Sponsored by the Asia Pacific Viewpoint, this paper was originally delivered as a keynote address at the New Zealand Geographical Society (NZGS) conference in November of 2020. Building on the conference theme, ‘Embracing Diversity: Expanding Geographies’, it argues that any consideration of our diverse, layered and growing environments must consider the sacred. Rather than focus solely on what are often deemed ‘sacred’ sites – or those places marked by physical signposts, particular rituals or sanctioning – it encourages us to think deeply about the everyday sacred though recognising how places feed. Flowing between places and times, between Kumutoto Stream in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Pōhakuloa in Hawaiʻi, this paper is a call to stand on whenua and see it, smell it, taste it and love it. It is an invitation to relate to place on an intimate level. It is a prompting to be critical of the urban and colonially constructed spaces that have become naturalised in our daily lives and to uncover the stories, histories and peoples they work to displace and erase so that we can plant collective roots of resistance and solidarity for better futures.

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滋养的东西：神圣的团结和抵抗的根源

由亚太观点赞助，本文最初是在 2020 年 11 月的新西兰地理学会 (NZGS) 会议上作为主题演讲发表的。 基于会议主题“拥抱多样性：扩展地理”，它认为任何考虑到我们多样化、分层和成长环境必须考虑神圣。与其只关注通常被视为“神圣”的地方——或者那些有物理路标、特定仪式或制裁标记的地方——它鼓励我们深入思考日常神圣的事物，同时认识到地方是如何进食的。在时间和地点之间流动，在 Te Whanganui-a-Tara 的 Kumutoto 溪流和夏威夷的 Pōhakuloa 之间，这篇论文呼吁人们站在 whenua 上，看到它，闻到它，尝到它，尝到它，爱上它。这是一种在亲密层面上与地方建立联系的邀请。