Subject & Study Guides: Landscape Architecture: Matauranga Maori resources

Te Reo Māori dictionary

Map that shows location of marae in Aoteroa

Iwi maps includes place names in Aotearoa

The hāpu and iwi of Tāmaki Makarau

Website for Unitec's Te Noho Kotahitanga marae

The Drawing Board

Hosted by Professor Derek Kawiti, this eight-part series looks at modern Māori architecture and design philosophy.

Statistics

Māori (Statistics NZ)
Statistical information relevant to Māori from Statistics NZ.
Pātaka Raraunga
Data tools and reports on Te Ao Māori from FigureNZ

Kia ora

Kia ora, welcome to the Matauranga Maori resources page for Architecture students. This is a collection of links to resources related to Matauranga Māori principles that are useful for your study.

Feedback is welcome, please share ideas for resources that would be useful on this page; get in touch with Laura Sawyer, Librarian for Architecture or Donna Salmon who looks after the Te Kohinga Maori Collection at Unitec and liaises across Maori, Business and Bridgepoint subjects.

Te Aranga Principles - Auckland Design Manual Outcome-based principles, listing core Māori values, case-studies, "Te Aranga Māori Design Principles were developed by Māori design professionals as a response to the New Zealand Urban Design Protocol"

Watch this video from 2017, Dr. Johnson Witehira on Decolonizing Design in Aotearoa, Master of Design Speaker Series, December 5, 2017

Example of design led by Matauranga Māori principles, https://befly.co.nz/projects/ateed-tu-mai-identity from Fly

Urbis magazine article Inside the Aotearoa House about an exhibition of Unitec Design student work that embodies Matauranga Māori principles

Professor Deidre Brown - Ngā Toi Mōrehu: The Arrival, Survival and Revival of Māori Art and Architecture - YouTube clip

Articles referring to Matauranga Māori principles in Architecture

Schmidt, T. (2018). "...who comes first:[Māori] interests or architectural interests?": Three heritage cases challenging identity and institutions in New Zealand. Fabrications, 28(2), 136-159.

Halliday, J. & Bennett, B. (2019). Tūranga Christchurch Central Library, [New Zealand]: In what is, perhaps, the first truly architecturally and socially significant civic building completed in Christchurch since the earthquakes, Architectus and Danish practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects have created a new form of culturally responsive and place-based architecture. Architecture New Zealand, Jan-Feb(1), 36-46.

Hoete, A. (2020). The house as ancestor: A tale of Māori social value. Architectural Design, 90(4), 112-119.

good for Landscape Architecture

Voyde, E. & Morgan, T.K.K.B. (2012) Identifying commonalities between indigenous values and current sustainable design concepts in Aotearoa New Zealand. AlterNative, 8(2), 215-229.

Marques, B., McIntosh, J., & Carson, H. (2019). Whispering tales: Using augmented reality to enhance cultural landscapes and indigenous values. AlterNative, 15(3), 193-204.

Te Ao Maori and Water Sensitive Urban Design
This study explores how WSUD in Aotearoa (New Zealand)values, recognises, and provides for Te Ao Māori(Māori world view)and how it could do better. Based on literature review, and the experiences and learnings of the authors ,we share an improve dunderstanding of Te Ao Māori , to facilitate integrating Māori world views and mātauranga Māorito support uptake of WSUD and improve wider socio-cultural outcomes for healthy and resilient communities in Aotearoa (New Zealand).

A Whakawhanaungatanga Māori wellbeing model for housing and urban environments
Discusses systemic barriers and impediments to home ownership, delivery and development of housing options, developing and managing housing and associated neighbourhoods that enable and support Māori wellbeing. Introduces the Whakawhanaungatanga Māori Wellbeing Model for Housing and Urban Environments that emphasises whakawhanaungatanga (relationship building and creating connectedness) as central to wellbeing outcomes for Māori.

Books

Tenants in our own land? Racism, settler colonialism and Māori home ownership by Pounamu Jade William Emery Aikman
Publication Date: 2022

Use the following searches to find books in Unitec Library's Collection

Matauranga Māori

Maori architecture

Māori art and design

Māori interior design

Unitec Libguides with more information

Mātauranga Māori - Māori Language and Culture Subject Guide
This guide lists helpful resources for your studies - including books, databases and websites.
He Tohu - Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Website to accompany He Tohu, an exhibtion at National Library in Wellington. Includes background information and video clips discussing the Treaty of Waitangi.