us.
the wall of "fame"
a co-operative, not a company
Each of us works across more than one discipline, and each of us answers to community first. Here is who you’ll be yarning with.
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Sarah (Hera) Tuhoro-Bell
she/
her Creative co-conspirator
Sarah is a relationship builder, with ceaseless optimism that a better future will emerge through kōrero and aligned action. She's worked as a project manager, writer, consultant, and most recently in executive leadership and governance. She also has a research background in Indigenous studies and leadership and management. S brings creative, visionary, problem solving and collaboration skills to the ursa.nz team as a creative co-conspirator.
ask me about my endless love for telephoto lenses
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Dr Arlewatyerre Tuhoro-Bell
they/
them Creative co-conspirator
Arlewatyerre is a multi-disciplinary creative and researcher with twenty years of experience. They have worked as a filmmaker, writer, cinematographer, tenured research academic, programmer, consultant and teacher professional development provider. With a research background in cultural studies, Marxism and Indigenous Studies, A brings creative, technical, research and teaching skills to the ursa.nz team as a creative co-conspirator.
ask me about surprisingly noir photography
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Ikara Tuhoro-Bell
she/
they Personality hire
From the streets of Mparntwe, Ikara is now ursa.nz's superhero mascot. She provides love, inspiration, play and creativity. The best travelled camp dog this side of the planet, her name represents 'many meetings', and brings us into relation with many new people. Ikara rides with us to events, kōrero and campaigning so expect to make a fast friend with pats or snacks (and especially if you ask her about her stick!).
ask me about my favourite stick
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what ursa.nz
is about
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a co-operative
We share the work and how we organise it. We don't do client managers, human resources, or sales teams. The person you yarn with is the person who works with you.
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community first
We answer to the people a kaupapa belongs to. If we work with funders or institutions it is as directed by the communities with whom we work.
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open by default
Our writing is shared under cc by-nc-sa 4.0, code under gpl-3.0 or agpl-3.0, or later. What we make together stays shareable.
more hands on the wall
Every project brings in more people: community researchers, kaumātua, Elders and knowledge holders, rangatahi, makers. They are credited on the work, by name, the way they choose.
want in? say kia orayou, maybe