Seed Habits
“Do not judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” Robert Louis Stevenson Am pleased to release this new book of reflections on…
Experiments with the Extension of Legal Personality to Ecosystems and Beyond-Human Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities for Company Law
In recent years, a number of jurisdictions have recognized diverse ecosystems and other-than-human organisms as legal persons. From national constitutions and legislation to subnational judicial decisions and ordinances, these legal…
Audio of “Experiments with the Extension of Legal Personality to Ecosystems and Beyond-Human Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities for Company Law”, published by the Transnational Environmental Law Journal
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…
Audio of article published by the Transnational Environmental Law Journal, called “Experiments with the Extension of Legal Personality to Ecosystems and Beyond-Human Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities for Company Law”
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…
Dr Reuben Woods on the Street Art of Christchurch and Watch this Space
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…
On Dr Seuss and his legacy: Featuring an episode by Sean Barnes and Carl Davidson of The 232 Degrees Podcast
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…
Gareth Hughes on economic system change and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa
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…
The Christchurch Startup Ecosystem Grows Up
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…
Mitch Shaw on Upstream and the power of Social Procurement
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…
Community Housing Panel on financing, structuring and legal considerations with Judith Bullin, James Palmer, Natalia Garstecka, Adelaide Brown and Stephen Hart
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,…
Chairing the Board, a session with Steven Moe from Parry Field Lawyers
In this hour long session for around 35 people put on by the Selwyn District Council we deep dive with governance expert Steven Moe (a Partner at Parry Field Lawyers)…
IOD Leadership Conference 2023
Welcome to this summary of the IOD Leadership Conference. It was held on 4th and 5th of May 2023 in Auckland with around 600 people. With more than 10,000 members,…
