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...
microhydro in NZ--video... May 16, 2008
Ms... May 13, 2008
Guinea pigs as food?... May 11, 2008
Stone wall greenhouse... May 8, 2008
sheep wool uses??... May 7, 2008
solar power... May 7, 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...

A wonderful private organic lifestyle farm; www.organics.co.nz
A beautiful park like property of approximately 40 acres,Bio-Gro certified since 1998, set up for self-sufficiency, just 5 minutes from Warkworth and 50 minutes north of Auckland.

The 3 bedroom 150 year old kauri settlers cottage has been renovated and extended with deep verandahs all round.

Complementing the house in style but built 11 years ago is a two-story macrocarpa barn with two bedroom self-contained accommodation upstairs. Downstairs there are loose boxes, milking bay, dairy, office/3rd bedroom, workshop and garaging.

There is also a 5mt stud 120 sq mt. implement shed with power.

The property has dams, ponds, springs, stockyards, native bush, orchard, vegetable gardens, chicken runs and 14 paddocks along with over 10,000 trees planted over the last 15 years.

At present the land is used for a self-sufficient lifestyle with a small income generated by a crop of organic garlic, which is sold at a local farmers market.

This is a rare opportunity to acquire a family dream.

Price $1.4 million excludes GST on curtilage.

Phone 09 425 7629. andbina@woosh.co.nz
Pictures on Website; www.organx.co.nz
094257629

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
" The components of the natural world are myriad but they constitute a single living system. There is no escape from our interdependence with nature; we are woven into the closest relationship with the Earth, the sea, the air, the seasons, the animals and all the fruits of the Earth. What affects one affects all – we are part of a greater whole – the body of the planet. We must respect, preserve, and love its manifold expression if we hope to survive. "
- Bernard Campbell, Human Ecology

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