Film documents AUT research
A short film depicting research by AUT School of Future Environments Associate Professor Amanda Yates (Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Whakaue, Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Rongowhakaata) shows how Aotearoa’s cities are acting to meet current complex crises in climate, biodiversity and human wellbeing.
The film, Wellbeing-Centred Cities, shows that positive change is possible, aims to help communities follow that path, and offers a message of hope for a thriving future. It is currently showing as part of the Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival.
Narrated by Associate Professor Yates and directed by Miriama Toms, Wellbeing-Centred Cities features recent and proven examples of how cities are already acting to meet current complex crises - in climate, biodiversity and human wellbeing - and shows the transition to thriving and ecologically regenerative urban systems has already begun across our cities.
The film also presents Ngā Tohu Mauri Ora, a wellbeing-centred urban compass developed by Associate Professor Yates, that assists in navigating city transitions in regenerative ecology, zero-carbon energy, circular economy, urban community, and regenerative built environments.
By documenting the resilient and regenerative change that is already happening, Wellbeing- Centred Cities aims to help others follow that path and offers a message of hope for a thriving future.
About Amanda Yates
Associate Professor Amanda Yates (Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Whakaue, Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Rongowhakaata) is Architecture Programme Director at AUT’s School of Future Environments. She works with local councils, iwi and communities exploring place-based, indigenous-led strategies and actions for urban transformation in an era of climate and biodiversity emergency.
Associate Professor Yates is Programme Leader and Principal Investigator of the Urban Wellbeing Research Programme ($3.7 million) in New Zealand’s National Science Challenge (NSC) Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities (BBHTC), and directs He Puna Ora, a regenerative action lab focused on urban transitions for social, cultural and ecological wellbeing.
See Wellbeing-Centred Cities at the Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival
Wellbeing-Centred Cities is currently showing as part of the the Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival, alongside AUT graduate Matangireia Yates-Francis' Tūhononga: Co-occupying with Earth and Sky. The short films precede feature-length documentary Point of Origin at the following times and locations:
AUCKLAND: Sun 19 May 5:45pm. WELLINGTON (EMBASSY): Fri 17 May 8:30pm, Sun 26 May 1:45pm. WELLINGTON (CUBA): Sat 18 May 3:45pm, Fri 24 May 8:00pm. WELLINGTON (PETONE): Sun 19 May 4:15pm, Sat 1 Jun 6:15pm. CHRISTCHURCH: Mon 20 May 10:00am, Fri 24 May 6:30pm, Wed 29 May 8:15pm. DUNEDIN: Mon 3 Jun 6:00pm, Thu 6 Jun 8:15pm, Sat 8 Jun 12:15pm. HAVELOCK NORTH: Sat 1 Jun 12:00pm, Fri 7 Jun 5:45pm. NELSON: Sat 22 Jun 12:15pm, Sun 30 Jun 6:00pm.
For more details and to book, go to www.architectureanddesignfilmfestival.co.nz and search for screenings of Point of Origin.