EBANZ Natural Building Conference 2025

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025 at 10:00 pm to Sun, 16 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 am UTC+13:00

Te Wānanga o Raukawa and the Forest Lakes Conference Centre on the Kāpiti Coast | Otaki

Earthbuilding Association of New Zealand (EBANZ)
Publisher/HostEarthbuilding Association of New Zealand (EBANZ)
EBANZ Natural Building Conference 2025
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This year’s EBANZ (Earth Building Association of New Zealand) national conference will see industry leaders, innovators and enthusiasts come together to profile the latest ideas, technologies and projects shaping the future of low carbon, high performing, sustainable building in Aotearoa.
Set at Te Wānanga o Raukawa and the Forest Lakes Conference Centre on the Kāpiti Coast, the earth building conference will see builders, designers, researchers and earth-building enthusiasts explore how traditional and contemporary earth construction methods are shaping resilient, sustainable futures in Aotearoa and beyond.
Themed ‘Earth, Culture and Community’, the three-day conference in mid-November will include presentations, hands-on workshops, site visits and kōrero with leading voices in natural building, indigenous knowledge, climate-responsive design and regenerative practice, while also profiling New Zealand’s own set of earth building standards (NZS 4297, 4298 and 4299) 2024.
A ‘Professionals Day’ on Friday 14 November at Te Wānanga o Raukawa is aimed specifically at architects, engineers, inspectors, builders and designers interested in earth and natural building techniques. It will dive into the Tennent Brown Architects-designed Pā Reo campus at Te Wānanga (a Living Building Challenge project) and presenters will include Rau Hoskins of designTRIBE, Verena Maeder of Solid Earth and Sigi Koko, founder of Build Naturally USA.
Friday will be followed by the in-depth weekend conference at Forest Lakes, featuring talks and presentations aimed to inform and empower people on different aspects of earth and natural building as well as hands-on workshops in different methods and materials, including clay-based plasters, cob, rammed earth and adobe, straw bale and hempcrete. House tours will feature different building techniques, including straw bale and rammed earth, adobe, natural plasters and more.
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Te Wānanga o Raukawa and the Forest Lakes Conference Centre on the Kāpiti Coast, 156 Forest Lakes Rd, Otaki 5583, New Zealand, Otaki

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