ONLINE FILM SCREENING & CONVERSATION

Join Morag Gamble during the INTERNATIONAL PERMACULTURE FESTIVAL OF WILD IDEAS for an online screening of two short films by Happen Films.

Rongoā Māori (from the 'Something Beautiful for the World series') about Healing People and Place

Hua Parakore about Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Aotearoa/New Zealand

MEET & TALK WITH THE PEOPLE IN THESE STORIES

We are delighted to be joined after the screening in conversation by the women featured in these two films - Donna Kerridge from Rongoā Māori and Dr Jessica Hutchings from Hua Parakore

ONLINE SCREENING

We will watch these films together online via zoom. This link will be shared closer to the screening by email.

WATCH WITH OTHERS

You are invited to organise a watch party at your place! Have a conversation about what inspires you in this film and how the ideas in this film make sense in your local community.

COST: PAY WHAT YOU CAN

This event at the International Permaculture Festival of Wild Ideas is offered pay-as-you-like, thanks to Happen Films and the Permaculture Education Institute.

All financial contributions are collected by our registered charity, Ethos Foundation, and Morag sends 100% to support fair share permaculture design education - mostly led by and for women and youth. Morag also offers free permaculture mentoring to all these teams through the Permaculture Education Institute.

ABOUT THE FILMS

RONGOĀ MĀORI

8 Minutes

Rongoā is the healing practice of Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand. Much more than herbal medicine, although it is that too, Rongoā is a way of seeing the world, of understanding the interconnectedness and interdependence of all things, and of understanding that wellness, for all of earth's species, comes from being whole – spiritually and physically. Western medicine, so valuable in so many ways, divides us up into parts.

Rongoā and te ao Māori, the Māori worldview, take into account our life essence, our ancestral knowledge, the wisdom that comes from being connected – to each other and to the land. This ancient knowledge has been at risk of being completely lost. Thankfully, cultures that have remained indigenous have held on to so much ancestral wisdom. Donna Kerridge shares some of that insight in this film, and calls on us all to listen to the whispers of our ancestors.

HUA PARAKORE

11 Minutes

Hua Parakore was established in Aotearoa New Zealand by Te Waka Kai Ora, the National Māori Organic Authority. It provides a framework using Indigenous values – Māori principles – for producing natural food without chemical inputs or GMO. It also encapsulates the Māori worldview in its approach to how food growers are verified as Hua Parakore, with principles that require practitioners to deeply consider such things as their connection with the land, its energy, the many species living on it, and their community.

This documentary provides an insight into Hua Parakore from the perspective of one of its most knowledgeable practitioners – Dr Jessica Hutchings who was one of the researchers who helped develop the framework.

GUESTS

JESSICA HUTCHINGS

Dr Jessica Hutchings is passionate about seeding and growing Māori food sovereignty. She is a kaupapa Māori research leader trained in the fields of environmental and Indigenous studies, and educator, farmer and author and is recognised as one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most influential and inspiring women in food and drink. She is dedicated to promoting cultural diversity and sustainability and living in ways that uplift the wellbeing of people and the land. Her current research includes a kaupapa Māori food stories project, Māori soil health and housing. Jessica is a Hua Parakore (Māori organic) farmer on a small family farm - Papawhakaritorito Farm. She is the author of Te Mahi Māra Hua Parakore: A Māori Food Sovereignty Handbook, Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore: a Māori Soil Sovereignty and Wellbeing Handbook and Decolonisation in Aotearoa.

DONNA KERRIDGE

Donna Kerridge (Ngāti Tahinga, Ngāti Mahuta) is a Rongoā Māori (traditional Māori healing) practitioner from Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand who is deeply connected to our Earth and her wisdom. She is a humble advocate, healer and leader, passionate about indigenous practices that focus on healing and restoring our people and our Whenua (land). Donna is able to walk with ease in corporate and policy circles, bridging Western approaches with Indigenous Māori approaches to enable us to bring the best of our collective gifts forward. She advises a number of Government and educational organisations in this space to shape policy. She lectures and educates people of all ages in Rongoā, has studied Western health science and a range of Indigenous healing practices and is a sought-after leader. Deeply anchored in mātauranga Māori and in her intuition, Donna is a powerful facilitator, helping groups discover their own wisdom, their indigeneity and learn from each other in service of our Earth and future generations.

HOST: MORAG GAMBLE, PERMACULTURE EDUCATION INSTITUTE

ABOUT MORAG GAMBLE

Morag Gamble is the founder of the Permaculture Education Institute teaching permaculture educators and designers on six continents. She has lived for a quarter of a century in an award-winning ecovillage. Morag has also created Sense-Making in a Changing World Podcast, and the Our Permaculture Life BLOG and YouTube collectively viewed millions of times. She hosted the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas. Morag also hosts the Ethos Fellowship alongside Schumacher College Fellow, Fritjof Capra, and Ethos Foundation - a registered charity offering free permaculture education for refugees.

ABOUT PERMACULTURE EDUCATION INSTITUTE

Permaculture Education Institute, based at Crystal Waters Ecovillage on Gubbi Gubbi country, offers programs to support people worldwide to become teachers and leaders of permaculture programs and to activate permaculture communities. The Institute hosts regular global conversations exploring one-planet living and earth restoration - through film, podcasts, masterclasses, discussion forums, and many courses.

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