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Placemaking Aotearoa's Kūmara Awards


Location: Cashel Street, City Centre

Date: 2023

Our Role: LiVS Incubator Project

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Placemaking Aotearoa's Kūmara Awards are on a mission to celebrate the fabulous placemaking happening all around us. The Awards are a community-driven showcase of outstanding placemaking and a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge the positive impacts of placemaking in our communities.

This was an opportunity to find out more about Placemaking and how a seed of an idea and projects like these contribute to safer and more connected communities.

2022 Kūmara Award Winners - Ōtautahi, Waimakariri and Selwyn
*Christchurch Hip Hop Summit / YCD Youth & Cultural Development*
Was honored with the Award:
Mā te haukāinga hei tūāpapa ki te ao tūroa.
It Takes a Village

*Addington Farm*
Was honored with the Award:
Ahakoa he iti, ko tōna painga ka puawaitia.
From Little Things Big Things Grow

*The Commons Project/ Housing First*
Was honored with the Award:
Kei tua atu i te kaupapa.
Beyond the Brief

*Fibre Gallery*
Was honored with the Award:
Ngā akoranga i muri, hei tūāpapa ki ngā mahi ki mua.
Looking Back to Move Forward

*Tiny Forest King George V Reserve / Flourish*
Was honored with the Award:
Tiakina te whenua, ka manaakitia te tangata.
Caring For the Land, Caring For the People

Special thanks to ChristchurchNZ for supporting this region's Kūmara Awards.
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