Editing Culture of New Zealand (section)

===Architecture===
{{Main|Architecture of New Zealand}}
[[File:Gable figure (tekoteko), New Zealand, North Island, Maori people, Te Arawa people, Ngati Tarawhai style, 20th century, wood - De Young Museum - DSC01178.JPG|left|thumb|upright|''Tekoteko'' from the gable of a ''[[wharenui]]'', [[Te Arawa]] (20th century)]]
Māori initially built semi-permanent wooden structures, and then from the 15th century onwards as Māori settled they built more permanent structures, including 'pātaka (storehouses), and kāuta (cooking houses)'. The {{lang|mi|[[wharenui]]}} that are seen today were developed in the mid-19th century.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Māori architecture – whare Māori |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/maori-architecture-whare-maori |encyclopedia=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |access-date=31 January 2023 |date=22 October 2014}}</ref> The contemporary architecture of New Zealand is influenced by various cultures but it is predominantly of a European style.<ref>{{cite web |title=Architecture and design |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/domestic-architecture |website=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |access-date=31 January 2023 |date=22 October 2014}}</ref> 

[[File:Bowman_Building_07.jpg|thumb|[[Art Deco|Art deco]] in [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]]]]
Fatal earthquakes have influenced the built landscape of New Zealand, including less brick buildings and more wooden building in Wellington after a severe earthquake in 1855 early on in the British settlement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Earthquakes and Architecture {{!}} NZETC |url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Stout68-t34-body-d2.html |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=nzetc.victoria.ac.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=GeoNet M 8.2 Wairarapa Tue, Jan 23 1855 |url=https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/story/2178057 |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=[[GeoNet (New Zealand)|GeoNet]] |language=en}}</ref>  The [[2010 Canterbury earthquake|2010–11 Christchurch earthquakes]] have changed building approaches across New Zealand towards steel frame buildings especially in Christchurch and Wellington.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutching |first=Chris |date=2018-01-15 |title=Earthquakes usher in new era for steel construction |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/100575322/earthquakes-usher-in-new-era-for-steel-construction |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]] suffered [[1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake|an earthquake]] in 1931 creating an [[Art Deco|art deco]] re-build.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=Nalewicki |first2=Jennifer |title=How an Earthquake Turned This New Zealand Town into the Art Deco Capital of the World |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/earthquake-helped-turn-city-art-deco-capital-world-180958081/ |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref><blockquote>Nowhere else in the world will you find as immense a collection of Art Deco architecture in such a small space. (Sally Jackson, 2016)<ref name=":1" /></blockquote>