Vicki Spearing, founding member of Wao's Better Building Group featured on Radio Wānaka to discuss the current state of homes in New Zealand, what we need to do about it, as well as the upcoming Better Building events for the Wao Summit 2021 (26-31 October)

The pillars of capitalism are free markets, encouraging the accumulation of private wealth and using growth as the yardstick for success. This system could have worked if we lived in a world with infinite resources and we had a counter balance in the system to iron out inequalities. But that’s not the world we live in.

Put simply, a thriving, diverse ecosystem is our life-force. Without it, we simply cannot survive.

Prue Kane, Project Manager for Jobs for Nature at WAI Wānaka, featured on Radio Wānaka to discuss the biodiversity work being done at WAI Wānaka, as well as the upcoming Food & Fibre events for the Wao Summit 2021 (26-31 October).

Monique Kelly, Co-Founder and Program Director at Wao, featured on Radio Wānaka to discuss the problem with construction waste, and the upcoming workshops to deal with it at the Wao Summit 2021 (26-31 October).

The construction and demolition (C&D) industry is one of the largest waste producing industries in New Zealand. It is estimated that C&D waste may represent up to 50% of all waste generated in New Zealand.

It is estimated that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. Plastics are everywhere, from the bottom of the deepest sea trench to beaches around New Zealand. As we come to the end of Plastic Free July, we thought it would be good to take a closer look at the problem of plastics.

It is estimated that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. Plastics are everywhere, from the bottom of the deepest sea trench to beaches around New Zealand. As we come to the end of Plastic Free July, we thought it would be good to take a closer look at the problem of plastics.