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lifescapesnz
Sep 12, 202429 min read
'Decolonisation as a priority and not an afterthought': Traversing the authorised heritage discourse in urban Aotearoa New Zealand
Hill, Carolyn. (2024). “Decolonisation as a priority and not an afterthought”: Traversing the authorised heritage discourse in urban...


lifescapesnz
Jun 25, 202426 min read
Cultural dissonance: Heritage protests and their implications for heritage-making in settler colonial cities
Hill, Carolyn. (2024). Cultural dissonance: Heritage protests and their implications for heritage-making in settler colonial cities....


lifescapesnz
Jun 14, 20241 min read
Historic church vernacular in the cook islands: Modernisation, conservation and change
I contributed this chapter to Design and the Vernacular: Interpretations for contemporary architectural practice and theory , edited by...


lifescapesnz
Dec 22, 20239 min read
Architectural conservation: The Cook Islands
I contributed this chapter to Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and...


lifescapesnz
Aug 21, 202325 min read
The “soft edge”: Heritage, special character, and new planning directives in Aotearoa cities
Hill, Carolyn. “The 'soft edge': Heritage, special character, and new planning directives in Aotearoa cities.” Interstices 22, no. 22...


lifescapesnz
Mar 22, 20235 min read
Ngaa Puutahitanga / Crossings
Hill, Carolyn. “Ngā Pūtahitanga / Crossings" - Review of the 2022 SAHANZ - UHPH joint conference, 2022. For Architecture New Zealand -...


lifescapesnz
Aug 17, 20223 min read
Opinion: Hamilton plan change acknowledges the city's heritage is living and continually evolving
Carolyn Hill, Waikato Herald, 11 August 2022 Hamilton City Council has set out an ambitious response to big questions – what counts for...


lifescapesnz
Jul 29, 20222 min read
Rarotonga’s Historic Churches: Re-scribing Indigenous Form
This paper was presented to the 'Architecture of Oceania' symposium at Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland Aotearoa in July 2022....


lifescapesnz
May 31, 20224 min read
Whose ‘identity’ are we preserving in Auckland’s special character housing areas?
Carolyn Hill, The Conversation, 25 May 2022 A mini culture war has broken out over Auckland’s urban identity since Auckland Council...


lifescapesnz
Nov 30, 20211 min read
Cultural dissonance: Examining heritage-making history in Aotearoa
This paper was presented to the New Zealand Historical Association conference in November 2021. Ryota Matsumoto, Solar flares for...


lifescapesnz
Nov 1, 20213 min read
Time to get real about our urban heritage
Carolyn Hill, Waikato Times, 1 November 2021 Tension between enabling urban development versus retaining historic character in Aotearoa...

lifescapesnz
Oct 26, 20212 min read
Kia Whakanuia te Whenua | People, place, landscape
The Landscape Foundation's first book is runner-up in the NZSA New Zealand Heritage Literary Awards 2021 . Kia Whakanuia te Whenua ,...


lifescapesnz
Feb 18, 20214 min read
The (mis)match of character areas and liveable cities
Pecha kucha, Kirikiriroa Hamilton, September 2019 Liveability and character go together like fish and chips. Or perhaps peas and carrots,...


lifescapesnz
Feb 18, 20211 min read
The 'unchanged' place: Lifescapes of Cook Islands historic churches
Hill, Carolyn. “The ‘Unchanged’ Place: Lifescapes of Cook Island Historic Churches.” Historic Environment 31, no. 1 (January 2019):...

lifescapesnz
Feb 18, 20212 min read
Binding Significance: Reflections on the Demolition of the Aniwaniwa Visitor Centre, Te Urewera
Carolyn Joy Hill & Bill McKay. (2018). Binding Significance: Reflections on the Demolition of the Aniwaniwa Visitor Centre, Te Urewera....


lifescapesnz
Feb 17, 20212 min read
Conservation of historic places – a taonga approach
This opinion piece was first written for Architecture + Women, 2016. Contemporary international discussion regarding conservation of...


lifescapesnz
Feb 17, 202117 min read
The 'unchanged' place: Lifescapes of Cook Island historic churches
This paper was first presented at The People's Ground conference, Melbourne 2016. Built in the mid-19th century, Rarotonga’s coral stone...


lifescapesnz
Feb 17, 202116 min read
A landscape Code of Practice: Perpetuating fragmented practice or shaping (re)new(ed) thinking?
Reflecting on MFE's request for quotes. This article was first published in the Landscape Foundation journal, www.landscape.org.nz....


lifescapesnz
Feb 17, 20215 min read
Iconic life in shifting surfaces: Historic churches in Rarotonga
Processes of smoothing, cladding, refinishing, covering and ornamenting have tied churches into indigenous ontology since their inception...


lifescapesnz
Feb 17, 20212 min read
Cultural heritage and natural environments: Fragmented practice or (re)new(ed) thinking?
Understandings of, and responses to, people-place connections are at a critical juncture in New Zealand. Rapid tourism growth, new and...
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