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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05 Nov
Westhaven Promenade brings back history
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LandLAB’s Westhaven Promenade winds it way along the water’s edge from Wynyard Quarter through to Auckland’s Harbour Bridge. The insertion …
02 Nov
Laneway a winner for kiwi landscape architect in Australia
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Brisbane’s Fish Lane
Former Lincoln University student Matthew Durning has won a prestigious Australian Landscape Architecture Award. His project, Brisbane’s Fish Lane, won …
30 Oct
Meet Otakaro's principal landscape architect
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Peter Matthews
Peter Matthews is the principal landscape architect for Ōtākaro Limited, the company responsible for delivering Crown-led projects in Central Christchurch. …
30 Oct
Presidents Update
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October 2018
Kia ora everyone, I hope you are all making the most of Spring. I had another interesting month with a …
29 Oct
Beauty in landscape architecture - an argument against it
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International designer Martin Rein-Cano was in Auckland for flying visit in October and he wasn’t afraid to court controversy. LAA …
26 Oct
Seeing ‘Our Faces in Our Places’
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Te Tau-a-Nuku update
Nā Damian Powley i tuhi As another large cruise liner the Majestic Princess docks alongside Auckland’s waterfront, it’s a glorious …
25 Oct
Who Got That Job?
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Shannon Baxter
Shannon recently joined the Invercargill City Council as a Policy Planner within their Resource Management team. Shannon is a Registered …
18 Oct
VUW landscape architecture student wins international award
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Claudia Boyo
A postgraduate landscape architecture student at Victoria University of Wellington has won a major international award for her landscape architecture …
17 Oct
Connecting past and present in Rotorua
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600-metre long curved boardwalk
Isthmus has revealed a new design for Rotorua’s lakefront that captures the rich history and cultural ties associated with the …
16 Oct
The Good Citizen: Episode 2, Podcast with Henry Crothers
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How New Zealand’s cities and towns are changing
In the second episode of The Good Citizen, a new podcast of interviews with exciting and innovative New Zealanders, Jeremy …
15 Oct
Landscape Architect in the Media
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Catherine Hamilton on Radio NZ
Expert feature: Playgrounds! Catherine Hamilton was recently the special guest on the Jessie Mulligan show as an expert on Playgrounds. …
15 Oct
Who Got That Job?
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Andrea Reid
Andrea is a driven, multi-award-winning landscape architect who has recently joined WSP-Opus as an Intermediate Landscape Architect, after working at …