Auckland Branch News
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16 Aug
2024 Registration Interviews
Workbook Submissions due Monday 30 September
For those that are intending to sit the 2024 Registration Interview. The forms will need to be completed by Monday …
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07 Feb
Meet the man behind the 'Carbon Landscape Collective'
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Concern over the environmental impact of the landscape architecture profession has led Texas-based Kiwi Landscape Architect Craig Pocock on a …
01 Feb
Meet Auckland's Māori Design Leader
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Phil Wihongi
Phil Wihongi is the Māori Design Leader at Auckland Council. Appointed in 2016 his role entails working with the Auckland …
31 Jan
NZILA IFLA delegate update
January 2019
It was good to see newsletter 1 from the IFLA Asia Pacific Region finally making it to press, with issue …
29 Jan
Steve Dunn - 40 years at Boffa Miskell
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Congratulations Steve
Landscape architect Steve Dunn has been recognised for 40 years at Boffa Miskell. As the company's longest-serving employee and a …
29 Jan
A public intervention in Marlborough
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Transforming Renwick back into a place for people
Pause Park is the first permanent intervention to be delivered as part of a programme of public realm upgrade works …
28 Jan
NZAIA team up with landscape architects to discuss landscape assessment
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Particular focus on the assessment of landscape values and effects
Late last year the New Zealand Association for Impact Assessment (NZAIA) chose the topic for their next biannual newsletter and …
24 Jan
Entries open for Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards 2019
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Two new categories added for 2019
Two new categories are a key feature of the Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards 2019 which open …
23 Jan
Better Prepared Built Environment Professions
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Diane Menzies with Lena Henry and Dory Reeves
Landscape architects will be interested to know that there is a useful, new on-line resource available to help them communicate …
18 Jan
New Year Honour for Di Lucas
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Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)
For renowned landscape architect Di Lucas, being named in this year's New Year honours list was not something she had …
17 Jan
NZILA President: The year ahead
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2019 is shaping up as an exciting year
NZILA president Brad Coombs says 2019 is shaping up as an exciting year for both the landscape architecture profession and …
15 Jan
Who Got That Job?
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Kate Males
At the end of last year, local landscape architecture collective welcomed Kate Males to their team in Wellington. Kate has …
14 Jan
Input requested for PhD work on barriers to walking
Leveraging walking in New Zealand urban areas
Pedestrian accessibility is increasingly seen as a key aspect of efficient towns and cities, and its improvement faces the challenge …