Our values
Oranga
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Nurture Wellbeing
We shape outcomes that support physical, mental, social, and spiritual wellbeing (hauora) of communities in our work. We foster active, connected communities, enhance connection to nature, and recognise the interconnectedness of healthy people and environments.
Whakapapa
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Honour Connections
We acknowledge the relationships between land, water and people within our work, and look to the past to inform the future. We seek to understand history, ecology, pūrākau (stories) and mātauranga (knowledge) and support meaningful expression in outcomes.
Kaitiakitanga
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Care for the Environment
We regenerate land and water through design with living systems, ecologies, natural processes, and sustainable practices supported by mātauranga Māori and western science. We acknowledge interconnectedness of taiao ora and tangata ora. We uplift mauri and restore balance, for future generations.
Pārekareka
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Play and Joy for All
We ensure enjoyment and positive intergenerational experiences are baked into everyday spaces. We support informed decision-making for play and child-friendly places and developments, shaping outcomes that consider equity, inclusion, access, play diversity, and comfort for diverse needs, preferences, abilities and ages.
Whangaungatanga
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Foster Relationships
We design with and for social connection — across generations, between neighbours, within communities. Our projects strengthen the social fabric of places, set the scene for warm family memories and foster community cohesion and sense of belonging.
Kotahitanga
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Shared Outcomes, Together
We collaborate, partner, engage and facilitate to establish and deliver common goals for enduring, meaningful, inclusive outcomes that are uniquely of Aotearoa — guided by processes grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi.