Tag: Indigenous architecture
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Reflections from COP30
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In November 2025, AUT’s Priscila Besen attended COP30, the annual United Nations climate summit, in the Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil. She witnessed how critical cross-disciplinary solutions are to addressing our climate crisis.
Where there is artistic excellence, there is human dignity.
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The demand for Māori involvement in New Zealand’s built environment has grown significantly in the past decade. He Mana Tangata lays out remuneration guidelines.
Ideas from the Inaugural Aotearoa Biophilic Event
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Iva Parapunova of Stack Interiors,discusses the complex ideas surrounding biophilia raised at the Inaugural Aotearoa Biophilic Event in September that was made up of a series of discussions, panels and presentations from leading designers.
Reading the raupō
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Karamia Müller considers whether or not raupō architecture, long erased, might not be relics, but rather forks in the road… not artefacts, but provocations.
Towards a cultural revival
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The Monk Mackenzie-designed Te Henga Kāinga Whakahirahira marae and papakāinga represents a significant milestone in the cultural revival of iwi, Te Kawerau ā Maki.
Embracing errantry
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Karamia Müller sees the concept of errantry, or intentional wandering, as a call to action for architects to rethink the built realm.
The craft of layering narrative
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Trudie Bradbourne explores the layers of cultural history embodied in Te Whare Hononga, in Ngāmotu New Plymouth, by Tennent Brown Architects.
Towards an old architecture
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Anthony Hōete finds an emergent force in play at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato University of Waikato’s The Pā, designed in collaboration by Architectus, Jasmax and designTRIBE.
A fusion of cultural and high-end design
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Te Arikinui Pullman Auckland Airport Hotel — Waikato-Tainui’s $200m project — has officially opened and displays both architectural and cultural significance.
Ka hoki ki te whare huri ai e!
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Rameka Alexander-Tu’inukuafe and Saul Roberts take a uniquely Māori view in their exploration of RCG’s Wai Ariki Hot Springs and Spa in Rotorua.
Whare brings joy, love and deep connection
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Wharenui Harikoa opens at Waikato Museum 1 December. The brightly crocheted meeting house has already attracted thousands and is on track to becoming an international treasure.
Indigenous knowledge to tackle climate change
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A new podcast series from the NUWAO project, features AUT-led research into nature-based solutions to climate change, rooted in indigenous knowledges.
Historic Bay of Plenty wharenui to be rebuilt
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Endangered Māori building methods pass seismic testing.
The Drawing Board
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Anthony Hōete watched Whakaata Māori’s The Drawing Board with Matilda Phillips and, together, they consider its narrative on the rise of Māori architecture.
Sharing mātauranga Māori
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Deidre Brown tells the founding story of Te Taumata o Kupe, Te Mahurehure Marae, by TOA Architects.
Exhibition: Oceanic Architectural Routes: The photographic archive of Mike Austin
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Karamia Müller discusses the Mike Austin photography exhibition, designed by Hannah Manning-Scott for Objectspace, curated by Leali’ifano Albert L. Refiti.
He kooti hou - Te Kooti Whenua Māori, Māori Land Court
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Jade Kake explores the multilayered design features of Te Kooti Whenua Māori, the new Māori Land Court in Whangārei, by GHDWoodhead creativespaces and Studio Pasifika.
From tin shed to contemporary theatre
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Te Pou Theatre’s interior fit-out, led by architect Graeme Burgess, has te ao Māori at its heart and, through this kaupapa, is redefining indigenous architecture in NZ.
The Drawing Board – The rise of Māori architecture
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A new tv show premiering 27 February at 7.30 PM on Whakaata Māori, explores how indigenous architectural design is reshaping our spaces through a Māori lens.
Māori design in Auckland’s cityscape climbing
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Thanks to Auckland Council initiatives, the expression of Māori culture in Auckland’s CBD has risen exponentially and is expected to grow.