Ngā Here - The Many Connections

About Ngā Here - The Many Connections

Over the years I’ve noticed that there are a lot of us who can see that our planet is a bit broken and that how we live as a people in Aotearoa is a bit broken too - and we’ve got some pretty big questions. Questions about what the Bible might have to say about the way we live and care for creation. Questions about how we can deeply connect with the world around us and each other. Questions about why the church seems so useless when it comes to caring for God’s creation. And questions about how Māori and Pākehā can learn from each other, and grow together. So if you’re keen - I’d love to invite you to come along on this crazy, beautiful, journey with me, Waiora Te Moni, and Dr Andrew Shepherd - as we explore Ngā Here - The Many Connections that exist between creation, the Bible and living in Aotearoa. Ngā Here - The Many Connections is a project funded by The Wilberforce Foundation. Produced by James Beck, with Creative Direction from the Revered Spanky Moore. Our Music was created by Chris Williams - check him out on Spotify. Artwork by Tepene Marsden.

Publisher

James Beck

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Jul 2022

Latest episode

26 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Feb 2026

   Special Episode // Selwyn Yeoman // The Hospitality of God and the Art of Companionable Living

   In this special one-off episode, James Beck travels to Tirohanga, a name meaning "place of vision," to sit down with Selwyn Yeoman. Selwyn is a retired Presbyterian minister, conservationist, and theologian whose life’s work has been reclaiming the biblical vision of human "dominion" not as a license to exploit, but as a high calling of responsibility and care. Walking through native regeneration projects, Selwyn shares stories from his childhood in Napier to his time ministering in rural Sou...

2. 

   31 Aug 2025

   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 ...

3. 

   30 Aug 2025

   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...

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