The Whakapakari te Kāinga Project / Urenui Pā Redevelopment Project is a significant initiative to revitalise and restore our historic Urenui Pā. This comprehensive redevelopment project aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the iwi, enhance community facilities, and promote environmental sustainability.
At key moments of the project, we’ll be sharing video and photography content to showcase the development of the building project throughout its various stages. We’re also planning a series of more significant documentaries featuring uri and their experiences about the Pā over the next year, so keep an eye out for these.
This update provides an overview of the project’s workstreams to date.
Te Aroha Building Progress
The newly poured concrete pad for Te Aroha was laid down in November and from here the Profound building team have progressed with raising all of the prefabricated timber walls and trusses (what hold the roof). Currently, the building has a protective wrap around it to protect the building elements and workers on site during this dry-in period (the term used to describe a building that is not yet weathertight). Once the building has become weathertight (including installation of the wall cladding, windows, and exterior finishing), this protective wrap will be removed to reveal the newly refreshed Te Aroha.
The reference image of the newly imagined design helps us to see how the whare will look once completed. In this image includes the workstream elements; Mahau (Extension), the renewed Te Aroha, an adjoining Link, and the Whānau Lounge with new and improved ablution facilities.
