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Ngā Aho
Ngā Aho is a national network of Māori design professionals for people working in architecture, commercial design, engineering and project management based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Ngā Aho started around 2005 and 2006 after the Ministry for Environment created an Urban Design Protocol that 'failed to meaningfully engage with Māori aspirations and interests in the built environment'. In 2017 Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) and Ngā Aho signed an agreement of an 'ongoing relationship of co-operation between the two groups'. It was called Te Kawenata o Rata and signed by Desna Whaanga-Schollum, Rau Hoskins and kaumatua Haare Williams on behalf of Ngā Aho and Christina van Bohemen and Pip Cheshire on behalf of NZIA. There was a dawn ceremony to recognise the occasion. In 2024 Ngā Aho received the International Prize award from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) as 'recognition is a testament to the exceptional talent and hard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māori People
The Māori (, ) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed their own distinctive culture, whose language, mythology, crafts, and performing arts evolved independently from those of other eastern Polynesian cultures. Some early Māori moved to the Chatham Islands, where their descendants became New Zealand's other indigenous Polynesian ethnic group, the Moriori. Initial contact between Māori and Europeans, starting in the 18th century, ranged from beneficial trade to lethal violence; Māori actively adopted many technologies from the newcomers. With the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, the two cultures coexisted for a generation. Rising tensions over disputed land sales led to conflict in the 1860s, and massive land confiscations, to which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project Management
Project management is the process of leading the work of a team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project documentation, created at the beginning of the development process. The primary constraints are scope, time, and budget. The secondary challenge is to optimize the allocation of necessary inputs and apply them to meet pre-defined objectives. The objective of project management is to produce a complete project which complies with the client's objectives. In many cases, the objective of project management is also to shape or reform the client's brief to feasibly address the client's objectives. Once the client's objectives are clearly established, they should influence all decisions made by other people involved in the project – for example, project managers, designers, contractors, and subcontractors. Ill-defined or too tightly prescribed project management objectives are detrimental to decision-maki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aotearoa
''Aotearoa'' () is the current Māori-language name for New Zealand. The name was originally used by Māori in reference to only the North Island, with the name of the whole country being ''Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu'' ("North Island and South Island"). In the pre-European era, Māori did not have one name for the country as a whole. Several meanings for Aotearoa have been proposed for the name; the most popular translation usually given is "land of the long white cloud", or variations thereof. This refers to the cloud formations which helped early Polynesian navigators find the country. Beginning in the late 20th century, ''Aotearoa'' has become widespread in the bilingual names of national organisations and institutions. Since the 1990s, it has been customary for particular parties to sing the New Zealand national anthem, "God Defend New Zealand" (or "Aotearoa"), in both Māori and English, exposing the name to a wider audience. New Zealand English speakers pronounce the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry For The Environment (New Zealand)
The Ministry for the Environment (MfE; Māori: ''Manatū Mō Te Taiao'') is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the New Zealand Government on policies and issues affecting the environment, in addition to the relevant environmental laws and standards. The Environment Act 1986 is the statute that establishes the Ministry. Description Functions assigned by Section 31 of the Environment Act 1986 include advising the Minister for the Environment on all aspects of environmental administration, obtaining and disseminating information, and generally providing advice on environmental matters. Since 1988, the Ministry of the Environment has coordinated New Zealand's interdepartmental policy response to climate change. The Environmental Protection Authority was set up in 2011 to carry out some of the environmental regulatory functions of the MfE as well as other government departments. The Ministry for the Environment administer a number of environmental fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Institute Of Architects
Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) is a membership-based professional organisation that represents 90 per cent of all registered architects in New Zealand, and promotes architecture that enhances the New Zealand living environment. The organisation was founded in 1905, and provides services to New Zealand architects, such as ongoing professional training, policies and guidelines to promote high quality architectural practice, events and general support for the architectural profession in New Zealand. New Zealand Architecture Awards The Institute also functions to celebrate outstanding architecture, in part by presenting annual awards for excellence in architecture. These annual awards are named the New Zealand Architecture Awards, and have been sponsored by Resene paints since 1990. The awards programme consists of Local Awards, run by each of the Institute's eight branches, and New Zealand Awards, a national level distinction. From 2016, the NZI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desna Whaanga-Schollum
Desna Whaanga-Schollum is a New Zealand artist. Early life Whaanga-Schollum was raised in Māhia and Wairoa, on the East Coast of New Zealand. Her mother is writer, illustrator and historian Mere Whaanga. Whaanga-Schollum is affiliated with Ngāti Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Pāhauwera. Education Whaanga-Schollum completed a Master of Science Communication in 2018 at Otago University. Her thesis is titled ''Taipōrutu, Taonga Tuku Iho. Articulating a Mātauranga Māori 'Sense of Place'.'' This work explores the philosophical and community values of mātauranga Māori Mātauranga (literally ''Māori knowledge'') is a modern term for the traditional knowledge of the Māori people of New Zealand. Māori traditional knowledge is multi-disciplinary and holistic, and there is considerable overlap between concepts. ..., and considers how the science communication in this area might be improved within the context of resource management development processes. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haare Williams
Sir Haare Mahanga Te Wehinga Williams is a New Zealand educator, broadcaster and writer. He is described as a pioneer in Māori broadcasting, credited for his role in establishing a joint venture between Aotearoa Radio and the South Seas Film and Television School. Early life and education As a young child Williams was brought up by his grandparents at Ōhiwa Harbour, with them he was immersed in te reo Māori (the Māori language). Williams started school when he as eight and learnt English then. His grandparents had previously been at Te Urewera but were dispossessed by government actions. Williams's heritage is Māori and he descends from the nations Tuhoe, Rongowhakāta and Ngāti Porou. His secondary school was Ōpōtiki College, and then Ardmore Teachers’ College where he graduated in 1955. Career After completed his teaching certificate Williams taught in Tauranga, Taupō and Mātauri Bay. Ngā Puna Waihanga, the Māori Artists and Writers Association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Van Bohemen
Christina van Bohemen is a New Zealand architect. In 2016 she was appointed president of the New Zealand Institute of Architects. She was the second female president in the 100 year history of the Institute. In 2020 she received the Chrystall Excellence Award at the Architecture + Women NZ Dulux Awards. Van Bohemen has been recognised by the New Zealand Institute of Architects as a Distinguished Fellow, an honour given to only ten people at any one time. Biography Van Bohemen grew up in Havelock North, the youngest of five children. Her father had emigrated from Holland in 1951 and her mother from England in 1949. She attended Erskine College, a Catholic boarding school in Wellington followed by Victoria University of Wellington, where she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature. After graduating, she travelled to New York, where her brother Gerard van Bohemen was working as a diplomat, and to London, where she worked in administrative roles in architectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pip Cheshire
Pip, PIP, Pips, PIPS, and ''similar'', may refer to: Common meanings * Pip, colloquial name for the star(s) worn on military uniform as part of rank badge, as in the British Army officer rank insignia or with many Commonwealth police agencies * The seed of some fruits * Pip (counting), a small but easily countable item, such as the dots on dice or symbols on playing cards ** Pip (dominoes), a dot on a domino tile Arts, entertainment and media * "Pip" (''South Park''), a 2000 episode of ''South Park'' * The Pips, the backup singers in the musical group Gladys Knight & the Pips * Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies, an art group * PiP Animation Services, a Canadian animation studio * The Pip, the nickname of a clandestine radio station of Russian origin * BBC Pips or ''The Pips'', a timing signal broadcast by the BBC Finance and management * Percentage in point, a currency exchange rate fluctuation * Performance improvement plan, a management technique * Persona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Architectural Institute Of Canada
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is a not-for-profit, national organization that has represented architects and architecture for over 100 years, in existence since 1907. The RAIC is the leading voice for excellence in the built environment in Canada, demonstrating how design enhances the quality of life, while addressing important issues of society through responsible architecture. The RAIC’s mission is to promote excellence in the built environment and to advocate for responsible architecture. The organization national office is based in Ottawa with a growing federated chapter model. Current chapters and networks are based in British Columbia, Alberta and Nova Scotia. History RAIC was founded in 1907. It provided a country-level co-ordination among previously-existing provincial architectural groups.Kelly Crossman. Architecture in Transition: From Art to Practice, 1885-1906'. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP; 1987. . p. 15–. Through its journal, the organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McEwen School Of Architecture
The McEwen School of Architecture (french: link=no, l'École d'architecture McEwen), formerly the Laurentian School of Architecture, is an architecture school belonging to Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada."Architecture school planned for Sudbury’s Laurentian University" '''', May 24, 2011. The school opened in September 2013, and was the first new school of architecture to open in Canada in 45 years. It is also the first school of its kind in |
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