We create meaningful spaces.We’ll Make it all about you… But here’s a little about us.
The founders of Auaha atea both left school and completed design degrees, The Director then went into film-set production, before starting her own fashion shop "Girl" on K.road, where she sold up-and-coming fashion designer’s garments, which some have gone on to be very successful in their own right. She closed the shop when she went on her OE, and whilst in Vietnam discovered a love of teaching. As she does, she did a double postgrad diploma in teaching secondary, majoring in technology and art. The other Founder worked through a shop-fitting company from the shop floor to the boardroom table, whilst also being integral in managing and expanding the Australian operation. He then with 10 years under his belt left the intense pressure of shopfitting and went into running the commercial landscaping division with Natural Habitats. He has stayed in the open spaces market since, whilst delivering on some of the country’s top commercial buildings and infrastructure projects. Auaha atea is the couple’s first venture together and they have the desire, motivation, design sense and solution-driven mentality to do almost anything.
Our Services
Consultation & Design
Auaha atea combines elements of art and science to create a functional, aesthetically pleasing extension of indoor living to the outdoors.
The initial purpose of landscape design is to blend man’s technology(house or building) into the natural surroundings and then bring technology into nature to enhance the experience with sound and dramatic lighting to give you that “wow factor”. making your outdoor room a desirable place to be.
Auaha atea offers a complete service, from consultation and garden plan design to project managing landscape design. Our design principles include unity, balance, transition, focalization, proportion, rhythm, repetition, and simplicity. All these principles interact to yield the intended personalised, authentic design.
Project management
Auaha atea will for you, establish a Clear Vision and Goals and develop an understanding of the project's purpose and desired outcomes.
We value Effective Communication. Open and transparent communication with stakeholders and team members is vital and We believe in Collaboration and Teamwork. Fostering a collaborative environment where everyone feels empowered and valued.
We will establish a robust Risk Management Plan: Proactively identifying, assessing, and mitigating potential risks, whilst also endorsing Continuous Improvement.
We are nimble, adaptable and Flexible. Being able to adjust plans and strategies as needed.
We are always Learning from experience by documenting lessons learned from past projects to improve future performance, and we place great focus on value. Ensuring that the project delivers tangible benefits to the business.
Installation and maintenance
Our commitment is to deliver your design brief to perfection. We build gardens that stand the test of time; built once, built right. For us the details matter - working your property or construction site with respect for your time and space and always keeping a clean and tidy site. We make sure the journey to your beautiful garden is a pleasurable one.
Our landscaping team keeps to your budget and timeline, and your Landscape Consultant keeps you informed every step of the way.
Baz Locke has managed some of the biggest Landscape contracts in Aotearoa, with the likes of The Waterview Tunnel, Onehunga foreshore, The New Zealand Convention Centre and the multi-award-winning “Enfield Apartments in Milford and along with his commercial acumen brings a down to earth “hands on’ approach.
Play spaces
Play spaces are an integral part of our offering as a family business with young children. Play is part of our day-to-day life.
This is an area we love to thrive in and we have all the skills and know-how to make things work with the stingent Health and safety requirments and diminishing educational faculty budgets.
As we have the design string to our bow this means we can also design to the right price.
Featured Products
Green walls
Custom commercial furniture
Custom planters
Bespoke installations
SKHY2 Seating and planters
“In the words of Le Corbusier, "Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light."
This sophisticated two-story apartment, envisioned by Cheshire Architects, embodies Le Corbusier's Modernist ideals. Inspired by his iconic 1960s Marseille development, it offers both aesthetic grace and urban functionality.
Enter from the upper level, then descend to an airy, open-plan living space featuring a modern kitchen, dining area, and versatile second bedroom-turned-office.
Expansive windows overlook Damian Wendelborn's lush, checkerboard courtyard, bringing serene greenery into your daily life.” _Realestate.co.nz
As orginally designed in fibreglass meaning the showpiece of the external courtyard was well over budget, But Baz Locke From Auaha atea, helped engineer this piece in exposed concrete and hardwood to give it the same curved feel and keep it within a dwindling budget. Contractors on site often stateed that this “was the best thing in this place”
Custom Seating
When pouring concrete into a mould you have one chance to get it right, so this was treated as a joinery exercise and all profiles were laser cut and pre-fabricated off-site, Steel was bent and placed in the mould and the pour and exposing took place all on the same day and into the night. The timber slats were all hand-drilled and epoxied in by our in-house craftsman.
Sustainable Solutions
Key Principles
Environmental Sustainability: Protecting and preserving natural resources, ecosystems, and biodiversity.
Economic Sustainability: Ensuring that economic activities are viable and equitable in the long term, without causing harm to the environment or society.
Social Sustainability: Promoting fairness, equity, and well-being for all members of society, ensuring that everyone has access to basic needs and opportunities.
Intergenerational Equity: Ensuring that future generations have the same opportunities and access to resources as current generations.
These are the key principles that we live bu on a daily basis
Greenwalls
We keep it 100% native in all our trees and selected Plant species…
We only source from overseas if it cannot be found locally for the direct requirement of a client project. Wed have a direct incentive to support locals.
Greenwalls
Make a dull wall stand out and enhance you health and wellbeing
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to give your staff a better experience in their working environment, or you want a piece of natural art in your favourite space to be in your home environment.
We can sell you a 20 or 40-pot DIY kit or design a custom solution for your commercial space. Talk to us about hiring a green wall for your office or event also.
More about our brand
What is Auaha Atea?
Auaha is the Māori kupu (word) that means to shape, create or form.
"Ātea" translates to "space," "a wide expanse," or "something that is clear and free from obstruction".
We chose our indigenous language for our company title out of respect for the first people here and the values held by Maori.
People, plants and animals are all descendants of Ranginui (the sky father) and Papatuanuku (the earth mother) and their children, which means humans are therefore, intrinsically linked with biodiversity. The concepts of mauri (life force), mana (authority/power), tapu (sacred and restricted customs) and wairua (spirit) are important to consider in relation to both people and nature. The tangata whenua (people of the land) have a role as kaitiaki (guardians) to preserve the mauri, wāhi tapu (sacred sites) and natural taonga (treasures) in their area. Kaitiakianga includes active stewardship or guardianship of the land, with Māori traditionally having their own system of resource management to sustain people and natural resources for the future.
Book an appointment
Welcome to the Auaha atea Whanau, Book that appointment now! That you most likely have been putting off, as you have been planning to do it yourself but are just too busy. We all know how that feels. We’ll make it easy for you. Plans or no plans we have the experience to cater to the huge and the very small.
It all starts with an idea. That great idea that we can help you take to fruition with transparency and integrity as there is no time like the present.
It all starts with an idea. let’s make it better together.
We create spaces that matter!