Manu's Memos

We’re a collaborative architecture office committed to sustainable, ethic, humanist values.

Optimising yeasts for improved flavour in no-alcohol beer and wine

Biotech Projects
Prosperous Tairāwhiti · Regional Environment · Rights of Nature · Sustainable Tairāwhiti
Tauranga City Council Elections – Poll #2

Local Issues
Tauranga City Council Elections

Local Issues
Toi Tū Te Tiriti Tiaki Taonga!

Human Rights · International · Local Issues · Rights of Nature
Mid-Point in the BioPiracy Treaty Negotiations

Human Rights · International · Rights of Nature · Tangata Whenua
Reactions to the Land Use Inquiry Report

Community Outcomes · Connected Tairāwhiti · Employment · Empowered Tairāwhiti · Local Governance · Positive Leadership · Prosperous Tairāwhiti · Regional Economy · Regional Environment · Regional Infrastructure · Sustainable Tairāwhiti · Tangata Whenua · Water
Three things Aotearoa can learn from Europe

Random Reflections
Manu’s 2022 In Review & What’s Next

Other Information
Post-Lockdown Planning Proposals

Local Issues
Views on public issues by highest qualification

Local Issues
Generational views on the big issues in Aotearoa

Housing · Local Issues · Our Children & Youth · Our Elders · Our Families
Māori & Pākehā views on the big issues

Employment · Housing · Local Issues · Social Development · Tangata Whenua
Reinventing Tourism

Local Issues · Positive Leadership · Prosperous Tairāwhiti · Regional Economy · Sustainable Tairāwhiti
Prioritising Sci+Tech in Post-Covid Planning

Connected Tairāwhiti · Local Issues · Positive Leadership · Regional Economy · Sustainable Tairāwhiti · Technology
Continuum Toward Community/Indigenous-Led Development

Local Issues
Expressions of local governance on the East Coast

Educated Tairāwhiti · Local Governance · Local Issues · Tangata Whenua
Appropriation Resources

Cultural Capital · Local Issues · Tangata Whenua
Māori Land & ‘Utilisation’ Issues

Local Governance · Local Issues · Our Children & Youth · Our Elders · Our Families · Prosperous Tairāwhiti · Regional Economy · Regional Environment · Relationships · Sustainable Tairāwhiti · Tangata Whenua
How ‘eco-friendly’ is our new house?

Housing · Sustainable Tairāwhiti
Building on Māori Land

Local Issues
Four of my ‘co-housing’ experiences

Cultural Capital · Housing · Our Children & Youth · Our Elders · Our Families · Sustainable Tairāwhiti · Tangata Whenua
Self-Helping Ourselves – As Communities

Our Children & Youth
More Bureaucracy = Less Community

Community Outcomes · Local Issues · Our Children & Youth · Our Families
Manufacturing Content: Choosing the News

Communications
DIY Decolonisation

Local Issues
Inside Out Resources

Local Issues
Innovative Sexual Abuse Campaign Hailed a Success

Our Children & Youth · Our Families · Safe Tairāwhiti
The Peter & Paul Budget 2015

Local Issues
Mixed Fortunes

Educated Tairāwhiti · Employment · Healthy Tairāwhiti · Local Governance · Local Issues · Our Children & Youth · Our Families · Positive Leadership · Regional Economy · Safe Tairāwhiti · Social Development · Sustainable Tairāwhiti · Tangata Whenua
Where did all the farmers go? Or how much useful energy is stored in human belly fat?

Cultural Capital · Employment · Our Elders · Our Families · Prosperous Tairāwhiti · Regional Economy · Regional Environment · Social Development · Sustainable Tairāwhiti · Tangata Whenua
Day Zero

Our Families
Gigtopia

Connected Tairāwhiti · Cultural Capital · Educated Tairāwhiti · Employment · Empowered Tairāwhiti · Healthy Tairāwhiti · Local Issues · Prosperous Tairāwhiti · Regional Economy · Regional Infrastructure · Social Development
Scoring own goal can mean you’re trying to change the rules – or The Game

Community Outcomes · Cultural Capital · Empowered Tairāwhiti · Local Governance · Our Children & Youth · Positive Leadership · Regional Environment · Relationships · Social Development · Sustainable Tairāwhiti · Tangata Whenua
Local Māori Governance – A Briefing Note for Community Governance Workshop for Tairāwhiti

Local Governance · Positive Leadership · Tangata Whenua
USA Tour Report (May 2013)

Our Children & Youth · Our Families · Positive Leadership · Prosperous Tairāwhiti · Safe Tairāwhiti · Social Development · Transport · Vibrant Tairāwhiti
Have your say on access to alcohol

Healthy Tairāwhiti · Local Issues · Our Families · Positive Leadership · Safe Tairāwhiti
Rebels Against The Future

Local Issues · Our Families · Positive Leadership · Regional Economy · Regional Environment · Relationships · Social Development · Sustainable Tairāwhiti · Technology
Leaving Council

Community Outcomes · Local Governance · Local Issues · Positive Leadership
Gisborne Communities Population Changes

Connected Tairāwhiti · Our Families · Sustainable Tairāwhiti