Savannah Brown
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Lecturer Māori Designed Environments School of Architecture
Savannah Brown (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Hine, Ngā Puhi) is a Lecturer in Māori Designed Environments and supervisor of Masters research within the School of Architecture. She has worked in architectural practice at Design Tribe Architects and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Auckland, her research focuses on the repercussions of building legislation on whare Māori.
Research Interests:
- Traditional Māori architecture and building practices
- Re-indigenising space
- Papakāinga living
- Tino Rangatiratanga - Māori sovereignty
- Building legislation issues
- The future for Māori in building governance and consenting processes
Rangahau · Related projects
23PHD08He whakapapa o ngā whare tikanga Māori me te uruhi ai i ngā ture mā i te Pākeha: A history of Māori building practises and imposed Pākehā building legislations
Savannah’s research aims to compile mātauranga of whare tikanga (Māori building practises) to understand the processes and practices involved in customary whare Māori (Māori buildings) construction.
View projectHe whakapapa o ngā whare tikanga Māori me te uruhi ai i ngā ture mā i te Pākeha: A history of Māori building practises and imposed Pākehā building legislations
Savannah’s research aims to compile mātauranga of whare tikanga (Māori building practises) to understand the processes and practices involved in customary whare Māori (Māori buildings) construction.
Kairangahau · Researchers
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Professor Deidre Brown
Professor Deidre Brown
I am Te Tumu (Deputy Dean) of the Faculty of Engineering and Design Te Herenga Auaha, Professor of Architecture, and Co-convenor of the Ancestral Futures Signature Research Area, at the University of Auckland. My previous leadership roles include Acting Dean, Deputy Dean, Head of the School of Architecture and Planning, and, at various times, Associate Dean in Research, Performance-Based Research Fund, Postgraduate (x2) and Equity in the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industry. Between 2022 and 2026 I was the Co-director of MĀPIHI: Māori and Pacific Housing Research Centre (a university-level…
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Alyssa Thomas
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
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