Trust in Place at Taranaki Mounga

Jan Hania is a Principal at Biome Trust and part of the Taranaki Mounga restoration project. In conversation with Matthew Monahan.

• Jan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-hania-19634b33/

• Taranaki Mounga: https://taranakimounga.nz/

• Biome Trust: https://biometrust.earth

TOPICS

• 00:00 Open

• 01:08 Introduction

• 02:20 Jan's early life and connection to nature

• 05:50 Technology and military service

• 08:38 Environmental studies and thinking differently

• 13:31 Work in climate change adaptation

• 18:06 Treaty settlements and tensions

• 20:44 Connections into philanthropy

• 27:20 Taranaki Mounga

• 37:19 Community engagement and indigenous cosmology

• 46:00 Rights of nature for the Mounga

• 59:22 Collective visions for the greater good

• 01:07:29 Closing thoughts

EPISODE RESOURCES

• NEXT Foundation: https://www.nextfoundation.org.nz/

• Robertson / Aotearoa Foundation: https://www.robertsonfoundation.org/

• Opepe Farm Trust: https://www.heakina.co.nz/opepe-farm-trust

• Ngai Tuhoe: https://www.ngaituhoe.iwi.nz/

• Parihaka: https://natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/remembering-parihaka

• Taranaki Settlement: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/09/government-settles-historic-taranaki-maunga-claim-with-taranaki-iwi.html

• Conversation with Erin Matariki Carr: https://youtu.be/VbAAM40gRjs

• Conversation with Jessica Hutchings: (coming soon)