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21/8/2024

climate-resilient housing

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Read the two reports from the Te Kinakina Wetlands research on climate-resilient housing with Dr James Berghan.
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KA MUA, KA MURI outlines our research on designing Māori housing and kāinga that enable Māori to be well-housed and at home on their whenua. Drawing from existing literature, we focused specifically on how whare and kāinga can be designed with the impacts of climate change in mind.
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RESILIENT is a workbook for starting conversations about climate-resilient housing.

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21/8/2024

He Kāinga Mokopuna Designs

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In August 2024 I attended the He Kāinga Mokopuna Designs webinar and was really impressed with their project and their willingness to share the architectural designs they'd developed for affordable housing. 
The designs are available through their website and you can also watch the webinar and other clips. As they say on their website:

"Our research project stems from the pressing need for whānau in Tāmaki Makaurau to expand their living solutions as whānau grow and need more space. In today's economic climate, finding affordable and suitable housing has become increasingly challenging. This project explores innovative ways to create affordable, sustainable living solutions that respects cultural values and meets the expanding needs of whānau. By conducting in-depth cost analyses, streamlining council consent processes, and developing user-friendly resources, we aim to provide practical and effective solutions for our community."
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17/4/2024

Team dinner, 16 April 2024

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On the evening of 16 April 2024 we gathered at Jarks in Hastings for a team dinner before we presented our research to our Te Kura i Awarua Rangahau Māori colleagues at EIT the next morning. 

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24/1/2024

BNZ has created a solution to lending for housing on Māori land

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​Lending on Māori land a pathway to prosperity

BNZ is sharing its new Māori land-lending framework with other banks to allow homes to be built on communal land
Newsroom Article, 11 January 2024

"The new framework employs standard leasehold mortgage lending practices, underpinned by a confidential Deed of Understanding. This means that in the face of any challenges, the land integrity and control is preserved with the iwi or hapū – in this case Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, who would take over in the event of a distressed mortgage."
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hawaiki

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei are leveraging the BNZ lending initiative to build a 24 home development called Hawaiki. It is in central Auckland, on the corner of Hawaiki Street and Kupe Street.

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We are building 24 one, two and four-bedroom terraced homes for our Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei whānau to own, and to assist whānau into home ownership. ... More homes allows for more of our whānau to help maintain our ahi kaa, our long history and connection to our whenua."
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22/1/2024

The New Government & Māori Housing

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A Spinoff Opinion piece by Annie Te One and Jacqueline Paul explores the implications of the coalition government's housing policies

"There needs to be strong commitments in housing laws and policies that recognise upholding and honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations in order to address housing access disparities for Māori communities. However, the lack of acknowledgement from the coalition government and rapid changes already underway suggest that the importance of housing as a Treaty right will continue to be a point of struggle for Māori and allies."
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Read the article

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12/7/2023

Emacipatory Research Symposium, 7 July 2023

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Tepora and Fiona had the immense pleasure of travelling to New Orleans to keynote at the Emancipatory Research Symposium organised by the Center for Equity, Justice and the Human Spirit, Xavier University. The Center is led by Dr Cirecie West-Olatunji, who hosted a reception the evening before the Symposium. Music at the reception was provided by Dr. Michael White Cortez. Included in the quartet was trumpeter Gregg Stafford who was celebrating his 70th birthday. The following day we talked about Poipoia te Kākano, Kia Puāwai, including showing clips of the researchers talking about their research.
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21/4/2023

Te KinaTina Wetlands Opening

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At 11am on Saturday 15 April 2023 we gathered on Te Kinakina Wetlands to witness the blessing of Kathleen Morrison's exhibition by Rev. Elaine Kasper and Rev. Te Raumiria McRoberts. Kathleen had carved Papatūānuku (Mother Earth, on left) and Tane Mahuta (guardian of the forest, on the right) to stand watch over the wetlands.  They were accompanied by five god sticks. This 'exhibition' was the culmination of her and Violet's research with Poipoia te kākano, kia puāwai. When the blessing was complete we sat down and ate together.

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6/3/2023

Published! Cultures, Communities and design

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With the cost of housing – to own or to rent – increasing dramatically in the past 3-5 years Māori are increasingly experiencing housing insecurity and homelessness. The opportunity to fund local housing research to support local community decision-making coincided with growing concerns about Māori housing and rising interest in Papakāinga (i.e., clusters of houses on Māori multiple-owned land). Kaupapa Māori research seemed most suitable for this task. Kaupapa Māori researchers are committed to collaboration, building capacity and societal transformation through decolonisation and the return of Māori land.... Read More in Chapter 18, Page 192.
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3/9/2022

Cultures, Communities and Design

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Kia ora. One of the milestones for our research programme is an international conference presentation. This has been hard to organise in the past couple of years because of COVID. We really wanted to travel to meet people and to talk about and present research findings. In 2022, we were able to present virtually. Much as we'd liked to have travelled to Calgary to the Amps Conference - Cultures, Communities and Design, we were pleased to participate from afar. The conference was described as 'a conference connecting planning, landscapes, architecture and people'. Participating in it allowed us to connect, hear people from all over the world, and think beyond our disciplines and learn how others were thinking about community. This is our presentation.

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22/9/2021

Visit to Te Kinakina Wetlands, May 2021

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At the start of May 2021 we had the privilege of being invited to convene as a research group at Te Kinakina wetlands. While there, we joined with community members and planted harakeke (flax) that had been gifted to the wetlands. Our morning together included a welcome to the wetlands and a blessing, and Ruka shared her mātauranga with us about the harakeke, which is a species that is harvested to make puipui. Many thanks to everyone, especially our hosts Kathleen and Violet, for a very special visit. He mihi mahana ki a koutou. 

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