13 • 06 • 22 / Arts & Culture / News / People / The Good Citizen
Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole’s mission to spread joy starts with Matariki
Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole are part-way through the creation of Wharenui Harikoa (House of Joy), a full-size wharenui created as a place to share and connect. Here, they talk about celebrating their work so far at Britomart, what got them started, and how Matariki forms the foundations of their creation.
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Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole’s mission to spread joy starts with Matariki
26 • 04 • 22 / Business at Britomart / The Good Citizen
City Futures: Chlöe Swarbrick
Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick says creativity and equality of opportunity are the keys to unlocking the city centre’s potential.
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City Futures: Chlöe Swarbrick
11 • 04 • 22 / Arts & Culture / News / Sustainability / The Good Citizen / The Interview
Miriama Grace Smith
Miriama Grace Smith (Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Toarangatira and Ngāti Porou) comes from a family of artists – her mother, Briar Grace Smith is a filmmaker, and her grandmother, Patricia Grace, is one of New Zealand’s most cherished authors and poets. We spoke to the Wellington-based artist about her work, including the illustrations she created for Britomart’s Greening the City project, which can be seen in the Atrium, the Pavilions and on the construction hoardings along Customs St East.
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Miriama Grace Smith
30 • 03 • 22 / Sustainability / The Good Citizen / The Interview
David Hall knows why trees matter
David Hall is a senior lecturer at AUT with deep interests in climate change policy and sustainable finance. Among many other things, he has a doctorate from the University of Oxford and is also one of the designers of Trees That Count planting initiative – so he’s got a good sense of the difference planting trees can make in addressing the challenges of climate change.
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David Hall knows why trees matter
12 • 10 • 21 / Sustainability / The Good Citizen / The Interview
Levi Brinsdon-Hall is feeding the city
On a disused building site among apartment buildings and busy roads just off Auckland’s Symonds Street, OMG (Organic Market Garden, established by For the Love of Bees) is producing more vegetables than was thought possible with their regenerative organic growing methods, and feeding 45 families weekly in the process. Ahead of their talk on October 27 as part of the first Auckland Climate Festival, OMG head farmer Levi Brinsdon-Hall tells Jeremy Hansen about what industrialised food production gets wrong, and how the OMG model could spread across the city.
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Levi Brinsdon-Hall is feeding the city
17 • 02 • 21 / The Good Citizen
The Good Citizen: Jacqui Maguire
2020 was hard. So how can we make 2021 feel easier for ourselves, our families and the teams we work with? Amid a lot of talk about a mental health crisis, clinical psychologist Jacqui Maguire is giving a free Zoom talk on March 3 about strategies to help people and businesses thrive. Here, she talks to Melinda Williams about her work and the mental health challenges we're facing.
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The Good Citizen: Jacqui Maguire
19 • 11 • 19 / The Good Citizen
Richard Goldie
In this episode, Jeremy Hansen talks to architect Richard Goldie about his bold idea for a partially submerged stadium on Auckland’s waterfront, a project that’s now a finalist in an international architectural competition.
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Richard Goldie
14 • 08 • 19 / The Good Citizen
Anahera Rawiri
Anahera Rawiri of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei talks to Jeremy Hansen about finding solutions to Auckland’s housing crisis.
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Anahera Rawiri
01 • 07 • 19 / The Good Citizen
Jacqueline Paul
Jacqueline Paul talks to Jeremy Hansen about the housing crisis, inequality and the damage racist stereotyping is doing to Auckland.
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Jacqueline Paul
08 • 05 • 19 / The Good Citizen
Fonteyn Moses-Te Kani
From a mostly-Māori rural community to the centre of one of the country’s biggest banks: in the latest episode of The Good Citizen, Fonteyn Moses-Te Kani tells Jeremy Hansen how we can do diversity better.
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Fonteyn Moses-Te Kani
07 • 03 • 19 / The Good Citizen
Ben van Bruggen
Urban designer Ben van Bruggen spoke to Jeremy Hansen about why we should stop listening to the vocal minority attempting to block change, and be inspired about Auckland’s development.
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Ben van Bruggen
15 • 10 • 18 / The Good Citizen
Henry Crothers
In the second episode of The Good Citizen Jeremy Hansen talks to Henry Crothers about having the bravery to transform our urban landscapes.
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Henry Crothers
19 • 09 • 18 / The Good Citizen
Jade Kake
Jade Kake knows Māori design principles can change Aotearoa for the better: not only in our housing, but in our towns and cities too.
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Jade Kake
