Two design awards for airport terminal
New Plymouth Airport’s terminal has won two design excellence awards from the New Zealand Airports Association.
The terminal, Te Hono, was named medium-sized airport of the year and medium infrastructure project of the year at the awards, which were held online because of Covid.
The judges described Te Hono as an ‘‘iconic gateway for the region’’ and praised it for
‘‘giving life to the cultural narrative’’ of Puketapu hapū.
It sits on ancestral land of Taranaki’s Puketapu hapū, who worked with the project team, design consultants Beca and builders Clelands Construction.
New Plymouth Airport chief executive David Scott said about 244,000 passengers came through Te Hono in the year to June, with about 350,000 expected over the next 12 months.