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The School of Landscape Architecture, Lincoln University presents the SOLA seminar series for semester 1.

The upcoming seminar is a special topic, presented by the Landscape Foundation Trustees 

Abstract
Like landscape the book Kia Whakanuia te Whenua People Place Landscape holds layers of information and stories within stories. Trustees of the Landscape Foundation who produced the book share the background to the book’s inception, and its stories, from the volunteer landscape graduate Al Newsome, to whom the book is dedicated, to the ‘call to action’ on a view of the landscape to address the issues of our time, and a Māori perspective, to the successful practice of people like Wraight and Associates and Megan Wraight’s career. The Trustees will take you to the people and their work, such as the curation by Carolyn Hill which turned the collection of articles into a comprehensive story, the careers including that of student writer Te Kerekere Roycroft to Andrew Craig who now paints the earth’s crust as landscape interpretation.  We will explain how the international writers came to be included and contribute to the book. Stories not included are discussed such as eminent British landscape architect Hal Moggridge’s article on adaptive reuse of a historic landscape, to the story intended about Rangiriri. We explain why Josie McClutchie’s images of devastation of Tairawhiti’s beaches and waterways caused by careless forestry logging (and others) were not included. We conclude with Sam Bourne’s vision for work on landscape issues facing Aotearoa New Zealand focusing on collaboration among researchers through landscape led thinking and much needed resources such as Knowledge Hubs.

Trustees Bios

Dr Diane Menzies, ONZM, Rongowhakaata and Aitanga-a-Mahaki
A member of ICOMOS IFLA ISC Cultural Landscape committee and Ngā Aho (Māori designer’s network), Diane has a PhD in Resource Management, served as President of the International Federation of Landscape Architects and was a member of the New Zealand judiciary for eleven years. She now heads Landcult Ltd, consulting, with a research focus on cultural justice. 

Sam Bourne
Sam Bourne is the Team Lead of Urban Design & Place at Waka Kotahi (NZ Transport Agency). Sam has a BLA and is a NZILA Registered Landscape Architect. Sam served as Chair of the NZILA Auckland Branch during the Auckland Spatial Plan period. Sam’s interest span urbanism, bio-regional and watersheds, agro-ecology, cultural landscapes and ecological design. His current focus is on developing national street guidance, urban design and landscape toolkits, green infrastructure & engineering, and supporting urban & environmental initiatives within the transport system associated with sustainability and transport, including resilience and adaptation.

Jan Woodhouse
Jan Woodhouse still operates her own private practise specialising in rural consents and anything on Waiheke – she likes the boat ride and its free! She is passionate about incorporating environmental improvement into her projects and is particularly focused on opportunities for revegetation.

She served two terms on the NZILA Exec – one as Vice President – has helped organise numerous NZILA conferences and workshops and also ran the NZILA awards before acting as a judge for them. She was one of the inaugural Judges at the Ellerslie Flower Show and as a result of that was invited to Shadow Judge at Chelsea. Her current focus is selling the Landscape Foundations book Kia Whakanuia te Whenua to the widest number of people possible.

Will Thresher
Will Thresher is Director of Thresher Associates, established 1998. He is a practicing landscape architect and urban designer with a wealth of experience in project design and construction working on a wide range of multidisciplinary projects for government, local authority, institutional and developer clients. Will holds post-graduate diplomas in Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, served on NZILA National Executive 2005-2008 and Urban Design Forum national committee 2009-2020, has been a member of Auckland Urban Design Panel since 2004 and trustee of Landscape Foundation since 2014.

Sarah Collins
Sarah Collins is a Landscape Architect and Partner at Boffa Miskell where she has practiced for over 30 years. She has a wide range of experience working in project design and implementation working on multi-disciplinary projects for local authorities, government, institutions and developer clients. Sarah has a keen interest in plants and understands appropriate plants for different environments.  She has a particular interest in the design of environments for learning and the opportunities these environments offer for environmental education. Sarah is a registered landscape architect and served two terms on the NZILA Executive Committee, during which period she set up the Awards programme. Sarah has been a Trustee on the Landscape Foundation since 2012.

And Editor Carolyn Hill
Carolyn Hill is an architect and researcher who practices in cultural heritage management and conservation. She has worked in various built heritage-focused roles across public and private sectors in New Zealand, Australia and the UK, and now provides heritage services through her consultancy, Lifescapes. She is also a Teaching Fellow in Te Kura Aronui School of Social Sciences at the University of Waikato, and is commencing a PhD through the university’s doctoral scholarship programme.