whatungarongaro te tangata, toitū te whenua.
people are ephemeral. the land remains.
ORA
regenerative
lab
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DATA TOOLS
How are we doing?
Our DATA TOOLS give us a window into how our living environments are changing under the impacts of industrial culture and in response to positive regeneration efforts.
Our DATA TOOLS give us a window into how our living environments are changing under the impacts of industrial culture and in response to positive regeneration efforts.
COMPASS TOOL
Ngā Tohu Ora
Ngā Tohu Ora
What are we aiming towards?
Our compass is a future-focused tool that defines directions for regenerative change in our cities and wider communities.
It focuses on regenerative change in 5 key systems: ecological, energy, economy, urban community, and architecture.
Our compass is a future-focused tool that defines directions for regenerative change in our cities and wider communities.
It focuses on regenerative change in 5 key systems: ecological, energy, economy, urban community, and architecture.
REGENERATIVE FILMS
How do we get there?
See short films that document inspirational examples of regenerative design or activities in our cities and communities, or present transition tools that can be used to initiate change.
See short films that document inspirational examples of regenerative design or activities in our cities and communities, or present transition tools that can be used to initiate change.
REGENERATIVE GUIDES
How do we get there?
Access our Guides for strategies, tactics and actions for resilient, regenerative cities. Find out about those communities that are leading change on the ground as they transform urban ecosystems or living environments.
Access our Guides for strategies, tactics and actions for resilient, regenerative cities. Find out about those communities that are leading change on the ground as they transform urban ecosystems or living environments.
Transition tools
DESIGN RESEARCH
Funded by the National Science Challenge, this Kāinga Ora (K-ORA) Urban Wellbeing research programme approaches cities as complex socio-ecological living environments, embedded within wider ecosystems.
It recognises cities as primary catalysts for a necessary eco-cultural paradigm shift, activated through systemic regenerative transitions, amid compounding global crises: climate emergency, dualistic determinism, systemic inequity, technological disruption. Decentering the extractivist, ecologically-alienated paradigms of contemporary cities, the research grounds urban frameworks in ecological kinship and mauri-centered living-systems wellbeing to cultivate an eco-civilisational model for urban communities.
Working across five interconnected urban vectors –ecology, energy, economics, community and built infrastructure – the research provides framework models, methods, and live examples for resilient, just-and-thriving living environments fit for this living planet.
It recognises cities as primary catalysts for a necessary eco-cultural paradigm shift, activated through systemic regenerative transitions, amid compounding global crises: climate emergency, dualistic determinism, systemic inequity, technological disruption. Decentering the extractivist, ecologically-alienated paradigms of contemporary cities, the research grounds urban frameworks in ecological kinship and mauri-centered living-systems wellbeing to cultivate an eco-civilisational model for urban communities.
Working across five interconnected urban vectors –ecology, energy, economics, community and built infrastructure – the research provides framework models, methods, and live examples for resilient, just-and-thriving living environments fit for this living planet.
More about K-ORA
Building Transition Tools
Scaffolding transformative action via transition tools and guides for communities, institutions, neighbourhoods and cities
Mauri-centered and action-based
Creating wellbeing-centered research, tools and methods to support local communities taking action for change
Defining directions and opportunities
Articulating a critical need for regenerative culture change
Testing and learning
Testing out regenerative change on the ground in place-based living lab pilots, activations and case studies
Designing better futures
Designing speculative wellbeing-led futures