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As a board member of the Te Whare Āniwaniwa Collective, I recently facilitated a Community Advisory Committee workshop exploring early spatial concepts for the Rainbow Hub.

This deployment aligned with a new recovery approach that brings agencies directly into affected communities, meeting people where they are rather than expecting them to navigate complex systems.

On 12 November, I participated in a Community Advisory Committee (CAC) discussion focused on mana whenua, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and governance within the context of a community-led project...

This Pride Month, I joined an important conversation on inclusive design in disaster risk reduction, focused on how gender and sexual minorities are recognised, represented and supported before, during and after disasters…

This June, I’m taking part in Sweat with Pride, a challenge to move for 42 minutes every day to support Aotearoa’s Rainbow communities.

It was a privilege to join Auckland Council’s Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel this evening. The session brought together community members and advocates to share experiences…

While in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, conducting research for my Masters, I became involved reviewing beneficiary housing rebuilt by NGOs after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. My findings highlighted how, over the following 10 years, occupants modified these standardised houses to suit their evolving needs—converting stairs to ramps to accommodate mopeds and expanding structures to include second floors.

Facing the threat of significant change or loss due to new legislation requiring earthquake strengthening , alongside risks from various natural hazards. The digitally preservation of marae as they currently exist ensures these important sites are documented and can remembered for generations to come using VR.

Last week, I had the opportunity to participate in Exercise Manaaki, Auckland’s largest civil defence welfare exercise to date. As a volunteer with the New Zealand Red Cross Disaster Welfare and Support Team (DWST), I was stationed at the CBD Civil Defence Centre (CDC) for the duration of the day-long exercise. Exercise Manaaki brought together DWST members and partner agencies from across the North Island.

Aided a project scoping mission to Myanmar, assisting the National Red Cross Society in developing a client-briefing document for the improvement or replacement of five Red Cross warehouses. Running focus groups, site analysis, and stakeholder engagement and consultation.

Part of my Master’s thesis, this project explores timber-framed, foundation-free construction inspired by Rumah Aceh. Merging vernacular seismic design from Indonesia with NZS3604 standards, it reimagines post-quake housing solutions for Christchurch’s Red Zone—offering a code-compliant, resilient, and culturally adapted architecture for displaced communities.