Seeds

This was a rich and deep conversation with Sir Maarten Wevers who shared about his life journey on this episode of seeds podcast.  From being born in the Netherlands to moving to New Zealand with his family age 1, growing up with different cultural influences and then how he got into the diplomatic world, travelling the World, his learning Japanese to serve as Ambassador to Japan and then working with multiple Prime Ministers throu...

Enjoyed the chance to talk with Lewis Patterson about his life story, growing up on a farm towards in the South of the South Island as well as his move overseas, desire to learn Korean, what it was like to live in Korea and then move back to New Zealand.  We also talk about his upcoming event on "The Value of Purpose" which will be held in mid May 2025 - see link below for information.  

Relevant links:  
Sustainable Brands "The Va...

In this conversation I sat down with Craig Fortune and heard about his life, career, setbacks and how to overcome them and also about improving productivity.  What are some of the simple steps we can each take to gain greater efficiency?

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This is the audio of the session held on Charities and Tax and a discussion of the IRD paper on this.

Video of the session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlCz7fzYGwI

Jenny, Craig and Steven hosted this briefing on the IRD consultation paper. This is the link to our earlier briefing paper for background reading, https://www.parryfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/PARRY-FIELD-Charities-and-Tax.pdf

And the video of our earlier ses...

It was special to sit down with Ian Farrant as he was a director of The New Zealand Salmon Company which is the reason our family moved here in 1989 as my Father is a marine biologist and we came here for that job.  

We start with Ian's early childhood memories which includes war rations in the 1940s, growing up in Dunedin, his studies and early career and then we talk abou this governance roles over the years and what he has learn...

This is the audio of an article on leaders and the 5 Orders of Consciousness I wrote with Emily Morrow.  Its a really interesting look into how we percieve the world we are in.

The article was just published by the Institute of Directors here https://www.iod.org.nz/news/articles/governance-and-orders-of-consciousness-a-different-leadership-lens#    

Emily was a great collaborator and friend and very knowledgable - check out more ab...

Jonathan is the founder of Caliber Design and in this conversation we talk about the process of creativity and what it takes to create products as well as creating team culture and the components of strategy.  We also focussed in on what it means to really understand the problem before you start to design a solution.  We start with his childhood though and what he learned from growing up next to Rolleston Prison as a child and how ...

Audio of the paper written by Steven Moe and Craig Fisher.  The title is Charities and Tax: Examining the Foundations of how and why we empower Charities to have Positive Impact.

You can download the paper here https://www.parryfield.com/charities-information-hub/ 

Contents

1:33 - Introduction

3:55 - Starting with Thanks

4:32 - The Charitable Sector

5:58: The role of Charities by Numbers and Stories

8:51: The anchor of Charitable P...

This conversation with Harmaan Madon we cover many different topics with a focus in on his life story and growing up in India and how he ended up in New Zealand and working with Matthew Jackson (another former Seeds guest) on Alimentary Systems.  https://www.alimentary.systems  This technology processes any organic waste source to create value and prevent greenhouse gas emissions.  We also talk about the entrepreneurial journey, th...

Imagine if we electrified the country and ditched fossil fuels?  It is a compelling vision of a world where Aotearoa New Zealand stands apart as an example that other counntries could then follow with major positive impact for the planet.  And it is possible with the right policy settings in place.

Mike Casey from Rewiring Aotearoa and I discuss this and a whole lot more in this wide ranging conversation - from his early days in We...

This conversation with James Beck was wide ranging and I really enjoyed hearing about the podcast he has created called Ngā Here - The Many Connections (on Spotify here https://open.spotify.com/show/0tvwAw1E4ECNlLpl1Oxfz3)

In our conversation we cover his early years, his sense of identity, where he is from and what it means, some of his spiritual journey and faith and consideration of the land, relationship with creation, Aotearoa...

A short reflection I hope helps one of you as we come to a time of rest and reflection and planning for the future.  

Braided rivers in New Zealand are unique as they change often, moving along in the same general direction, but never ever staying exactly the same. Trying to plan every aspect of your life means you’ll miss out - to really see new opportunities, you have to be willing to also let directions shift, like a braided riv...

The very first episode of Seeds was with Michelle Sharp so it was special to catch up and discuss UNICEF Aotearoa where she now is the CEO - we talk about the great work they do around the world in this episode.

The first episode on her life story is over here so have a listen to that to hear about her journey!  Its one of the best of the 400+ I've done so far.  https://theseeds.nz/podcast/michelle-sharp-on-kilmarnock-and-social-e...