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  2. Hundertwasser Art Centre - Wikipedia

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    The Hundertwasser Art Centre with Wairau Māori Art Gallery is an art and cultural centre in Whangārei, New Zealand. It is the conception of artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who lived near Kawakawa for 30 years, and was first designed in 1993. The project proved controversial and was considered and rejected a number of times ...

  3. Architecture of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Before British colonisation of New Zealand, the Indigenous architecture of Māori was an 'elaborate tradition of timber architecture'. [1] Māori constructed rectangular buildings (whare) with a 'small door, an extension of the roof and walls to form a porch, and an interior with hearths along the centre and sleeping places along the walls' for protection against the cold.

  4. Wellington Architectural Centre - Wikipedia

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    It ran the first architectural school in Wellington (1946–1956), and the first town planning school in New Zealand (1949–1956). It also ran the Centre Gallery (1953–1968), an early venue for exhibiting modern art , and published Design Review (1948–1954) – one of the first design-oriented journals in New Zealand.

  5. Parliament House, Wellington - Wikipedia

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    Parliament House (Māori: Te Whare Paremata [1]), in Lambton Quay, Wellington, is the main building of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings.It contains the Parliament's debating chamber, speaker's office, visitors' centre, and committee rooms.

  6. Wharenui - Wikipedia

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    Tāne-nui-ā-rangi, the wharenui at Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland Inside Tāne-nui-ā-rangi A modern wharenui at Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington. A wharenui ([ˈɸaɾɛnʉ.i]; literally "large house") is a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand, generally situated as the focal point of a marae.

  7. Why New Zealand’s Maori are fighting to save an 1840 treaty ...

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    The English and Maori versions of the treaty contain key differences, complicating its application and interpretation, some observers say. To address this, over the last 50 years, lawmakers ...

  8. Auckland Art Gallery - Wikipedia

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    Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is the principal public gallery in Auckland, New Zealand.It has the most extensive collection of national and international art in New Zealand and frequently hosts travelling international exhibitions.

  9. New Zealand design - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand design is a product both of indigenous Māori culture and of European (Pākehā) traditions and practices. The concept of design applies [ citation needed ] to Māori kaupapa (fundamental principles) as well as to other cultural spheres.