Dr Jay Matenga on identity, whakapapa, spirituality and kaupapa Māori
Jay shares about finding identity in this interview – from meeting his birth Father age 42 we learn about his journey of discovering his whakapapa, his spiritual life and his…
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Excerpts from the conversation with Jay Matenga
Some excerpts to give a flavour of the next interview, a deep dive discussion with Jay Matenga. We cover identity, spirituality, whakapapa and more. He also shares with us a…
Toni Truslove on Kiwis overseas and connecting them through Kea New Zealand
Toni has had a fascinating life living in multiple countries and experienced being a Kiwi overseas herself. Now leading Kea New Zealand she has taken that background and used it…
Purpose and Business: Summary of talk by Colin Meyer
This is a very short summary of a talk I heard recently at the Institute of Directors event at the start of May 2021. Colin Meyer from the UK shared…
Anna Judge on Our Little Village
Anna Judge shares with us in this episode about founding Our Little Village and her experience creating that charity. The charity came from her experience with child birth and the…
Yoseph Ayele on the Edmund Hillary Fellowship
Yoseph is one of the co-founders of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship and was the first CEO as well. In this interview we talk about his childhood in Ethiopia, moving around…
Jezza Williams on prioritising inclusion and founding Makingtrax
Jezza founded Makingtrax to make a difference and in this short excerpt we hear from him about some of his journey – if you don’t go away feeling inspired by…
Adrian Palmer on Addington Coffee Coop and ZED
In this interview we hear from Adrian Palmer about his life and growing up, with his high school friends forming the band Supra which became ZED, what it was like…
Elle Archer on being curious, lifelong learning and the Ako Ōtautahi Learning City Christchurch festival
Some interviews go deeper than others and this is one of those – Elle Archer has had a very interesting life and she shares about her early years, being adopted,…
Rick Thorpe on Xtreme Zero Waste
Rick has had a truly fascinating life, helping the Chatham Island Black Robins survive through 9 summers of work there, having a childhood lived in a variety of countries, working…
Charlie Grosso on transforming youth refugee experiences with Hello Future
Charlie has had a fascinating life as a fashion photographer, running a contemporary art gallery in New York and travelling the world – what she saw on those trips led…
What I wish I had known . . .
To celebrate the 250th episode of seeds podcast this is a short talk I gave at the High School that I went to for about 60 Year 13 students reflecting…
