Kia ora - this web site is supported and maintained by PiNZ. It exists to help people interested in permaculture within Aotearoa to keep in touch and share information. Click on the words at the top of the page to explore the site - there's a forum for queries and replies, a list of coming events, classified ads, reading list... please feel free to add to all of these! If you're new to permaculture ideas, the principles (listed below) are a good starting point.

PiNZ Items:

Wise maps location of Hui venue and directions 20080505:
Wise maps.co.nz

Provisional programme for the PiNZ 2008 Hui to be held in Otaki 2008-05-30/2008-06-02:
PiNZ Permaculture Hui Programme 200800416

Registration form for PiNZ 2008 Hui (Max 80 People):
PiNZ Permaculture Hui Registration Form 200800416

Application form for joining PiNZ
Application form 20080401

YouTube Recordings of Roberto Perez speaking in Auckland and Orewa during his PiNZ sponsored visit to NZ in March 2008

The Power of Community Roberto Perez Q+A Auckland-Part1
The Power of Community Roberto Perez Q+A Auckland-Part2
The Power of Community Roberto Perez Q+A Auckland-Part3
The Power of Community Roberto Perez Q+A Auckland-Part4
The Power of Community Roberto Perez Q+A Auckland-Part5

The Power of Community - Roberto Perez - Orewa - Part1
The Power of Community - Roberto Perez - Orewa - Part2
The Power of Community - Roberto Perez - Orewa - Part3

sampler only...
Guinea pigs as food?... May 11, 2008
Stone wall greenhouse... May 8, 2008
sheep wool uses??... May 7, 2008
solar power... May 7, 2008
fig tree... May 6, 2008
ulluco - interesting andean root crop... Apr 28, 2008

sampler only...
Conscious PDC with Rosemary Morrow - dates set...    Apr 11 to May 19, 2008
Pruning/Grafting Workshop...    May 24, 2008
Permaculture Design...    Feb 22 to Jun 8, 2008
Modular PDC - Auckland (Module 10)...    Jun 14, 2008
Introduction to Permaculture Design...    May 13 to Jul 1, 2008
Modular PDC - Auckland (Module 11)...    Jul 12, 2008

    interested in doing a course?

Here's a featured ad from the classifieds...

APPRENTICESHIP in PERMACULTURE DESIGN & COMMUNITY FOOD SELF-RELIANCE
A comprehensive educational experience in permaculture (ecological land-use design) and sustainable rural living skills, with an emphasis on local food production. It is for motivated people who wish to exemplify sustainability, using these skills for vocation, self reliance, or community service. It also provides a solid way for Permaculture graduates to take the next step in their professional development.

This apprenticeship course is for people who want to learn how to:
- develop the personal skills required to live in, contribute to and provide leadership in community;
- live a self-reliant land-based lifestyle, including producing surplus food for selling/trading locally;
- design community food systems conducive to cooperative ways of working, with the goal of an abundance of healthy organic locally grown food;
- apply permaculture skills with ingenuity to transform degraded land into a healthy, productive ecosystem;
- regenerate rural quality of life and culture;
- earn a livelihood through permaculture design consultancy, education or land management;
- lead in ‘tough times’, utilising resources effectively, efficiently and creatively eg in civil defense emergencies, peak oil and climate change realities.

Location: Tasman Bays area at the top of the South Island (Te Wai Pounamu) of New Zealand (Aotearoa), in 3 different communities simultaneously, each with their own unique learning opportunities, character and location.

Timing: Beginning early spring 2008 and ending late autumn 2009 OR beginning February 09 for 4 months (pilot), with a new 9 month intake in Aug 09
Enquiries to: Inna Alex Email: innadream@arcor.de

Permaculture Principles   (click on the buttons)
Observe and Interact
Catch and Store Energy
Obtain a Yield
Apply Self Regulation and Accept Feedback
Use and Value Renewable Resources and Services
Produce No Waste
Design From Patterns To Details
Integrate Rather Than Segregate
Use Small and Slow Solutions
Use and Value Diversity
Use Edges and Value The Marginal
Creatively Use and Respond To Change
" We live in two interpenetrating worlds. The first is the living world, which has been forged in an evolutionary crucible over a period of four billion years. The second is the world of roads and cities, farms and artefacts, that people have been designing for themselves over the last few millennia. The condition that threatens both worlds – unsustainability – results from a lack of integration between them. "
- Sim van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan, Ecological Design

Ethics of Permaculture

Care of the EarthProvision for all life systems to continue and multiply
Care of PeopleProvision for people to access the resources necessary for their existence
Share our ResourcesBy governing our own needs, we can set resources aside to further our ethics