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Ōtautahi In Practice
by Ako Ōtautahi Learning City Christchurch
Ōtautahi in Practice is a podcast where we amplify stories of curiosity, growth, and the transformative power of learning in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Each episode celebrates the unsung heroes of our city (Learning Champions and Ambassadors) who remind us that every lesson learned, big or small, shapes who we are.We’re here to humanise learning, inspire curiosity, normalise failure, and foster real connection through storytelling. Whether the story takes place in a school, a community garden, a garage, a boardroom, or under the stars — this show explores what learning looks like in practice.
Episodes
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Kahurangi Carter - Episode 32
Kahu Carter (Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui) is a māmā, environmentalist, and Green Party MP based in Christchurch. Raised in a small farming community in the Waikato with a strong connection to Papatūānuku, Kahu has spent decades working across environmental advocacy, education, and community…
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Jaz Rule - Episode 31
Discussing colour, youth work, creativity, flowers, resilience, and boundaries, Jaz Rule shares her experience of Otautahi in practice and how her unique perspective of the city in flux is a hopeful one.
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Kazuko Iwai - Adult Learners Week Special #3 - Episode 30
We are joined by a professional learning facilitator, learner, and cleaner! Kazuko regularly bridges and weaves together each strand, often in a single day. We hear vivid descriptions of what its like to navigate Otautahi while embodying these aspects of herself so clearly.
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Shaugn & Jennifer - Adult Learners Week Special #2 - Episode 29
A learner facilitator, and an established collaborator share their experiences of the current learning culture of Otautahi Christchurch. Jennifer and Shaugn highlight the connections between place and people, and the importance of having fun as an Adult Learner. The second episode of the Festival...
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Inga & Nicola - Adult Learners Week Special #1 - Episode 28
The first collaboration series between Ōtautahi in Practice and the ACE Network, and the first of three episodes as part of the Adult Learners Week He Tangata Mātauranga. This year's theme is "Finding Our Voice | Ko toku reo, ko toku ohooho". This part of a country wide celebration with over 100...
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Kate Gislason - Episode 27
This week, we sit down with Kate Gislason, founder of Without Waste, to challenge conventional waste norms and dive into the power of circular systems thinking.
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Centuri Chan - Episode 26
From a creative to a multi-disciplined local Otautahi Christchurch Ambassador, Centuri shares how his learning journey has shaped his own understanding of himself in relation to wider city and local communities he navigates. Join us as we trace the complexities of an ever changing city with…
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Nicolas Reyes Cortés - Episode 25
As someone who has moved to Otautahi almost 10 years ago from Chile, Nico shares his experience of connecting with and celebrating his cultural background and other cultures alongside people of diverse backgrounds in Otautahi Christchurch. Through this intentional journey, he has deepened his...
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Elle Archer - Episode 24
Elle Archer takes us for a journey through her multiverse. We learn how she's become aware of how she thinks and views the world, and, the strategies she uses to function at a high level across all the spaces where she has a connection. This way of moving with life prompts more meta thinking and...
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Episode 23 - Anita Yarwood
Anita Yarwood shares about her ongoing learning journey supporting learners in learning centered designs in an urban environment. She fully embraces the ethos of everyone is a learner and everyone is a teacher. Where five year old's and parents each have an opportunity to facilitate learning…
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Episode 22 - Shannon Ball
Shannon Ball discusses how her current opportunities creating space for connection and resource sharing with the sustainability community have developed and continue to lead her into unexpected places of learning. Through our time together we are reminded of the power of collectives coming...
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Episode 21 - James Bishop
James Bishop takes an opportunity to join us amongst a busy schedule filled with family, friends, and work while visiting Aotearoa. He discusses his international connections and what continues to ground him, and how these practices connect opportunities with his work and the people around him.…
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Episode 20 - Reflection with Sam Woolf & Erica Eustin
Honest stories of learning, curiosity, and growth from Christchurch’s Learning Champions and Ambassadors. We reflect upon the stories we've heard and the experiences that have shaped out worldviews. We ask you to be mindful and ask, what do I notice? How is the culture of leaning currently taking...
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Episode 19 - Heather Joy Milne
Heather shares how embracing the senses through being inquisitive with the people and places around us creates long lasting learning. Where this process of opening up to the stories around us creates long lasting emotive memories that increase our depth of knowledge and understanding.
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Episode 18- Ben Alder
Ben Alder shares his journey of ego detachment, practicing how he shows up in spaces and with people he hasn't met before, and how curiosity is practiced through this process. Ben talks about his personal experience being a modern man in today's society and what this looks like, and shares his...
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Episode 17 - Natasha Zimmerman
Natasha brings her knowledge and experience about slowness, how this is needed for us as individuals and for society, and the many ways we can practice this in our day-to-day. We hear how she balances traditional learning with being guided by intuition, and the tension between the two. We also…
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Episode 16 - Atarau Hamilton
Atarau takes us through his experience of navigating leadership roles, governance, and a startup company in Ai. He shares what this means for him, and how he's found himself in these roles and what they mean for the future of Ōtautahi and beyond.
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Episode 15 - Lottie Vinson
Lottie talks about her experience with Kung Fu, her upbringing, and the collaborations that she's involved in that have ripple effects across the city. Lottie is in a unique position of working with the CWEA which provides opportunities for lifelong learning to be practiced, through this, Lottie...
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Episode 14 - Jenna Kelly
Jenna describes her learning experience and the intentional steps she's made to expand her perspectives; whether this is through studying at University of Canterbury, or volunteering at Richmond Community Garden. She has a variety of spaces, places and experiences she has come to know by learning...
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Episode 12 - Kai Jonathan Lee
Kai shares a learning journey that delves into belonging, connectedness, and the power of people and place. We learn how a nomadic lifestyle shifts to intentionally deepening ties to Ōtautahi and the challenges and opportunities this has presented. You can contact Kai and find out more about what...
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Episode 13 - Tarryn Ryan
Tarryn's journey in Ōtautahi shows how asking for help and guidance from others has positive and cultural impacts that extend far beyond the initial question and act. We hear how through seeking out knowledge and experience from others changes perspectives, creates and strengthens cultural...
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Episode 11 - Nina Oberg-Humphries
Nina talks with us about her experience founding Tagata Moana and the learning that took place prior to this in order for a STEAM organization that works with Pacifica to provide learning for others. We hear how Nina views herself and the spaces she's passionate about, the future of our city as…
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Episode 10 - Erica Austin & Sam Woolf
Join Erica & Sam every 10 episodes to take some time to reflect upon the learning experience of beginning a podcast show, the themes guests have raised, the Ako Ōtautahi perspective, and how we are encouraging curiosity to flourish.
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Episode 9 - Alice Dimond
Alice Dimond brings a wealth of knowledge regarding systemic change and futures thinking. We discuss how learning takes place for her, the intricacies of Aotearoa cultural landscape and how we are able to facilitate curiosity in ourselves and each other. Diving deep, and going big picture in the...
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Episode 8 - Stephanie Defregger
We share a conversation and reflective moment with Stephanie Defregger, who is on a mission to transform profile images of strong wahine, one by one. She is working on an exhibition "women of impact". Learning, that authenticity is essential and not a luxury in a world that tells us to be like...
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Episode 7 - Zoë Hector
Zoë has a unique combination of lived personal and family experience of the hearing difference community, as well as clinical and academic perspectives on hearing. She loves being part of the Ōtautahi social enterprise ecosystem and working collaboratively to make positive changes.
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Episode 6 - Hana Kininmont
Hana is a somewhat recent addition to Ōtautahi Christchurch and she shares her perspective of the cultural differences and approaches that are taken to learning, both in her personal life and in the position she holds at NZ Study Careers. We discuss how learning takes place in her studies at Ara...
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Episode 5 - Caroline Thalund
Caroline brings a wealth of knowledge regarding sustainability and through her business acumen (Sustainability 360) has been learning how to navigate what it means to run her own business. Charing anecdotes of learning through being a mother, businesswomen, and early education, the picture that...
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Episode 4 - Idoia Alday Gonzalez
Idoia shares her learning experience working with the Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) and how this has opened up pathways of working with her sons school to facilitate creativity in a business context. Idoia's empathy and passion for encouraging curiosity is highlighted through her story of…
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Episode 3 - Thomas Blakie
Thomas discusses the impacts of growing up in a recovering city and his experiences post earthquakes that have informed his interests in community development and advocacy. Join us as we get a glimpse of our city through a young persons lens who is interested in policy and how that's implemented...
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Episode 2 - Pia Titus
Pia Titus from PlainsMedia discusses how her past learning experiences with facilitating activity based learning has shaped her approach and ethos when in a people centred environment. We are lucky to have Pia on board the show before she leaves PlainsMedia, to travel for a couple of months and...
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Episode 1 - Amy Knudsen
Amy Knudsen (she/her) brings us on her own learning journey, how this has shaped her and her views and approaches to life. Amy's story shows how the people in her life through different stages, events and experiences have been crucial to the work and way of being she holds now. And that the love...
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Episode 0 - Erica Austin & Sam Woolf
In this very first episode of Ōtautahi in Practice, cohosts Sam Woolf and Erica Austin introduce the kaupapa behind the podcast and share their own learning stories. Together, they unpack why learning matters, how curiosity shapes their work, and why they’re choosing to amplify the voices of...
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Ōtautahi In Practice Trailer
Welcome to our show Ōtautahi In Practice! Curious about Ōtautahi Christchurch as a Learning City? Tune in with Sam Woolf and Erica Austin on Ōtautahi in Practice, where we sit down with Learning Champions and Ambassadors to discuss how we can shape Ōtautahi Christchurch as a city where learning…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Ōtautahi in Practice is a podcast where we amplify stories of curiosity, growth, and the transformative power of learning in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Each episode celebrates the unsung heroes of our city (Learning Champions and Ambassadors) who remind us that every lesson learned, big or small, shapes who we are.We’re here to humanise learning, inspire curiosity, normalise failure, and foster real connection through storytelling. Whether the story takes place in a school, a community garden, a garage, a boardroom, or under the stars — this show explores what learning looks like in practice.
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Ako Ōtautahi Learning City Christchurch
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Ōtautahi in Practice is a podcast where we amplify stories of curiosity, growth, and the transformative power of learning in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Each episode celebrates the unsung heroes of our city (Learning Champions and Ambassadors) who remind us that every lesson learned, big or small,...
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