Catherine Knight

Dr Catherine Knight is an award-winning environmental historian and author of several acclaimed books including New Zealand’s Rivers: An environmental history, Beyond Manapouri: 50 years of environmental politics in New Zealand and most recently An Uncommon Land, which weaves together ancestral family stories and wider social and environmental history to trace the process of enclosure and the rise of private property, and offers a compelling vision for a regenerative, re-commoned future.

Catherine has a strong interest in post-growth and wellbeing economy and writes on these topics on Newsroom , The Spinoff and on Substack . Catherine works in public policy and is an Honorary Research Associate at Massey University. Catherine recently convened the Reality of Everything Symposium , hosted by Victoria University of Wellington.