Dave Lane on Free and Open Source Software
Dave Lane is an advocate for open source software and is the President of the NZ Open Source Society. In this interview we talk about his early years (including his…
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Philipp Sültrop on rockets, endurance races and surviving cancer
Philipp is researching fuel use in rockets at the University of Canterbury looking in particular at rocket flight mechanics and control in collaboration with Rocket Lab. In this interview we…
Professor Julia Rucklidge on diet and mental health
Professor Julia Rucklidge has been researching the link between diet, nutrients and mental health and in this interview we talk about that work. We also discuss her childhood and background growing…
Zoë Hector on deaf children and her social enterprise to help them ‘Talk Town’
Zoë Hector (nee Haws) founded social enterprise ‘Talk Town’ after she had worked as a teacher aide and saw deaf children left out of games on the playground. In this…
Bonus episode: “The moment things changed . . .”
This is a bonus compilation episode to celebrate getting to 52 interviews looking back through some of the conversations to pull out short extracts of “the moment” when something changed…
Stuart Dillon-Roberts on social enterprise Digital Journey
Only a few social enterprises that I meet are focused on the digital and online world – so it was refreshing to talk with Stuart Dillon-Roberts who founded social enterprise…
Angela Sothern on plans for a global fundraising loyalty programme to help towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
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…
Marcelle Lunam on the art of Film, being a Director and the Tūmanako Wellness Centre
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…
Andrew Bell on preventable blindness and the work of The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ
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…
Sarah Kessans on synthetic biology, GE and applying to be an Astronaut to NASA
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…
Peter Wells on edible food forests and the Ōtākaro Orchard
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…
Alanna Chapman on 27 Seconds a social enterprise winery focused on ending modern day slavery
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…
