Aspects of Earth Building in New Zealand

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Lipstick and Land Rights: matriarchal sovereign history and the cyber frontier
Feature
Lorna Munro

Published 24 January 2022
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We Don't Fabricate, We Weave: Kumarangk (Hindmarsh Island) and Ngarrindjeri women’s resistance
Feature
Dominic Guerrera

Published 15 December 2021
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Reclaiming the Rock in Project Banaba: Creativity, survival and agricultural colonialism in the Pacific
Feature
Katerina Teaiwa

Published 15 December 2021
Guildhouse
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Lipstick and Land Rights: A poetic response
Feature
Lorna Munro

Published 15 December 2021
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Woven Selves, Entangled Countries: Weaving across borders
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Dameeli Coates

Published 15 December 2021
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Sovereign city, sovereign self and Warrior Woman Lane
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Timmah Ball

Published 15 December 2021
NAVA
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Miyurr Mi:wi: Working from home in the spirit of Country
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Tracey Rigney

Published 15 December 2021
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My Sovereign Mind: A practice in two parts
Feature
Hayley Millar Baker

Published 15 December 2021

New Zealand is not only snake less and nuclear free but also has a tradition of earth buildings. In pre European times, Maori utilised the ground's insulating properties by partially sinking thatched roofed houses into the ground.

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