Author: Prerita

Designing people-ecology interactions with mahinga kai – a landscape architectural study Landscape architects are actively re-imagining people’s influence as a positive part of nature. The discipline has been working with more expansive conceptualisations of landscape, and an expanded scope of ‘site’ that embraces a direct designing of activities, performances, interactions, engagement and encounters. This research… Continue reading Woody Lee – Morphose Designs

Food is Medicine Indigenous Australians view health holistically in terms of complete Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB). This includes connection to land (Country), culture (including food and medicine), ancestry, and family connections, all of which, influence individual and community health. Food is medicine: is a saying often heard among Indigenous people; meaning a healthy diet… Continue reading Emily Heaney, Dr Stewart Sutherland – The Australian National University

Transmission of Traditional Food and Plant Knowledge: What’s age got to do with it? Knowledge of traditional food and cultural practices are strongly linked to Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The promotion of traditional food and food practices through community lead interventions may be a means to improving… Continue reading Emily Heaney, Sai Pavani Divakarla, Dr Stewart Sutherland, Dr Rosalie Aroni – The Australian National University

Kai Rotorua is a volunteer-run local organisation made up of over 130 individuals and organisations. It is using a multi-pronged approach to address the food security problem including: Building free veggie gardens in people’s backyards Teaching children and adults how to grow traditional and staple food crops, in particular kumara and karoro, moemoe and taewa… Continue reading Te Rangikaheke Kiripatea, Jasmin Jackson – Kai Rotorua Inc

The transmission of traditional food knowledge: Experiences and perspective of young adults The health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is linked to culture and often described in terms of Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB). The role of traditional food practices has often been assumed or overlooked. A greater understanding of transmission and acquisition… Continue reading Sai Pavani Divakarla, Dr Stewart Sutherland, Dr Rosalie Aroni – The Australian National University

Mahinga Kai Meets Planning Documents – Whaka-Ora Healthy Harbour Case Study Mahinga kai is one of the cornerstones of Ngāi Tahu identity. In this post-settlement era, Crown, Councils, and other organisations in Te Waipounamu often strive to include Ngāi Tahu values – such as mahinga kai – into various planning documents and project scopes in… Continue reading Yvette Couch-Lewis & Courtney Bennett – Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke