Funny animal friends - Pohangina style
One of the things we enjoy about living in the country is observing the interactions of the animals - both among their own kind and with...
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Nature & wellbeing in NZ – case study ideas please
As you may have seen from an earlier post The connection between nature & wellbeing, I am interested in exploring the connection between...
The connection between nature & wellbeing
I see that a focus of this year’s Mental Health Awareness week was ‘Letting nature in’, encouraging New Zealanders to get out and connect...
Subterranean adventures
adjective Also sub·ter·ra·ne·ous. existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground. existing or operating out...
New Zealand between the Wars
Question: What is the connection between these two images? Auckland children drinking the free issue of a daily half pint of milk which...
Is New Zealand on the verge of a tipping point?
In a recent article published in George Washington University’s online journal History News Network, I argue that New Zealand may be on...
'Re-wilding' our cities' lost waterways
The announcement of the upcoming symposium on Perth's 'lost lakes' - 'a 200 year history of infill, paving, draining, damming,...
Melding science and story-telling for a better future
I was privileged last month to be invited to be keynote speaker at the Fifth Biennial Symposium of the International Society of River...
Beyond Manapouri
Since my interview with Kathryn Ryan on RNZ yesterday, I have been inundated by inquiries about my new book Beyond Manapouri: 50 years of...
