to withstand major earthquakes
Endangered Māori construction techniques have been “conclusively proven” to be capable of withstanding major earthquakes, Professor Anthony Hoete (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Ranana) says, after his team successfully tested a full-scale timber structure in Ōpōtiki this weekend.
This knowledge will now be used to rebuild a historic Bay of Plenty wharenui, Tānewhirinaki.
Professor Hoete, an architect and researcher, along with a team from the University of Auckland, used endangered construction knowledge called mīmiro to create a full-scale timber structure and successfully tested the prototype against earthquake requirements for modern buildings.
Link to article: Māori traditional construction techniques ‘conclusively proven’ to withstand major earthquakes - NZ Herald
