City Talks Wellington: Te Aro Pā Trust Papakāinga Housing
City Talks on 10 June will feature Architect Roger Walker and client representative Earl Hope-Pearson discussing the genesis and delivery of affordable papakāinga housing.
City Talks is an ongoing series initiated by the New Zealand Institute of Architects Wellington Branch and presented in partnership with City Gallery Wellington.
Te Aro Pā descendants have finally built homes on their ancestral land 140 years after the original settlement was lost. The process to find a new site required a lengthy land swap negotiation with Wellington City Council, then followed a complicated funding process which provides for Māori owned land trusts to use Kāinga Whenua loans to build on ancestral land.
Architect Roger Walker will be joined by the client representative, Earl Hope-Pearson, to talk about the genesis and delivery of affordable papakāinga housing at Greta Point, which was awarded a NZIA Wellington Architecture award in 2018.
This free event will take place on Monday 10 June at City Gallery Wellington.
Find out more at the NZIA Wellington Branch Facebook page.
City Talks is an ongoing series initiated by the New Zealand Institute of Architects Wellington Branch and presented in partnership with City Gallery Wellington. Its purpose is to foster discussion about architecture for a broader audience in a city that cares to openly discuss ideas relevant to our future.