Derek Kawiti

Professor Kawiti teaches across a range of undergraduate and graduate courses as a guest lecturer and co implementer of Maori design knowledge, design principles and methodologies in relation to architecture and the wider design professions.

He teaches core digital courses in 3rd year using a wide variety of high end software tools that draw on his background in advanced parametric and procedural design methods.

His design studio and summer school courses as well as his masters level courses in recent years have involved various iwi partners including Ngāti Tukorehe of Ohau, Parawhanua Marae - Nga iwi o Taiamai Te Taitokerau, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri of Muriwai, Gisborne, Ngāi Tūhoe and the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute of Te Puia, Rotorua.