We talk with Kristen Webster and Duncan Munro

Eke Panuku is advancing the practice of deconstructing, rather than demolishing, buildings and infrastructure in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland. “Deconstruction” sees materials repurposed for other projects – reducing the financial and environmental costs of both waste to landfill and new materials production. The benefits of the Eke Panuku approach are broad and surprising, while the costs are comparable to traditional demolish and dump approaches. This episode of A City of Neighbourhoods interviews Kristen Webster and Duncan Munroe who are corporate responsibility experts within Eke Panuku. Kristen and Duncan explain why deconstruction should be the first option considered when it’s time to remove old buildings and infrastructure.