The Customary Land Podcast

The Customary Land Podcast is about all things relating to the equitable management of customary land. We will be discussing tools and ideas needed to manage, use and equitably maximise interests in land at the interface of custom, tradition and development in its many forms

The Customary Land Podcast is a society podcast hosted by Spike Boydell, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Spike Boydell hosts The Customary Land Podcast, a society show with 14 episodes published.

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  Episode #13

  What AI Cannot Value: Indigenous Knowledge and Integrity in the Machine Age

  Apr 20, 202612 minS0

  <p>In this episode of <b>The Customary Land Podcast</b>, Spike Boydell reflects on a question that is becoming increasingly urgent in the age of artificial intelligence: what happens when machine systems begin to shape not only how we work, but how value itself is understood?</p><p>Drawing on Indigenous and customary worldviews across the Pacific and Australia — including <b>vanua, fonua, fanua, whenua, and songlines</b> — this episode argues that some of the most important forms of value are relational, sacred, lived, and non-substitutable. They cannot be reduced to data, market price, or optimisation logic without losing thei...

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  Episode #12

  Partnership Valuation for Customary Land

  Apr 15, 202623 minS0

  <p>In this episode of The Customary Land Podcast, Spike Boydell reflects on why compensation is often not enough in customary land, tribal land, and Indigenous land contexts.</p><p>What may appear at first to be a reasonable lease, licence, compensation package, or revenue formula can, over time, narrow customary authority, weaken stewardship, and leave future generations with less room to decide. The deeper issue is not simply the size of the payment. It is whether development is legitimate, properly authorised, governable across generations, and structured in a way that strengthens rather than hollows out the customary system that...

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  Episode #11

  International Valuation Standards Fall Short on Customary Land

  Apr 6, 202624 minS0

  <p>The <b>International Valuation Standards 2028 Exposure Draft</b> makes an important advance by recognising informal, communal, collective and tribal land interests more explicitly than many earlier standards have done. But when viewed through the realities of customary land, it still raises a deeper concern: what happens when a global technical valuation framework tries to make sense of customary land without first understanding what customary land is?</p><p><br/>In this episode of <b>The Customary Land Podcast</b>, Spike Boydell reflects on why that matters, why customary land cannot simply be treated as an awkward variation within an i...

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  Episode #10

  Rethinking Mining Law on Customary Land

  Mar 30, 202623 minS0

  <p>Fiji is currently reviewing the <b>Mining Act 1965</b> and the <b>Quarries Act 1939</b>. In this episode of <b>The Customary Land Podcast</b>, Spike Boydell reflects on why that matters for customary landowners, and why compensation, royalties and consultation are not enough unless legitimacy, stewardship and long-horizon responsibility come first.</p><p>This episode explores the deeper structural mismatch between inherited extractive law and living customary systems, and asks what must be in place before development on customary land can be treated as legitimate at all</p><p>A video version is available here.<br/>To request...

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  Episode #9

  Riding the Tides of Justice: Indigenous Sovereignty Across the Pacific

  Nov 1, 202416 minS0

  <p>This podcast episode “Riding the Tides of Justice: Indigenous Sovereignty Across the Pacific” explores the rising global movement for Indigenous sovereignty, sparked recently by Senator Lidia Thorpe’s powerful call for land justice during King Charles III’s visit to Australia. It delves into how this cry resonates across the Pacific, connecting global demands for Indigenous land rights with local traditions of stewardship. Highlighting discussions from last week’s CHOGM in Samoa, the podcast emphasizes the importance of balancing economic growth with cultural preservation, advocating for equitable frameworks where traditional landowners are true partners in development. Through storytelling and thoughtful...

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