4Sight was engaged by the Northland Development Corporation to provide landscape architecture, ecological and urban design input into the public, private and semi-public spaces of a new hotel and entertainment precinct in Whāngārei.

 

The project team delivered a design that created a locally identifiable ecological and cultural narrative that reflects the ecology of the area as well as respecting the iwi heritage by incorporating the Rongoā species and cultural wayfinding symbols. 

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We believe it will be a space for locals and tourists to celebrate Whāngārei and Northland and a destination that connects visitors to the CBD. The landscape spaces, including the new Plaza, will provide a recreation space which we hope will engage the community, and tourists, to the cultural and natural history of the area. It will be a vibrant, thriving place that reflects the movement of the Hātea River and celebrates Parihaka mountain/maunga, and ultimately, a place for people to gather, mingle and eat.

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