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Ko Mฤmari, ko Tinana rฤtou ko Mataatua ลku waka. He uri au ki te Muriwhenua. Ko Te Aupลuri, ko Te Rarawa rฤtou ko Ngฤti Awa ลku iwi. Ko Fleur Palmer tลku ingoa. He kaihautu au ki te Huri te Ao Hoahoanga o te Wฤnanga Aronui o Tฤmaki Mฤkaurau. He ahorangi au. He kaihoahoa au. He tohunga au ki ngฤ papakฤinga Mฤori.
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Iโm based in Tฤmaki Makaurau, Auckland
I am affiliated with the Northern (Muriwhenua) tribes of Te Rarawa, Te Aupลuri, and Ngฤti Awa.
I’m an Architect and Associate Professor in our newly accredited architectural programme – the first Architecture school in the world aimed at promoting indigenous values in the creation of our built environments. I am a specialist in papakฤinga housing development.
In our school I teach on the Master of Architecture (Professional) programmes and supervise PhD students. I am also an assessor for the NZRAB (New Zealand Registered Architects Board), and an examiner of the March (prof) degrees for Unitec and Auckland, and Victoria Universities.
In collaboration with HERA, and other organisations I am a Science and mฤtauranga Mฤori lead for Construction 4.0 ($10.3 million) Endeavor research fund aimed at transforming the construction sector in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
In my architectural and research practices I am interested in promoting indigenous thinking to honour our relationship to the Tiriti o Waitangi and activate changes to address the adverse intergenerational effects of colonisation associated with land loss, homelessness, discrimination, ecological degradation, reduction in food security and loss of biodiversity. In designing built environments, to support of future generations to come, I think it is critical that we develop better ways to protect our unique biodiversity and rare indigenous ecologies, to support Mฤori and other colonised peoples aspirations for development.
Climate change, spatial activism, the housing of displaced people, and spatial practices based on community interventions, collaborative practices, participatory action research, social justice, ethics, sustainability, indigenous thinking, Kaupapa Mฤori methodologies and food production form the principal components to my practice-based research interests.
In 2016, I completed an award-winning PhD investigating the practical implications of discriminatory legislative practices on housing outcomes in Aotearoa, in response to homelessness and the displacement of Mฤori communities through colonisation. This research won a Gold medal Best award in 2016 and an AUT Deans award for Research Excellence in 2017.
Previous to my doctoral research, I was awarded an M.Phil with First Class Honours in Engineering in 2010. This research considered the potential of emergent technologies in supporting ecologically sustainable building practices, with a focus on minimal surface structures.
Fleur’s recent kลrero
Imagine a construction sector guided not only by technology but knowledge uniquely connected to the rich heritage of Aotearoa.
Join our kลrero with Ngฤkopa Construction 4.0 Mฤtauranga Mฤori team – Fleur Palmer, Saul Roberts & Patricia Te Whatu.
This year HERA has increased, initiated and built upon a number of world-leading research programs.
This Wฤnanga was an opportunity for the research team to get together with the Co-Chairs of the IAG.
In the mฤtauranga Mฤori theme we’re building a transformational and new paradigm around Construction 4.0 in Aotearoa.
Just recently we had our kick-off meeting with the Construction 4.0 team at HERA House – joined by many of our team.