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Ko Māmari, ko Tinana rātou ko Mataatua ōku waka. He uri au ki te Muriwhenua. Ko Te Aupōuri, ko Te Rarawa rātou ko Ngāti Awa ōku iwi. Ko Fleur Palmer tōku ingoa. He kaihautu au ki te Huri te Ao Hoahoanga o te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Mākaurau. He ahorangi au. He kaihoahoa au. He tohunga au ki ngā papakāinga Māori.
Did you know…
I’m based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland
I am affiliated with the Northern (Muriwhenua) tribes of Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, and Ngāti 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 papakāinga 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 mātauranga Māori 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 Māori 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 Māori 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 Māori 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 kōrero
Imagine a construction sector guided not only by technology but knowledge uniquely connected to the rich heritage of Aotearoa.
Join our kōrero with Ngākopa Construction 4.0 Mātauranga Māori 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 Wānanga was an opportunity for the research team to get together with the Co-Chairs of the IAG.
In the mātauranga Māori 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.