A+W NZ AGM 13 JUNE 2018

The Minutes from the AGM, the Financial Report, and the Chair Report are available on the links as provided.

At the AGM, both Treasurer Nicole Allan and Co-Chair Elisapeta Heta resigned from their positions at the AGM, and a new team was voted in, with Ysabelle Empiso and Suchi Undevia joining the team, and new positions for Divya Purushotham and Sukshma Paranjpe.

The 2018-2019 Core Team is as follows;

Co-Chair: Lynda Simmons

Co-Chair: Divya Purushotham

Treasurer: Suchi Undevia

Secretary: Sukshma Paranjpe

Networks: Anner Chong

Events: Ysabelle Empiso

Research: Ashleigh Smith

Policy: Lynda Simmons

We look forward to a fantastic year with renewed energy and ideas and welcome the new team.

We had a great time celebrating the hard work, energy and dedication that Elisapeta and Nicole brought to A+W NZ.

A big thank you to Nicole, who was A+W NZ Treasurer 2015-2017;

Words that spring to mind when reflecting on Nicole's contribution to the team are attention to detail, honesty, clarity and intelligence, as well as just being great company!

We have a huge gratitude for her work, especially for navigating the demands of the 2017 A+W NZ Dulux Awards event. Nicole's calmness, patience and forward-thinking brought us through a sometimes-stressful awards event. This is one of many events that Nicole's even hand has guided us through in her time as Treasurer.

Nicole established a clearer structure to Finances and Sponsorship as we have grown in membership, core team size and the wide array of events, research and policy that we put our energy into. We thank Nicole for her service, A+W NZ have benefitted greatly.

A big thank you to Elisapeta, A+W NZ Core Team member since 2012, A+W NZ Co-Chair 2017, and A+W NZ Secretary 2016;

Elisapeta joined A+W NZ in 2012 and took on with strength and gusto the full force of contributing to the massive Between Silos Exhibition organisation.

The whirlwind that was 2013 only subsided for a short time before the momentum built again, and we held the inaugural A+W NZ Awards in 2014. Elisapeta was part of the awards establishment team, contributing to the fine-tuning of the philosophy behind these awards, and they are stronger for it now. Her focus on bringing a Māori worldview together with our architectural and gendered lives has meant that A+W NZ has grown richer and has benefitted from her leadership. We proudly know that we have been ‘leading the way’ in bringing these worlds together, hopefully, normalising architecture as the bicultural practice we believe it should be, and taking the first steps towards our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

The time is right for Elisapeta to leave A+W NZ, as her energy is now being given to Ngā Aho and the NZIA. We are going to miss her competence, her intelligence, her leadership, her laugh and her beautiful waiata.