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  • In the Media

    In New Zealand, this river and park are legal persons | Jacinta Ruru | TEDxChristchurch

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    In 2014, the Te Urewera National Park in New Zealand became recognised as a legal person under the law. In 2017, New Zealand did it again, declaring the Whanganui River as a legal entity. Law professor Jacinta Ruru considers the implications of these historic events in this warm and informative talk.

  • Documentaries

    In Pursuit of the Possible: Indigenous well-being

  • In pursuit of the possible: Indigenous well-being - A study of indigenous hope, meaning and transformation

    We know many of the key elements for social transformation, but what is not known is how to actively stimulate them at the right time, pace and scale, with the appropriate self-correcting mechanisms and forms of resource support provided at moments of need. This research project aims to create a new tool, namely an internationally comparative model of indigenous well-being.

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  • 2006 Conference

    Indicators of human and ecosystem

  • Indigenous Agroecology

    Full project

    Agroecology, grounded in local knowledge and communities, applies ecological principles to agricultural systems. Indigenous agroecology is an opportunity for mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) and totohungatanga Moriori (Moriori knowledge) to inform and generate innovation in farm practices. It focuses on guardianship of the land and the waters that flow through it, based on the traditional and contemporary experience of Māori and Moriori agricultural practitioners.

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  • 2022 Conference

    Indigenous climate justice: from decarbonisation to decolonisation and relational restoration

    National and global responses to climate change tend to reflect a narrow focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, the origins of climate change and other ecological crises lie in the disruption of essential relationships driven by systems of colonialism and capitalism.