Marcus hosts a kōrero with Shaun Awatere and Nikki Harcourt on their innovative mahi in creating a kaupapa Māori decision-making framework for land use assessments - empowering mana whenua to step beyond Western economics-driven norms.

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.

Marcus, Sarah and Carolyn talk with Lena Henry about the problematic intersections between whenua Māori and state planning, and opportunities for future change.

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 system.

Marcus and Carolyn talk with Wayne Knox about pepeha, whenua and tikanga as the bases for identity, recognition and relationships - and Wayne shares a beautiful pātere dedicated to the memory of Te Kawerau a Maki rangatira, Hariata Ewe.

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 as part of healing and nurturing relationships between tāngata and te taiao.

In this episode, Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Sterling Ruwhiu where she talks about her chapter with Hōhepa Waenga, 'Education at Auckland Zoo: Connecting tamariki with native wildlife' and her new directions and insights in people / place connectivity.

The book - Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape is available from the ⁠Landscape Foundation⁠ and at all good bookstores.

In this episode, Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Clive Anstey, resource planning consultant and author of the chapter, 'Unforeseen effects: Integrating land/people wellbeing in landscape management'. Clive compares the creation of the Resource Management Act in 1991 with new directions in environmental planning, and questions if/how we can actually achieve 'integration' in a system prone to siloes.

The book - Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape is available from the ⁠Landscape Foundation⁠ and at all good bookstores.

In this episode Marcus Fletcher and Carolyn Hill talk with ecologist Sarah Flynn about her chapter, 'Recalling the mauri'. Sarah relates how 'non-conforming' ecosystems - messy, weedy and neglected - still hold mauri, and this foregrounding may help restoration through whole environments, not their constituent parts.

The book - Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape is available from the ⁠Landscape Foundation⁠ and at all good bookstores.

In this episode Marcus Fletcher hosts a kōrero with Fleur Palmer - architect, spatial activist and associate professor - about her chapter, 'Upholding Papatūānuku's right to support future generations'. Fleur talks about the amazing power of collaboration in co-creating alternative futures for our places.

The book - Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape is available from the ⁠Landscape Foundation⁠ and at all good bookstores.