News
How Much is Enough
Posted 27 06 2018 by Neil Challenger
in News
A conference musing from Te Tau-a-Nuku
As part of the 2018 Tuia Pito Ora (NZILA) conference, three Te Tau-a-Nuku members contributed to the Culture + Community session. Presentations by Alayna Renata1, Rameka Alexander-Tu’inukuafe2 and Jacqueline Paul3 included discussions on the role of non-Māori design practitioners in cultural design, understanding tikanga Māori, and community engagement opportunities through co-design. Each of the presenters touched on topics in a way which provoked thought amongst the audience, challenging the historical notion of what ‘cultural design’ is and of how to add true value to communities through landscape architecture. The presentations prompted delegates to consider whether the spaces and places they are designing reflect tangata whenua and mana whenua connection with the landscapes in which they work. In the panel session that followed, the presenters identified opportunities for how best-collaboration with Māori practitioners could occur and gave conference participants a glimpsed view of the multiple hats that Māori practitioners wear when undertaking design that is so inherently connected with their ancestral connection to the whenua.
The trick is to move past pou-ification (the token pou in the corner). The challenge is to engage, and the ideal is to colaborate.
Alayna Renata, Te Tau-a-Nuku-a-Nuku
1 - Kāi Tahu ki Puketeraki me Tuwharetoa ki Kawerau; 2- Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rehia, Ngai Tawake ki te Tuawhenua, Tonga, Pakeha; 3 - Ngāi Tupango, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Tuwharetoa.
18 Apr
Soak it Up: Designing with and for Flooding
Unitec Students putting practice into action
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture students were invited by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei to rethink the design of Okahu Bay. The historical …
15 Apr
Greater Christchurch Spatial Plan Endorsed & Adopted
Over the past 15 years, Greater Christchurch has grown rapidly to a population of around half a million. By 2050, …
10 Apr
Fast Track Legislation
NZILA Submission Lodged
The NZILA RMA Working Group has been actively engaged behind the scenes monitoring legislative changes as they are announced. The …
Events calendar
Full 2024 calendar