Whare Timu Photo: supplied
From humble beginnings as a teen dad in Heretaunga to heading Warren and Mahoney’s Advanced Indigenous Design Unit, designer Whare Timu (Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Arawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) has come a long way.
Passionate about co-design and using low impact and natural materials, his work is built on a firm foundation of mātauranga Māori.
He led the design of Rotorua's recently opened Sir Howard Morrison Centre, the National Library 's He Tohu Exhibition, and is co-designing Tauranga's Te Manawataki o Te Papa Civic Precinct.
