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The City, Design, Politics and Pirates Freerange Press is an online and print co-operative operating since 2008 and based in Aotearoa, Australia, and Atlantis.

Freerange’s focus is on global issues of design, politics, art and life for an urbanized humanity. We write on our website, we publish books, and we create a journal called Freerange. Freerange Journal is our flagship, it is a regularly released online and print journal that investigates the beauty and complexity of the city. Every six months we release a carefully edited and themed volume of pros

e and pictures. Only 12 editions of Freerange Journal will be produced. We welcome criticism, feedback, contributions, and new writers. Freerange will always be free and open.

20/11/2024

The Freerange event featuring Jessica Hutchings is fully booked, but the good news is you can head along to 'Building for Soil Health' on Tuesday 26 November to hear about the importance of soil to our neighbourhoods, ecosystems and the health of our cities. Make sure to grab your free ticket to this: https://events.humanitix.com/christchurch-conversations-building-for-soil-health

The importance of soil in urban design is being explored in the next He Whakawhiti Kōrero Christchurch Conversations.

16/10/2024

Exciting news! Dr Jessica Hutchings (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Huirapa, Gujarati), kaupapa Māori researcher, activist and hua parakore grower & Jo Smith (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha), are coming to Ōtautahi Christchurch in November. Catch them in conversation with Juanita Hepi ((Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngātiwai, Ngāpuhi) talking about soil, seed and food sovereignty and wellbeing on Mon 25 November (free, tickets essential - see link in our bio).

You can also catch Jessica at 's ‘Building for soil health’ on Tuesday 26 November, and on ! From 4 November, the series Hua Parakore: Rebuilding our Broken Food System starts screening. This is based on Jessica & Jo's Freerange title, which you can purchase from our website and in all good bookstores.

23/09/2024

19/09/2024

Keen to learn about the role and influence of French culture in nineteenth-century Christchurch and Banks Peninsula? Join Freerange Editor and book historian Emma Johnson for a free, bookable talk on Saturday 12 October, 10am, at the Alliance Française in Christchurch as part of the Christchurch City Council's Heritage Festival.

Celebrating archival material, this talk explores a forgotten area of our regional history: how a French presence, achieved through the diffusion of reading materials, continued long after the land became colonised by the British.
Book here: https://events.humanitix.com/a-french-presence-travelling-texts-in-waitaha-canterbury

Featuring archival material from Akaroa Museum; the Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury; Christchurch City Libraries. A massive merci to Alliance Française Christchurch - NZ for hosting this talk.

19/08/2024

Keen for some free and fresh reading material on Ōtautahi Christchurch? Behold New Foundations - available for free download in single pages and spreads in the shop on our website – where six young writers from the Write On - School for Young Writers share their reflections on a building or space in Ōtautahi Christchurch and imagine another in a quick-fire celebration of words and the city. https://www.freerangepress.nz/shop/p/new-foundations-free-download-single-pages

16/04/2024

Want to see Ōtautahi through a new lens? Book in for New Foundations ($5 plus booking fees) at on Sun 5 May, 3-4pm. A group of young storytellers/writers share their reflections on one of their favourite buildings or spaces in Ōtautahi Christchurch and imagine another in a quick-fire celebration of words and the city.

First, these rangatahi explore our urban fabric by sharing their knowledge of Ōtautahi. Then, they document what is missing in the city by sketching out a longed-for space. Join us to hear stories that are stored in our architecture and revealed by our younger residents. Presented with thanks to Intangible Heritage Grant
Check out the full Open Christchurch programme at openchch.nz
.nz .nz

01/04/2024

New Foundations at Open Christchurch 2024

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Freerange Press is an online and print co-operative operating since 2008 and based in Aotearoa, Australia, and Atlantis. Freerange’s focus is on global issues of design, politics, art and life for an urbanized humanity. In the past 5 years we have published books on food, journalism, and the recovery of Christchurch. We write on our website, we publish books, and we create a journal called Freerange.