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This is not an interview but instead an interesting panel which discussed Community Housing with a focus on financing, structuring and legal considerations with Judith Bullin, James Palmer, Natalia Garstecka, Adelaide Brown and Stephen Hart. Thanks to the Community Housing Aotearoa team for the conference which had 450+ attending and you can learn more about them here: Community Housing | Nga Wharerau o Aotearoa

The topics covered are at:

02:11 - Intro by Stephen Hart of CORT 06:09 - Natalia Garstecka of MHUD 14:18 - James Palmer of Community Finance & Positive Capital 25:09 - Stephen Hart of CORT on their journey 35:52 - Judith Bullin of Parry Field Lawyers on legal considerations 45:05 - Adelaide Brown of KPMG 1:01:03 - End

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Video of the talk by James https://youtu.be/YcgPHaS6-9A

Video of the talk by Judith https://youtu.be/pclIa3dZ_cs

This conversation with Historian Rowan Light is from a few years ago and in this episode have pulled out the part where we discussed the meaning of ANZAC Day, the role of history and historians and why we commemorate certain events and not others - check out his book Anzac Nations. I hope you enjoy this as this is published on 25th April 2023 as we remember the past today: Lest We Forget.

Full interview is here: https://seeds.libsyn.com/historian-rowan-light-on-anzac-day-and-why-we-celebrate-a-defeat

More on Rowan who is now based at Auckland University: https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/rowan-light

"I am a historian of memory and commemoration, interested in public uses of the past and how communities make sense of war and violence. I am project curator (NZ Wars) at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, assisting the Human History team in the redevelopment of the New Zealand Wars gallery. My book Anzac Nations (OUP, 2022) is a history of cultural memory that explores how the story of the Anzacs at Gallipoli has changed overtime in Australia and New Zealand. I am interested in how groups and institutions shape the remembrance and commemoration of war and conflict."

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Esha is a catalyst for change through highlighting stories of people approaching business differently. She has just written a book "Working to Restore: Harnessing the Power of Regenerative Business to Heal the World" so in this conversation we discuss the book and how - and why - she wrote it. However, we start with her background and life story - moving to the US as a child, growing up in an immigrant family, studying English at University and working all over the world as a journalest and why she came to write so much about sustainability and business. I really enjoyed this conversation and if you do as well why not tell one other person about it, and visit www.theseeds.nz to check out the 345 other conversations there. A big shout out to Brianne West who posted about the book (she is featured in it) which then led to this conversation. Thanks Brianne!

Esha's book can be ordered many places, such as:

Amazon: Amazon.com: Working to Restore: Harnessing the Power of Regenerative Business to Heal the World: 9780807008515: Chhabra, Esha: Books

Publisher Working to Restore by Esha Chhabra: 9780807008515 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

"Dispatches from the regenerative landscape, where pioneering entrepreneurs use their businesses as catalysts of change to go beyond sustainability and solve social and environmental problems"

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Other conversations mentioned:

Oonagh Browne on Chocolate Seeds: Oonagh Browne on the power of Chocolate and Cacao (libsyn.com)

Siddharth Sthalekar Seeds: Siddharth Sthalekar on true wealth, reputation in an online world and founding Neighbourhoods (libsyn.com)

Spinoff articles mentioned Steven Moe | The Spinoff

This is the audio of an article I just wrote for The Spinoff - you can access the text here which also has a lot of links to all the things mentioned in the article as well: https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/22-03-2023/australia-opens-a-fascinating-new-front-in-the-fight-for-ethical-investing

If you like this content, would you be willing to copy and paste that link and share it with your networks, or share this episode with one other person?

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Aimee is the co-founder of Girls who Grow and co-chair of Future Farmers New Zealand. In this conversation we hear about her background and growing up in a farming community, what she studied and how her career has led to this point. We had a positive energy filled conversation about what the future may hold and I hope you enjoy it - if you do, then check out some of the 343 other episodes of seeds www.theseeds.nz.

Girls who Grow: https://www.girlswhogrow.co.nz/ Future Farmers: https://futurefarmersnz.org/ that includes the Manifesto discussed Open Farms: https://www.openfarms.co.nz/

https://www.instagram.com/girlswhogrow_nz/ @girlswhogrow_nz

https://www.instagram.com/futurefarmersnz/ @futurefarmersnz

From what is to what if - Book mentioned: https://www.robhopkins.net/the-book/#:~:text=From%20What%20Is%20to%20What%20If%20is%20a%20call%20to,dramatic%20change%20for%20the%20better.

What your Food Ate Book: https://www.amazon.com/What-Your-Food-Ate-Reclaim/dp/1324004533

Future Whenua conversation between Steven Moe and Zeb Horrell https://youtu.be/tDg36Fg2b9I

Leanne has co-authored a new book "Human Work: five leadership mindsets for humanising workplaces". Before we talk about that we first have a conversation about her background and life growing up and the influences that have shaped her. Seeds is a project to hear about the 'why' behind what people do and this conversation was no different - perhaps even with more rabbit holes of curiousity than normal! I really enjoyed it and if you do as well would you be willing to tell one other person about seeds? There are more than 340 episodes and more info is at www.theseeds.nz

Human Work Book site - sign up to get updates: https://www.humanworknetwork.com/

A shout out to Melissa Clarke-Reynolds who connected us for this great conversation.

Leanne describes the book this way: "Our intention is to contribute in our own small way to shifting the dialogue about how human workplaces can actually be and why this is a good thing. Leaders stories from around the world are told in the book, together with a view on what mindsets help create more human workplaces."

Cultivating Leadership site: https://www.cultivatingleadership.com/

Her profile: Leanne Holdsworth - Cultivating Leadership

About Cultivating Leadership: Our purpose is to cultivate leadership that shapes a just, diverse, flourishing, and sustainable planet

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This was recorded 8th March as part of the Entre Annual Launch night and was a panel discussing what they have learned as entrepreneurs. The insights come from Saskia van der Peet (Real Girls in Tech / Farmgate Foods), Jack Wood (Komodo Wellbeing), Ben Scales (KiwiFibre), Rohan Mathias (FoodFuse).

To find out more about the work of Entre and their competitions and support for entrepreneurs visit Home | Entre - they play a key role in the start-up ecosystem and this event was really inspiring as we also got to hear from Guy Horrocks.

Thanks to the Entre team for the chance to MC the event and present some visuals as well such as yarn, avocados, trees...

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Jennifer Hamlin loves animals and in this episode we talk about her childhood, her relationship with animals, we get philosophical about our role in the World and how we relate to them and then she tells us about her life story and what has led her to New Zealand and what she does today. In particular we talk about the work of the Allied Veterinary Professional Regulatory Council of New Zealand, which she founded and now chairs. We also had a California connection - she knew the place my Father grew up (a small town)!

The aim of seeds is to hear the full background of a life story and really get to know what motivates the people we talk to. If you enjoy this then check out some others at www.theseeds.nz

Website: Allied Veterinary Professional Regulatory Council of New Zealand (avprc.org.nz)

Jeremy Nurse has led a fascinating life and we hear all about his background and working as a farmer and what led to establishing the 180 Degrees Trust. They do amazing work with youth to help improve their outcomes.

If you enjoy this there are hundreds of other stories on seeds podcast.

Site: Youth Charity Christchurch | 180 Degrees Trust

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Janet Cole is the Manager at the Kaipātiki Project and in this conversation we hear about her life story and work focussed on impact initiatives that lead to environmental and community outcomes. The Project is described as follows: "Based in Auckland's North, Kaipātiki Project is an innovative eco-hub, growing a sustainable future for people and nature. We do this by empowering people, inspiring connection with nature and enabling sustainable living." We also touch on Environment Hubs Aotearoa and the work done there.

Site Kaipātiki Project | Innovative Eco-Hub | Share in nature's revival | Environmental Sustainability (kaipatiki.org.nz)

Environment Hubs Aotearoa site Environment Hubs Aotearoa | Collaboration for local solutions

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Hope everyone gets a great break!