Address:  Te Rauparaha Street, Otaki

Cost: $19.8 million

Client: Te Wananga O Raukawa

Completed:  2023

Built with a strong focus on kaitiakitanga, this project has been designed and built to meet the rigorous standards of a fully certified Living Building. It embraces and works harmoniously with natural processes, particularly water management (stormwater and flood protection). 

Pā Reo Campus is envisioned to reflect and support ngā kaupapa o Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Creation of Pā Reo - an enclave of one administrative (Te Moana o Raukawa) and three research and educational facilities (Waitapu, Rangataua, Mīria te Kakara), within a broader campus master plan, to support te reo Māori ānake.

The design is resilient to, and supportive of, natural processes in particular water (stormwater and flood protection). It prioritises people on campus, creating spaces for people and pedestrians over vehicles, whilst still managing accessibility, parking and delivery. Connection to significant landforms and cultural history (places such as Tararua range, Kāpiti, Rangiātea and Urupā, te moana and adjacent wetland elements are all considered.

Totalling 2000m2 and 78,000m2 of Siteworks and Landscaping.

This project is designed and built to become a fully certified Living Building, of which there are only 30 in the world.