Editorial

GREAT TO SEE THAT TE KĀHUI

Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects has, at last, taken a stand on the climate crisis. And, despite Greta Thunberg calling New Zealand out for a lack of action, it’s encouraging, too, that our government has declared a climate emergency.

Better late than never, especially when reading some of the submissions to the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment’s Building for Climate Change (BfCC) programme. Getting any speedy, effective alterations to our building codes and practices to combat this crisis looks nigh on impossible. Perhaps Snøhetta co-founder