Māori professor of architecture Derek Kawiti asks a trio of wāhine toa how all matters Māori can be incorporated into buildings and structures.
In tonight’s episode - the second-to-last in this series - Tere Insley, Elisapeta Heta and Raukura Turei explain how incorporating an indigenous aesthetic that considers tikanga and mātauranga Māori can shape spaces through a Māori lens.
Insley says there is a real conception that architecture is for the few that can afford it, and access to architectural type building is one that you see for generally more pākehā worlds.
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“It’s important to express who we are ki roto i a Aotearoa,” she tells Kawiti.