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Ngā Here - The Many Connections

James Beck

28 episodes

2 months ago

Season Four draws to a close in Makarora, surrounded by mountains, glaciers, and braided rivers — landscapes breathtaking in beauty yet marked by the realities of climate change and human impact. James, Waiora, and Andrew reflect on the Noah story one final time, reading the covenant passage of Genesis 8–9 against the backdrop of melting glaciers and disappearing habitats. What does it mean that God remembers, that he binds himself not only to humanity but to every living creature? What does ...

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Season Four draws to a close in Makarora, surrounded by mountains, glaciers, and braided rivers — landscapes breathtaking in beauty yet marked by the realities of climate change and human impact. James, Waiora, and Andrew reflect on the Noah story one final time, reading the covenant passage of Genesis 8–9 against the backdrop of melting glaciers and disappearing habitats. What does it mean that God remembers, that he binds himself not only to humanity but to every living creature? What does ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Episodes (20/28)

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuawhā - Part 6 - Covenant, Creation and New Beginnings

Season Four draws to a close in Makarora, surrounded by mountains, glaciers, and braided rivers — landscapes breathtaking in beauty yet marked by the realities of climate change and human impact. James, Waiora, and Andrew reflect on the Noah story one final time, reading the covenant passage of Genesis 8–9 against the backdrop of melting glaciers and disappearing habitats. What does it mean that God remembers, that he binds himself not only to humanity but to every living creature? What does ...

2 months ago

43 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuawhā - Part 5 - Whakapapa, Floods and Being Remembered

On the road through Central Otago, the team makes a series of unexpected stops — not just at lizard sanctuaries, but at cemeteries. James takes Waiora and Andrew on a tour of his own whakapapa in Naseby, Hamiltons, and St Bathans, telling stories of ancestors who left famine in Ireland, sought gold in Otago, and carried both hope and hardship into a new land. Standing among the headstones, they reflect on the Noah story once more — the grief of loss, the chaos of flood, and the small but prof...

2 months ago

49 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuawhā - Part 4 - Grief, Lament and Faithfulness

We ended the last episode talking about hope — God’s refusal to give up on creation, and the possibility of sanctuaries that protect life. But hope is only real when it sits alongside grief, and in this episode the team wrestles with how to hold both. Back with Anna Yeoman at Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary, James, Waiora, and Andrew explore Noah’s obedience, the audacity of building an ark, and what it means to nurture hope in a world unravelling. Anna shares her own story of falling in love with...

2 months ago

29 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuawhā - Part 3 - Sanctuaries, Arks, and Possibility

In Central Otago, James, Waiora, and Andrew meet Anna Yeoman, a writer and conservationist whose unexpected love for geckos and skinks grew into years of volunteering, research, and eventually a book. Together they visit Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary near Alexandra, a predator-free haven where endangered lizards have a fighting chance at survival. Anna introduces them to some Otago skinks and then the team reflect on the story of Noah’s ark and God’s ongoing commitment to life and flourishing. E...

2 months ago

38 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuawhā - Part 2 - Violence, Hope, and Water

In this episode of Ngā Here, the team travels into the breathtaking Makarora Valley. Along the way, they reflect on stories of ancestral journeys, and the impacts of human land modification — from Foulden Maar to the Clyde Dam. James, Waiora, and Andrew then turn to the story of Noah in Genesis 6–9 and ask what it has to say about our world today. Together they wrestle with the uncomfortable parts of the text — God’s grief, human violence, and the flood — and explore what it means to desecrat...

2 months ago

57 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuawhā - Part 1 - Fossils, Faith, and the Future of Our Planet

We kick off Season Four of Ngā Here in Ōtepoti Dunedin – and our first stop takes us deep into the earth’s memory. James, Waiora, and Andrew sit down with Professor Daphne Lee, a geologist whose work with ancient fossil forests and sites like Foulden Maar has revealed extraordinary stories from millions of years ago. Together we explore deep time, wonder, and whakapapa – from fossilised leaves that tell the story of past climates, to the hope and responsibility we carry as stewards of creatio...

2 months ago

43 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Special Episode // John Stenhouse // Science, Settlers, and Our Shared Story

Before we launch into season four of Ngā Here, we’re pausing to reflect with this special episode. James sits down with Associate Professor John Stenhouse in his office at Ōtakou Whakaihu Waka - The University of Otago for a wide-ranging kōrero about science, settlers, and how those things are connected to colonisation in Aotearoa. From Darwin’s Origin of Species arriving just as the New Zealand Wars erupted, to the way “progress” became a powerful myth shaping land use and politics, John tra...

2 months ago

39 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuatoru - Part 6 - Fugitives, Wanderers and Reconciliation

E aku nui, e aku rahi, e aku rau rangatira mā, tēnā rā tatou katoa, and welcome to the sixth episode of season three of Ngā Here. For the first couple of seasons of Ngā Here, we went to a secluded hut on Te Pataka o Rakaihautū - Banks Peninsular so that we could be surrounded by ngahere to talk about Ngā Here - the many connections and the many questions that so many of us have. Questions like what does the bible have to say about the state of our planet? How do we live faithfull...

1 year ago

47 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuatoru - Part 7 - Questions, Consequences and the Way of Peace.

E aku nui, e aku rahi, e aku rau rangatira mā, tēnā rā tatou katoa, and welcome to the final episode of season three of Ngā Here. For the first couple of seasons of Ngā Here, we went to a secluded hut on Te Pataka o Rakaihautū - Banks Peninsular so that we could be surrounded by ngahere to talk about Ngā Here - the many connections and the many questions that so many of us have. Questions like what does the bible have to say about the state of our planet? How do we live faithfull...

1 year ago

24 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuatoru - Part 4 - Rangiaowhia

E aku nui, e aku rahi, e aku rau rangatira mā, tēnā rā tatou katoa, and welcome to the forth episode of season three of Ngā Here. For the first couple of seasons of Ngā Here, we went to a secluded hut on Te Pataka o Rakaihautū - Banks Peninsular so that we could be surrounded by ngahere to talk about Ngā Here - the many connections and the many questions that so many of us have. Questions like what does the bible have to say about the state of our planet? How do we live faithfull...

1 year ago

39 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuatoru - Part 5 - The Land is Crying Out

E aku nui, e aku rahi, e aku rau rangatira mā, tēnā rā tatou katoa, and welcome to the fith episode of season three of Ngā Here. For the first couple of seasons of Ngā Here, we went to a secluded hut on Te Pataka o Rakaihautū - Banks Peninsular so that we could be surrounded by ngahere to talk about Ngā Here - the many connections and the many questions that so many of us have. Questions like what does the bible have to say about the state of our planet? How do we live faithfully...

1 year ago

51 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuatoru - Part 3 - One Kept Flocks

E aku nui, e aku rahi, e aku rau rangatira mā, tēnā rā tatou katoa, and welcome to the third episode of season three of Ngā Here. For the first couple of seasons of Ngā Here, we went to a secluded hut on Te Pataka o Rakaihautū - Banks Peninsular so that we could be surrounded by ngahere to talk about Ngā Here - the many connections and the many questions that so many of us have. Questions like what does the bible have to say about the state of our planet?, how do we live faithful...

1 year ago

35 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuatoru - Part 1 - Te Karanga

E aku nui, e aku rahi, e aku rau rangatira mā, tēnā rā tatou katoa, and welcome to the first episode of season three of Ngā Here. For the first couple of seasons of Ngā Here, we went to a secluded hut on Te Pataka o Rakaihautū - Banks Peninsular so that we could be surrounded by ngahere to talk about Ngā Here - the many connections and the many questions that so many of us have. Questions like what does the bible have to say about the state of our planet?, how do we live faithful...

1 year ago

55 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuatoru - Part 2 - Te Horopaki

E aku nui, e aku rahi, e aku rau rangatira mā, tēnā rā tatou katoa, and welcome to the second episode of season three of Ngā Here. For the first couple of seasons of Ngā Here, we went to a secluded hut on Te Pataka o Rakaihautū - Banks Peninsular so that we could be surrounded by ngahere to talk about Ngā Here - the many connections and the many questions that so many of us have. Questions like what does the bible have to say about the state of our planet?, how do we live faithfu...

1 year ago

1 hour 4 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Special Episode // Tony Rinaudo Interviewed in the Hut

E ngā maunga whakahī o te motu, tena rā tatou katoa, Ko James Beck tēni I’m James Beck. And welcome to this one-off episode of Ngā Here. If you have listened to Ngā Here before, you will know that usually, I take a couple of people to some remote location, to discuss what the bible might have to say about the state of our planet, about living in a country which is working through the impacts of colonisation, and about how the church is called to respond to our aching world… If you haven't lis...

1 year ago

48 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Special Episode // Peter Harris Interviewed in the Hut

E ngā maunga whakahī o te motu, tena rā tatou katoa, Ko James Beck tēni I’m James Beck. And welcome to this one-off episode of Ngā Here. If you have listened to Ngā Here before, you will know that usually, I take a couple of people to some remote location, to discuss what the bible might have to say about the state of our planet, about living in a country which is working through the impacts of colonisation, and about how the church is called to respond to our aching world… If you haven't lis...

1 year ago

1 hour 1 minute

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuarua - Part 6 - A Sneaky Snake and Living Waters

E aku nui, e aku rahi, e aku rau rangatira mā, tēnā rā tatou katoa, and welcome to episode six of the second season of Ngā Here. In the last episode, we discussed proximity and relationship and how the human vocation depends on partnership. We pick up in this episode by jumping into Genesis 3. We also have a kōrero with Ricky Ehau from Wai-Ora Trust. Wai-Ora Trust is a faith-based community organisation that is dedicated to the restoration of people and the environment. A massive mihi to R...

2 years ago

43 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuarua - Part 5 - What Happened In The Garden?

E aku nui, e aku rahi, e aku rau rangatira mā, tēnā rā tatou katoa, and welcome to episode five of the second season of Ngā Here. In the last episode, we discussed what the abundant life is really about, and what it might mean for us to change the way we engage with our stuff. We pick up in this episode by talking about the story of the human naming the animals in Genesis 2. We also have a kōrero with my friend Michael Reynolds. Michael runs an amazing kaupapa called Roimata Food Commons, ...

2 years ago

37 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuarua - Part 4 - The Abundant Life Is Rubbish

E aku nui, e aku rahi, e aku rau rangatira mā, tēnā rā tatou katoa, and welcome to episode four of the second season of Ngā Here. In the last episode, we discussed our relationship with the whenua, and what it might mean for us to see God as a gardener. We pick up in this episode by discussing what it might mean for humans to be wise stewards of God's good creation. We also have a kōrero with Miriama Buchanan from an organisation called Para Kore. You can find out more about them at ...

2 years ago

33 minutes

Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Haerenga Tuarua - Part 2 - Acceleration and Alienation

E aku nui, e aku rahi, e aku rau rangatira mā, tēnā rā tatou katoa. Welcome to episode two of the second season of Ngā Here. Last time on Ngā Here, we had just got the team back together. We went to a local reserve and planted a few native plants and had a whole bunch of conversations about how we locate and connect ourselves and what happens when we are in a relationship with a place. Since last time, we unpacked our bags, made a cup of tea, and settled in for a conversation ab...

2 years ago

29 minutes