The Best Design Awards are a major feature of the local design calendar and some of last year's winners have toured the country to offer first-hand insights into their projects.
The 2021 series was recorded on video. Here is one from the series of twenty recorded.
DINZ Interview
Best of the Best Designers Speak® - Video - Locales and Waipā District Council


Shane Te Ruki
Te Ara Wai Journeys
Chris Hay, Anne Blyth and Shane Te Ruki
Locales & Waipā District Council
A highly complex project to create multi-media assets for a self-guided, heritage tour through the Waipā district, telling the story of the Waikato War through the voices of the local community. A team composed of storytellers, museum director and an iwi representative discuss the process of planning, filming and disseminating content from a variety of voices (pakeha and Māori) across important landscapes around the Waikato.

Chris Hay DINZ

Anne Blyth
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