Deborah Tikao
RĀ TUARUA | 11.00AM
MANAWA PAOPAO | TE MAHI HOAHOA WHARE
A showcase of dynamic projects developed with leading architects, artists and designers in partnership with hapū that tell stories and support communities in Aotearoa.
With Dame Aroha Reriti-Crofts, Rau Hoskins, Rangi Kipa, Lynne Te Aika, Deborah Tikao & Phil Wihongi.
Tēnei a mihi e rere atu nā ki a koutou katoa,
Ko Debbie Tikao taku ingoa. He Kaihoahoa Whenua (Landscape Architect), He Kaiwhakahaere Matua mō Matapopore Charitable Trust anō hoki, ā, he Pouārahi Tikanga Taiao mō Te Rūnanga o Ōnuku aku tūranga i te wā nei. Heoi anō rā, nō Ngāti Pākehā me te iwi Cherokee o Amerika ahau. No reira, tēnā anō tātou katoa.
Debbie is a registered NZILA Landscape Architect with 25 years’ experience. She is panellist on the Christchurch City Council Urban Design panel and manager of the Taiao Portfolio for Ōnuku Rūnanga. Within her role for the Matapopore, her professional expertise, combined with experience working at rūnanga level on a wide range of environmental issues, brings a very considered holistic approach to her work ensuring the day to day management of Matapopore and demonstrates how Māori values and traditional knowledge can be expressed within the built environment.
