episode 4 - Jacky Bowring: The dark and mysterious - researching the spirit of the land
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Jacky Bowring, professor of landscape architecture and author of the chapter, 'On the trail ...
Season 1 Episode 3 - Rachel Shearer: The sounds of the whenua
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carolyn Hill and Sarah Flynn are in conversation with Rachel Shearer, sound artist and author of the chapter 'The sounds of the w...
Season 1 Episode 2 - Alayna Rā: How not to study 'the spirit of the landscape'
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Dr Alayna Pakinui Rā, chairperson of the Landscape Foundation and author of the chapter, 'H...
Season 1 Episode 1 - Diane Menzies and Carolyn Hill: He kupu arataki
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rangatahi and environmental planner Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Diane Menzies, instigator of Kia Whakanuia te Whenua, and Carolyn Hill, its e...