Future Thinker
of the Year
Celebrating the students and recent graduates making waves in sustainable building
“I’m thrilled that, as finalists, NZGBC provided this platform for us to share our innovations and our challenges to the industry last night. For my own vision and mahi to have been acknowledged is an honour. To optimise the impact of green initiatives, we need to build trust, exposure, and data exchange between academia, practice, and disciplines. I look forward to connecting with other agents of change in a bid to transform industry mindsets regarding biomaterials and digital design, and to make experience-rich learning more accessible to young people,”
Maria Walker
Future Thinker of the Year 2023
Future Thinker of the Year 2023
Maria Walker
Senior Consultant Sustainability and Climate Change - Aurecon
Future Thinker of the Year 2022
Eloise Blewden
Master of Architecture student at Victoria University of Wellington
Future Thinker of the Year 2021
Meredith Dale
Urban strategist with The Urban Advisory and University of Auckland graduate - Masters in Urban Planning and Urban Design.jpeg?height=2000&name=AGM_2020_(13).jpeg)
Future Thinker of the Year 2020
Tessa Meyer
Corporate responsibility advisor at Eke Panuku
Future Thinker of the Year 2019
Kate Boylan
Sustainability engineer at Tonkin + Taylor
