Archive - An Uncommon Land

Perspectives on land, the ethos of commons and the possibility of a different future

'Ka mua, ka muri' - looking to the past to help shape the future

Aug 10 •

Catherine Knight

Living with cognitive dissonance

Or maintaining an outwardly calm demeanour in a world that is unravelling but doesn't know it

Aug 1 •

Catherine Knight

July 2025

Reflecting on the true cost of mining

The case of 'the tragic tailings of Tui Mine'

Jul 11 •

Catherine Knight

What is the solution for a world unravelling?

This time there is no wealthy think-tank doing it for us, so civil society must be ready with the next 'ideas lying around'

Jul 6 •

Catherine Knight

June 2025

It’s 2025 and ‘wellbeing’ is a dirty word

Alongside 'equity' and 'climate action', 'wellbeing' has now joined the swelling raft of 'woke' words

Jun 29 •

Catherine Knight

The assault on the knowledge commons

New Zealanders' ability to know our own history is under threat - just when we need this knowledge most

Jun 20 •

Catherine Knight

An Uncommon Land Book Tour!

Announcing dates so far ... is your town on the list?

Jun 19 •

Catherine Knight

Breaking free of cultural hegemony

The dangerous but universally internalised misconception that GDP growth is a proxy for societal wellbeing

Jun 15 •

Catherine Knight

Talking commons, enclosure and the possibility of a re-commoned economy on RNZ

Plus the Regulatory Standards Bill as ‘enclosure on steroids’

Jun 13 •

Catherine Knight

Have you submitted on the 'dull but dangerous' Regulatory Standards Bill?

Here's my submission

Jun 6 •

Catherine Knight

Announcing: Book tour for 'An Uncommon Land'!

Coming to your town soon (if you want me to)

Jun 1 •

Catherine Knight

May 2025

‘The dismal swamp’ and other barriers to 'progress'

We are seeing the revival of 19th-century thinking

May 31 •

Catherine Knight

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