Angela Sothern has an idea for a new charity fundraising loyalty programme which is intended to to help towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. We discuss Angela’s background and history as well as her new initiative. In this…
Welcome to the 50th episode! Marcelle Lunam is the founder and project lead for Tūmanako Wellness Centre. Marcelle has worked in film as a director and we discuss the influence her Grandfather had on her as a child learning to appreciate light,…
Andrew Bell is the Executive Director of The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ which he has led since 2010. In this interview we discuss his background and childhood in South Africa as a child of apartheid, studying anthropology and sociology and…
Sarah Kessans is a research fellow at the University of Canterbury. In this interview we talk about her work as a synthetic biologist and discuss genetic engineering and the ethics of change as well as how it all actually works…
Peter is the project coordinator for the local urban food hub Ōtākaro Orchard. Its aim is to provide knowledge and inspiration about sustainable food systems as part of the Food Resilience Network. In this interview we talk with Peter about…
Alanna Chapman is a co-founder of 27 Seconds which is a social enterprise winery whose profits go to ending modern day slavery. They do this by supporting the work of Hagar with their profits. In this interview we talk about…
Samantha Jones is a social entrepreneur who founded B Corp certified Little Yellow Bird (). It’s aim is to ethically make uniforms and other workwear while also considering the source of organic cotton, impact on the environment and the fair…
Michael founded the iconic New Zealand brand Cookie Time more than 30 years ago. But that wasn’t his first business idea and the initial ones he had tried failed – but he kept trying. When you talk to Michael it…
A bonus episode to celebrate getting to a total of 10,000 listens of the show and to say thanks to those who subscribe! This is a bit different as it is from the recent conference at Te Papa where I…
Miranda is the STEM Coordinator at the Ara Institute of Canterbury. In this conversation we talk about Miranda’s background including her early years in the ski industry, involvement in space camps for youth, visiting NASA, the mission of Spacebase, the…
