Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects has today announced a new sponsorship programme designed to support the professional development and engagement of its regional branches in Waikato/Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay, Western (Taranaki and Manawatu), Nelson/Marlborough and Southern regions.
“We are excited to embark on this new partnership with NZIA, and this collaboration represents an alignment of shared values and commitment to industry education and growth,” says Tony Leard, Dulux General Manager. “We look forward to the opportunities it will create with the NZIA and its members.”
Interim Chief Executive of the NZIA Mark Abbot says: “This new sponsorship programme will enable us to provide a range of education and engagement opportunities for our regional members and their communities. The five regions supported through this programme represent about 15 percent of our membership but play an outsize role in improving the built environment in their communities and across Aotearoa.”
The regional sponsorship programme will enable programming and local events across the five regions, such as the Festival of Architecture slated for September.
For more information about the regional sponsors programme and the Institute’s complete family of sponsors, visit www.nzia.co.nz.
About Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects
Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects is a membership-based professional organisation that represents more than 90 percent of registered architects in Aotearoa and promotes architecture across the country.
First established in 1905, the Institute currently has more than 4,000 members. Approximately 50 percent are registered architects working in New Zealand, with the balance of membership made up of New Zealand architects working overseas, architectural graduates, architecture students, teachers of architecture and retired architects.
About Dulux
Dulux opened its first New Zealand manufacturing plant in Gracefield, Lower Hutt in 1939. Since then, hundreds of water-based paint and coating products have been produced and distributed throughout New Zealand.
For 85 years Dulux has helped protect, maintain and enhance the spaces and places where Kiwis live, work and play. While it is synonymous with creating better homes, Dulux also plays a critical role in creating and improving the infrastructure we see across New Zealand, every day.
