Report 2009

Betsan Martin

Watersheds and Responsible Governance
Aotearoa-New Zealand November 2009

Governance and Maori interests
Integrated systems in the Pacific region
Different interests, different scales, braided systems
Mountains to Sea – challenges for governance
Stand out notes and ongoing questions

Science Technology and Society conference
Brisbane, Australia, Dec 2009

A Science Technology and Society conference brought an opportunity to activate new contacts for the Across Oceania network by preparing a presentation for the conference and visiting an ‘ecotechnology’ scientist, Callum Coats with whom we have been associated for many years. Callum is experimenting with using energy enhancing technologies, such as spirals inserted into water pipes, to test the beneficial effects for plant growth. [...]

A visit to Vanuatu
Vanuatu 29 Nov – 6 Dec 2009

A visit to Vanuatu was hosted by a Ni Vanuatu women known to us though her studies at a university in new Zealand. We found that women are bearing large burdens of extended family responsibilities – and that in urban areas there are added pressures of financial responsibility upon women who have jobs. [...]


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	Betsan Martin Watersheds and Responsible Governance Aotearoa-New Zealand November 2009 Governance and Maori interests Integrated systems in the Pacific region Different interests, different scales, braided systems Mountains to Sea – challenges for governance Stand out notes and ongoing questions Science Technology and Society conference Brisbane, Australia, Dec 2009 A Science Technology and Society conference brought an opportunity to activate new contacts for the Across Oceania network by preparing a presentation for the conference and visiting an ‘ecotechnology’ scientist, Callum Coats with whom we have been associated for many years. Callum is experimenting with using energy enhancing technologies, such as spirals inserted into water pipes, to test the beneficial effects for plant growth. [...] A visit to Vanuatu Vanuatu 29 Nov – 6 Dec 2009 A visit to Vanuatu was hosted by a Ni Vanuatu women known to us though her studies at a university in new Zealand. We found that women are bearing large burdens of extended family responsibilities – and that in urban areas there are added pressures of financial responsibility upon women who have jobs. [...]