About me
I am an architect, heritage consultant and lecturer in environmental planning at the University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand. With experience in built heritage across public and private sectors in New Zealand, Australia, and the UK, I bring knowledge and a critical perspective to urban heritage and its future directions.
My research, which focuses on urban heritage policy, aims to shed light on evolving perspectives shaping heritage-making processes as cities face unprecedented change.
What I do
Consultancy
I provide heritage advice to policy-makers, developers, design teams and other consultancies, focusing on people-place connections that foster living cultural landscapes. My work has included historic heritage assessments, area-wide analyses, special character reviews, condition reports and conservation plans, and advice regarding heritage policy and strategic planning.
Teaching
I am a lecturer in environmental planning at the University of Waikato, an accredited degree under the New Zealand Planning Institute. My teaching focuses on urban planning and design, spatial equity and justice through theory and practical application. An understanding of historical context and holistic integration across urban challenges is key to my approach.
Architecture
I bring a creative approach to places of significance, shaping renewal and management options that integrate heritage with wider fields of planning and urban design. Often working as part of broader design teams, I prepare or advise on adaptive reuse and development proposals. I also undertake condition assessments and surveys, impact assessments, documentation and peer review.
Research
My PhD in environmental planning
critically considers heritage-making at its intersection with wider planning concerns - climate change, urban intensification and cultural contestation in settler colonial cities. My work continues to explore heritage futures - why official heritage happens how it happens, and what could future directions look like in a changing world.