Ruth Asawa - untitled (Basket Form), c. 1950, woven copper wire.:
Josiah Martin - Sophia's whare, Te Wairoa
Kirsty Saxon (Multiples Canterbury/Multiples NZ Executive) explores mental health from a Māori perspective. The topic of mental health is something I am really passionate about, as a mum who suffered from Postnatal Depression (PND) with both my singleton in 2011, and my twinkles in 2013/2014; and also someone who still struggles with depression. Mothers of […]
A wellbeing model developed by leading Māori health advocate Sir Mason Durie in 1984, describing health and wellbeing as a wharenui.
Regan Balzer (Te Arawa, Ngāti Ranginui) has developed their practice from cultural iconography painted with a combination of layers and styles. Regan has exhibited extensively around Aotearoa and overseas. In 2011, Regan completed a Masters in Māori Visual Arts at Te Pūtahi-ā-Toi, Massey University, Palmerston North (NZ), graduating with honours. This residencey is a partnership between Te Whare Hēra and Mana Moana.
Te Whare Mara is an innovative residential project in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington by the Local Landscape Collective’s Mark Newdick and named for the property’s view of the Botanic Gardens and the design’s emphasis on indigenous flora and landform.
Te Whare Tapa Whā is a holistic model of health and wellbeing, created to understand Māori expectations of health services. Download our free poster!
This easy, loose-fitting social hub for the community utilises a rich material palette on a difficult south-facing site with a clear organisational schema across three levels. Built-in furnishings and interior fittings that are rich with ingenious technical solutions blur the interior and exterior space throughout the house.
John Kinder - Whare, Ohinemutu
Peter Wood’s paper on Parihaka-tecture introduces several original insights into the architectural richness that lies still relatively untapped at this pa. A further insight was introduced as part of his presentation (not covered in his paper), a challenge to what has become generally accepted as historical fact. Peter’s analysis of photographs of the pa from…
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Bull O’Sullivan Architecture renovate this former state house in Lyttleton with consideration of both whānau and whenua.
The whare whakairo (carved meeting house) is seen as synonymous with Māori architecture. These beautiful houses are often named after – and seen as the personification of – ancestors. In the 2000s contemporary Māori architects continued to draw on Māori concepts and values in their...
Te Whare Rakau is more akin to an urban rather than a suburban family home, being closely surrounded by houses on three sides and overlooking a road. A
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Lynn Freeman talks to Damian Skinner, and also visits what's certainly the country's most visited meeting house at Te Papa, and the new Whare Whakaira of Victoria University. She meets Te Papa's Arapata Hakiwai, the Māori Co-leader there, and master carver Dr Takirirangi Smith.
This is my pepeha. I have been learning to introduce myself in Māori. We also created an art piece to show our pepeha.
