Public Participation in Housing: the Waahi Maori of New Zealand
Abstract
The housing action described in this case study involves a tribal minority, a "nation within a nation," quite distinct from the majority society within which they are encapsulated. These are the Maori, the Polynesians who constitute 10 percent of the population of Aotearoa (New Zealand). As indicated in the following pages, the autonomous action taken by the Maori of Waahi Pa involved the generation of money to support housing construction, and the decision of how this money was to be used. What follows is the story of an empowerment process, the union of participation and communication in the production of site plans and housing designs. This is the "spontaneous" aspect of the process: though facilitated by a professional, it was entirely under the control of the users. Other professionals-architects, planners, contractors-were involved as well in the participation process itself or subsequently.
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