8 Oct 2025

Bookmarks with Susette Goldsmith

From Afternoons, 2:30 pm on 8 October 2025

It's time for Bookmarks, it's a segment where we invite interesting people on Afternoons to chat about their cultural interests. Today we're joined by Susette Goldsmith 

Susette is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies at Victoria University

Her research explores ways of safeguarding our natural heritage and her current focus is on the heritage of our trees.

Her new book 'Capital Trees' traces the living legacies of Wellington's rich tree heritage she looks into arguments around heritage tree listing, the native versus exotics debate, biodiversity and trees as monuments.

capital trees

Photo: Susette Goldsmith