Catherine KnightCatherine Knight

Dr Catherine Knight is the award-winning author of Beyond Manapouri: 50 years of environmental politics in New Zealand, Wildbore: A photographic legacy, New Zealand’s Rivers: An environmental history and Ravaged Beauty: An environmental history of the Manawatu, and the author of the forthcoming Nature and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand: Exploring the connection. Catherine is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Policy and Governance Studies, Victoria University of Wellington and an Honorary Researcher, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University.

Post-lockdown, city-dwellers treasure our urban green spaces more than ever

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In her new book examining the link between nature and wellbeing, environmental historian Dr Catherine Knight explores the benefits of nature experienced by everyday New Zealanders, and argues for more nature in the places where most New Zealanders live – our towns and cities.  In New Zealand, we think of ourselves as a country rich … Read more