Welcome to CoP Tāmaki Bioregion

We are starting small to create a Community of Practice (CoP) that will in time play a valuable role in uplifting the level of work and activity across the 10 watersheds, as defined by Auckland Council, that we are calling the Tāmaki Bioregion.

This group is by invitation only. It will open in time after a bit of regenerative thinking - conceptualising, strategy and design has been done.

Please feel free to reach out and connect with other members.

Volunteer Members of CoP's Organising Team

Akāśadāka (AK) - Whakaora [Chief Instigator]

Amanda Hookham-Kraft - Whakaora / Ecomatters

Amanda Warren - Gift-the-Garden / Constructing Excellence NZ

Tim Bowater - CarbonCycle Co

Sina Saffari - Earth Beat Festival / the Button Factory

Ursala Griffen - ReMind

Rachel Ruckstahl-Mann - Whanui Moves, NZ TRP Faculty

Chris Ferkins - Gecko Trust

Elise Sterbeck - PhD Student, NZ TRP Faculty

Miranda Brown - Miranda Brown

Jerome Partington - Whakaora

Amanda Bryan - Motts MacDonald

Tāne Feary - Board member for Hauraki Gulf Conservation Trust, RAG (climate resilience fund) and Friends of Oakley Creek Committee.

Princples / Ngā Mātāpono

whakawhānaungatanga - acknowledging the nature of interpendence and interconnectedness of all life and consciously coming into relationship.

reflect on lived experience - to deepen understanding, valuing Mātauranga Māori and tangata whenua.

evolve thinking and therefore decision making and action taking.

Four levels of work / mahi

Operate - consistently deliver an excellent product
Maintain - maintain an advantage in the market
Systems Evolution - improve systemic effects
Regenerate - realise and actualise systemic potential

An invitation to reflect

If the Tāmaki Bioregion was working at its best what would we be seeing that is different? Think in terms of economic, social and natural system activity. Therefore, what is the Tāmaki Bioregion aspiring to become?
What mutual benefits would be regenerating for all life if it became this?
What is getting in the way of this potential being achieved? What are the internal restraints and external constraints?
How could we work, learn, develop or co-evolve together to achieve this potential?

Event and Meeting Calendar

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