Programme
Programme 2026 Ka Rū Ka Hā
It’s time to connect, engage and kōrero
Ka Rū Ka Hā / Awaken the Energy is designed as a journey, not two days of back-to-back presentations.
Across the wānanga we’ll ground ourselves in who we are and how we practise in Aotearoa, challenge our thinking, get out into Ōtautahi to experience landscape architecture in place, and come back together to explore how our profession can influence what comes next.
Expect short provocations, conversations, practical case studies, field trips, facilitated discussions and workshops, with plenty of space to connect along the way.
The kaupapa of Ka Rū Ka Hā flows through three interconnected threads that weave across the two days.
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8.00–9.00am
Registration, exhibition and coffee
Arrive, collect your registration, explore the exhibition and catch up with colleagues before we begin.
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9.00–10.20am
Opening and keynote
We’ll open with mihi whakatau, introduce the journey ahead, and hear from our international keynote before a facilitated conversation.
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10.20–10.40am Morning tea
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10.40–11.35am
What does an Aotearoa practice look like?
Conversations exploring landscape architecture in Aotearoa, the profession we have inherited, and how our practice continues to evolve.
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11.40am–12.35pm
Expand our thinking: ideas for what comes next
A fast-moving series of short provocations looking at where landscape architects can have more influence and what becomes possible when we broaden how we practise.
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12.35–1.45pm Lunch
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1.45–2.20pm
From ideas to place
A short Institute update followed by field trip briefing and departure preparations.
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2.20–4.30pm
Ōtautahi field trips
Choose from a range of site visits across Ōtautahi, exploring projects, places and ideas on the ground. Full field trip options will be released closer to the event.
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From 6.00pm
Resene NZILA Awards Gala
Join us at One NZ Stadium as we celebrate outstanding landscape architecture from across Aotearoa. The formal programme begins at 6.30pm. Separate ticket required.
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8.30–9.00am
Exhibition and coffee
Reconnect over coffee and settle in for day two.
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9.00–10.30am
Bringing us back together
Reflections and observations from the first day and our time out in Ōtautahi, connecting what we have seen with the questions shaping our profession.
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10.30–11.00am Morning tea
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11.00am–12.20pm
Influence: How do landscape architects shape what happens beyond our profession?
Conversations about climate, policy, infrastructure, biodiversity and where landscape architects can have greater influence.
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12.20–1.30pm Lunch
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1.30–2.15pm
Choose your conversation: Round One
Concurrent sessions giving you the chance to go deeper into current issues, guidance and practical challenges affecting landscape architecture.
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2.15–2.25pm Changeover
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2.25–3.10pm
Choose your conversation: Round Two
A second round of concurrent sessions exploring adaptation, place, whenua and new ways of designing and working.
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3.10–3.30pm Afternoon tea
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3.30–4.15pm
Closing together
We’ll bring the strands of the two days back together, reflect on what we have heard and consider what we carry forward from Ka Rū Ka Hā.
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4.30pm Wānanga closes
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We’ll continue to share speakers, facilitators, field trips and session details as they are confirmed. The structure and timings above provide an overview of the wānanga and may be refined as the final programme comes together.
Keep checking back as more of Ka Rū Ka Hā is revealed.