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Seminar Series – Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Urban design

Was held Wednesday, 9 September at University of Otago House, Auckland with a Video link up to Wellington and Dunedin

This was an exploration of sustainable and regenerative design with reference to pre-contact Maori built environments. The goal to develop architectural and urban design strategies that are not energy or resource neutral but rather generative producers (of energy, ecological habitat, food, water) linked into the energy and resource flows of the surrounding environment.Speakers:
Amanda Yates, is a registered architect and academic.
Shaun Awatere (Ngati Porou) is a resource economist .
Wiki Walker, Ngati Hine, Manukau City Council Environmental Policy Planner (tangata whenua).
Ngarimu Blair, is a Trustee on the Ngati Whatua o Orakei Maori Trust Board.

Flyer PDF
Amanda Yates - Micro Urbanism PDF (large file)
Shaun Awatere - Developing Maori urban design principles PDF
Wiki Walker – Tangata Whenua and the landscape PDF
Ngarimu Blair – Orakei papakainga PDF