Hoahoa Māori Māori design

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā karangaranga maha…

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This is the world’s leading resource on Māori design where you’ll find insights, resources and examples of Māori design best practice. The bedrock of the guidance provided here is the seven outcomes-focused around the Te Aranga Principles. These principles express the thinking, input and tikanga of numerous iwi throughout Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond.

Ma te kōrero ka mōhio
Ma te mōhio ka mārama 
Ma te mārama ka mātau 
Ma te mātau ka ora ai tātou

By discussing, learning begins By learning, understanding follows
By understanding, knowledge acquired
By acquiring knowledge, we all prosper

Waimahara is an interactive artwork designed to deepen our connection to place. It describes the memory of water, specifically Te Waihorotiu, the stream flowing beneath the Myers Park underpass to Waitematā Harbour. Like the stream, this artwork is alive. It responds to the environment, weather and our presence by changing light patterns and sound.

  • Te Aranga Principles

    The Te Aranga Principles were developed and refined by and with Mana Whenua over many years and have been tested on large scale public and private projects. Their purpose is to enable everyone who calls Tāmaki Makaurau home to connect to and deepen our ‘sense of place’.

  • Tāmaki Makaurau: Ngā Iwi Māori

    Te Kaunihera o Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland Council) follows the guidance of the Office of Treaty Settlements and officially recognises 19 iwi/hapū as Tangata Whenua/Mana Whenua. Find out more about these iwi/hapu and see a map of their ancestral rohe here.

  • Māori housing resource

    This section has been designed to share resources that will help you design and develop housing that allow Māori to live and thrive as Māori. It includes case studies of papakāinga built on whenua Māori as well as examples of innovative design thinking for developing urban Māori housing on land held in general title.

  • Māori design resources and entities

    This page provides an up-to-date list of national and local government policies, strategies and toolkits relating to the delivery of Māori housing in Tāmaki Makaurau plus a list of Māori housing entities in our region.

Rangahau take hoahoa whaitua tūmataiti Māori Māori design case studies