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Arts + Climate Innovation: Livestream kōrero

Connecting with people’s hearts, as well as their minds, is vital to igniting our
response to the climate crisis. The window of opportunity to avert dangerous climate breakdown is rapidly closing – and we must change.

Track Zero in partnership with Performing Arts Network New Zealand (PANNZ) and Auckland Live are hosting a series of kōrero with leading thinkers in the sciences, arts and creative and cultural communities bringing their perspectives on the powerful role arts can play in shaping a fair, carbon neutral future. The series is supported by the Royal Society Te Apārangi and The Big Idea.

We need art to make our hearts leap, build bridges between people and places, and feed our imaginations to shape a better future.  Our need for transformational change has never been greater – and neither has the opportunity in the COVID-19 recovery.

This is a non-partisan public event, joining as a community, to share knowledge, provoke ideas, ask questions, make connections and act; or just listen in and learn more.

Send in your questions during the discussion via comments on Facebook and YouTube and we’ll aim to have them answered. Recordings of this livestreamed event will be available to view afterwards on the Track Zero and PANNZ Facebook pages, Track Zero website, and Auckland Live YouTube. 

Toitū te Marae o Tane, Toitū te Marae o Tangaroa, Toitū te Iwi
Strengthen the realms of the Land and Sea, and they will strengthen the People

When:

Series of six kōrero every Wednesday 7pm – 8.15pm NZT from 19 th August to 23rd September

Join:

FB live @trackzero.nz @PANNZ.org.nz  and youtube live

Facilitators:

Sarah Meads (Founder of Track Zero) and

Dolina Wehipeihana (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Raukawa – Kaiārahi Māori PANNZ)

Livestream series,

every Wednesday 7.00pm to 8.15pm NZT, from 19 August to 23 September

  • 19 August 2020 (past session)

    Can storytelling ignite change?

    With: Rachael Rakena – Professor James Renwick – Tama Waipara – Kerry Warkia

  • 26 August 2020 (past session)

    Are artists creative disruptors?

    with: Grace Iwashita-Taylor – Joseph Michael – Professor Tim Naish – regrettably Puawai Cairns was unable to join the livestream kōrero

  • 2 September 2020 (past session)

    Mātauranga Māori and our future

    with: Ria Hall – Dr Daniel Hikuroa – Bernard Makoare – Louise Potiki Bryant Kāi Tahu

  • 9 September 2020 (past session)

    Climate change or culture change?

    With: Lynda Chanwai-Earle – Te Herenga Waka – Rob Ruha – Warren Maxwell – Dr Huhana Smith

  • 16 September 2020 (past event)

    What have we learnt from COVID19?

    With: Professor Shaun Hendy – Noma Sio-Faiumu – Matthew Faiumu Salapu  – Jo Randerson – Lisa Reihana

  • 23 September 2020

    Borrowing or investing in future generations?

    With: Aigagalefili Fepulea’i-Tapua’I – Professor Bronwyn Hayward –  Tilly King – Kahu Kutia – Hana Maihi

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1. Arts + Climate Innovation: Can storytelling ignite change?

Wednesday 19 August, 7.00- 8.15pm NZT

Speakers and information

Wednesday 19 August, 7.00- 8.15pm NZT

Panel:

  • Rachael Rakena (Ngāi Tahu, Ngā Puhi) Digital filmmaker, curator of Mana Moana, and senior lecturer at Toi Rauwhārangi, College of Creative Arts, Massey University
  • Professor James Renwick Commissioner on the Climate Change Commission, Professor and Head of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University
  • Tama Waipara (Ruapani, Rongowhakaata and Ngāti Porou) Chief Executive/Artistic Director of Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival
  • Kerry Warkia (Papua New Guinean and Scottish) Producer and founding partner of Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions

Good storytelling can change minds. Statistics can feel impersonal and hard to grapple with whereas a dance, film or poem can tell the climate story in ways people feel so they’re moved to act. Join us to hear how arts and culture can provide an entry point for people to understand our natural world, to become more open to information, and feel inspired to act on the climate crisis.

Videos and links

Read the Big Idea article

2.Arts + Climate Innovation: Are artists creative disruptors?

Wednesday 26 August, 7.00pm – 8.15pm NZT

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Speakers and information

Wednesday 26 August, 7.00pm – 8.15pm NZT

Panel:

  • Puawai Cairns Ngāi Te Rangi / Ngāti Ranginui / Ngāti Pūkenga – Director of Audience and Insights at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa – regrettably Puawai Cairns was unable to join the livestream kōrero
  • Grace Iwashita-Taylor Mother, Poet & Theatre maker
  • Joseph Michael – Visual artist
  • Professor Tim Naish FRSNZ – Climate & Earth Scientist, Professor at Antarctic Research Centre at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington

Is art just entertainment or does it tell us about humanity? Join us to hear how arts and culture help us to understand the past, comment on the present and innovate a better future by thinking outside the square, connecting us with the natural world, disrupting the status quo and giving people agency to act.

Videos and links

View the livestream recording on youtube.

Joseph Michael

Projecting icebergs in cities. This is what acclaimed visual artist Joseph Michael does to connect people to the scale of #climatechange issues facing the Antarctic and our world.
www.joemichael.co.nz

a link to the video of ‘Voices for the Future’ projection on the New York UN building:

3. Arts + Climate Innovation: Mātauranga Māori and our future

Wednesday 2 September, 7.00 – 8.15pmNZT

Speakers and information

Panel:

  • Ria Hall Ngāi Te Rangi / Ngāti Ranginui – Musician, Composer & Presenter
  • Dr Daniel Hikuroa Ngāti Maniapoto / Tainui / Te Arawa – Earth Systems Scientist, Senior lecturer in Māori Studies Te Wānanga o Waipapa, University of Auckland
  • Bernard Makoare Te Uri o Hau/ Ngati Whatua/Te Waiariki / Te Kai Tutae / Te Rarawa / Ngapuhi-nui-tonu – Carver, artist, designer & Chair of Toi Ngāpuhi
  • Louise Potiki Bryant Kāi Tahu / Kāti Mamoe / Waitaha – Kāi Tahu choreographer, dancer, and video artist.

Ko Ranginui kei runga, ko Papatūānuku kei raro, ko mātou e noho ana kei waenganui With the sky above and the earth below, how do we live in the space between?  Māori have developed cultural and artistic traditions that are unique to Aotearoa that provide opportunities for understanding and protecting our natural world and living together. Join us as we learn how artistic expression and stories are inextricably linked to the world in which we live and how these connections can help us to shape a better future.

Videos and links

4. Arts + Climate Innovation: Climate change or culture change?

Wednesday 9 September, 7.00 – 8.15pmNZT

Speakers and information

Wednesday 9 September, 7.00 – 8.15pmNZT

Panel:

  • Lynda Chanwai-Earle – Script Writer / Poet / Broadcaster / Podcast Producer
  • 2019 IIML Writer in Residence, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
  • Warren Maxwell – Ngāi Tūhoe / Ngāti Kahungunu / Ngai Te Rangi – Musician, Composer & Senior Lecturer Composition & Performance at Massey University
  • Rob Ruha Te Whanau-a-Apanui / Ngati Porou / Tainui / Ngati Tuwharetoa / Te Arawa / Nga Puhi / Rongowhakaata / Nga Ariki
  • Dr Huhana Smith – Ngāti Tukorehe / Ngāti Raukawaki Te Tonga – Visual artist, curator & researcher, Head of School, Whiti o Rehua School of Art Massey University

Why is climate change seen as a cultural issue, in that we need to deeply change our values and behaviour, rather than changing the climate? Join us to share ideas about how our identity, norms and values are expressed through arts and culture, and how they’re a vital part of shaping transformative change in our climate response.

Video and links

Read the Big Idea article

5. Arts + Climate Innovation: What have we learnt from COVID-19?

Wednesday 16 September, 7.00 – 8.15pm NZT

Speakers and information

Wednesday 16 September, 7.00 – 8.15pm NZT

Panel:

  • Professor Shaun Hendy – Scientist, Author, Director of Te Pūnaha Matatini
  • Noma Sio-Faiumu – Managing Director & Producer for 37 Hz, Community Arts Advocate, Cultural and Protocols Advisor
  • Matthew Faiumu Salapu – Artist & Creative Producer 37 Hz Anonymouz
  • Jo Randerson  – Writer, Theatre-maker, Founder & Artistic Director of Barbarian Productions
  • Lisa Reihana MNZM – Visual & performance artist

On 26 March New Zealand went into lockdown due to COVID-19 and recently returned to level 3 and 2 around the country . Artists and scientists continue to play a vital role supporting our wellbeing and New Zealanders are showing they can pull together in this unprecedented crisis. Join us to discuss lessons learnt from our COVID-19 response, how the creative sector is working hard to re-connect with audiences and what this means to shaping a better future.

Videos and links

6. Arts + Climate Innovation: Borrowing or investing in future generations?

Wednesday 23 September, 7:00 – 8.15pm NZT

Speakers and information

Wednesday 23 September, 7:00 – 8.15pm NZT

Panel:

  • Aigagalefili Fepulea’i-Tapua’i – Spoken word poet/orator & indigenous activist, Chairperson of 4 Tha Kulture
  • Professor Bronwyn Hayward – Professor of Political Science, Director of Hei Puāwaitanga: Sustainable Development and Civic Imagination Research Group at University of Canterbury
  • Tilly King – Artist, student & SS4C National Committee member
  • Kahu Kutia Ngāi Tūhoe – Writer, Activist & host/co-creator of He Kākano Ahau
  • Hana Maihi – Ngāti Whātua / Waikato – Artist & Activator

How we respond to the COVID crisis will determine the scale of the climate crisis.  Will we use the opportunity to invest in a fair, resilient future or shift the burden to future generations?  Join us as we learn more about ways youth are rising up to protect their futures, amplifying their message through artistic expression, and why their voice is so vital to shaping a better future.

Videos and links

Read the Big Idea article

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