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Very happy to announce the Seeds Impact Conference - inspired by the conversations on Seeds this fullly online event will be accessible from anywhere and feature 27 sessions across a day in 4 different online rooms.  Website for tickets which are just $20 or apply for a scholarship to attend: https://seedsconference.nz/ This is a word of mouth event - as well as signing up would you please help sp...

Sue Waight shared her life journey with us on this episode and I really appreciated her attitude which shown through - choosing not to be a victim but instead take difficult circumstances and learn from them to help others.  " I felt I had two choices, I could either be a victim and let that keep me down, or I could use that experience as a positive way to move forward with my life - and I chose t...

Really enjoyed my conversation with Ben Scales about his life story and founding KiwiFibre, who I've bee supporting as a lawyer since the early days including with their capital raising - I think you'll like this one and if you do, could you tell one other person about the show and the content they could access for free as well?  www.theseeds.nz has more. KiwiFibre site: KiwiFibre " FOUNDING  PURP...

Audio of an article for the IOD "Moving, Seconding... but Why?" co-written with Mele Wendt MNZM and Caren Rangi ONZM.  Am very grateful to both of them for the time spent and ideas shared to create this article which I hope sparks a lot of discussions and evaluation... and change?  Join our movement and question why there is this practise at the next meeting you attend!  And let me know how it goe...

Audio of the Idealog article " Emerging trends from the IOD Leadership Conference ", I wrote recently on the Institute of Directors Leadership Conference held in May 2023.  This way the key themes and content can be available to more of you! The article is here:  Emerging trends from IOD Governance Conference - Idealog Long blog post with lots more information as I summarised every session that I...

This is the audio of me reading an article published by the Transnational Environmental Law Journal, which I co-wrote with two academics from the University of Canterbury, David Jefferson and Elizabeth Macpherson, called " Experiments with the Extension of Legal Personality to Ecosystems and Beyond-Human Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities for Company Law ". Below each place in the audio is in...

In this episode we talk about Street Art with Dr Reuben Woods, who is the creative director of Watch this Space.  We talk about what "Art" even is, as well as the growth of the street art movement in Christchurch after the earthquakes here in 2011.  We also talk about Reuben's life and how he came to do his PHD on this topic.  I really enjoyed this conversation because in my work as a lawyer I was...

I really enjoy other podcasts and am happy to feature an episode from another one - The 232 Degrees Podcast by my friends Sean Barnes and Carl Davidson.  If you like Seeds I think you will like their one too so check out this episode as a sample, which is all about Dr Seuss!  They have two seasons of content so find them and subscribe! Find them here: Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh...

Gareth is the country lead for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa and in this conversation we talk about that movement, system change and politics.  He also shares his life story and childhood, his work as an activist with Greenpeace before a career in politics for 10 years as an MP, writing a book about Jeanette Fitzsimons and a whole lot more.  I enjoyed this conversation and if you do as w...

Ths is the audio of two articles I wrote recently on the Christchurch startup scene - they really are a two part of one whole, so thought I would read them both out for Seeds.   Article 1: The Christchurch Startup Ecosystem Grows Up published by ChristchurchNZ: https://www.christchurchnz.com/news/the-christchurch-start-up-ecosystem-grows-up Article 2: Five start-ups definign the next Generation of...

Mitch Shaw is a co-founder of Upstream, a business which harnesses the power of social procurement to fund charities.  With around $250,000 given out already, it is an impressive example of innovation in a start-up which merges business, charity and philanthropy.  Wearing my other hat as a lawyer I helped them set up 5 years ago so it was special to hear about how far they have come with pushing t...

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 Wha...

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...

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...

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...

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 se...

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 t...

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 ...

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,...

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 Seeds: www.theseeds.nz  

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...

In this discussion we talk about struggles with banks - how can we make it better for "For-Purpose" organisations?  What is needed for Banks and Charities and other groups to better interact? Led by Community Networks Aotearoa - have a listen in to what we had to say and fill in the survey!  I was in conversation with Ros Rice the EO of Community Networks Aotearoa and Dr Jane Horan on this topic....

The Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon joined the last Impact Call and in this episode we hear about the work they are doing.  In his role he is responsible for leading the work of the Human Rights Commission in promoting positive race relations.  It was great to hear in detail what they are involved in today.  If you like this content then make sure to check out the 330+ other interviews in th...

Jen Margaret is an advocate and educator for Te Tiriti o Waitangi and in this interview we hear about her life story and how she came to do this work.  We also learn all about Groundwork and the work they do - what is the place for Pākehā educating and advocating for Te Tiriti.  I really enjoyed this conversation and if you do as well maybe tag someone else in and check out the other interviews at...

Rory joined the latest Impact Call to share about Safe Surfer so this is a shorter than normal episode of seeds where he explains what they are up to in providing protections for young people online. Website: https://safesurfer.io/