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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21 Sep
Who Got That Job?
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Ben Taylor
Rough and Milne Landscape Architects are thrilled to welcome Ben Taylor back into their team, 11 years after first working …
20 Sep
An award 30 years in the making
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Dennis Scott & Waiheke Island
Landscape architect Dennis Scott has made the trip to Waiheke Island countless times. On a Saturday morning in August LAA …
19 Sep
Selling your project
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Q&A with Mark Ames
Mark Ames from Sydney-based Strategic Cities specialises in media management and engagement strategy for cities and government agencies. He played …
17 Sep
NZILA Auckland Branch presents Martin Rein-Cano of TOPOTEK 1
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Monday 8th October
NZILA Auckland Branch is set to host a talk by international designer Martin Rein-Cano of TOPOTEK 1 Thank you to …
16 Sep
Te Aranga Maori design principles
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An insight into how the principles are implemented in practice
Te Aranga Māori Design Principles were developed by Auckland Council in conjunction with mana whenua to provide practical guidance for …
11 Sep
World Architecture Festival: NZ landscape architecture finalists - part 1
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Jasmax project Te Whau Pathway
Four New Zealand landscape architecture projects have been shortlisted for this year’s World Architecture Festival, which will be held in …
10 Sep
New Zealand's Festival of Architecture widens its brief
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14th - 23rd September
New Zealand’s Festival of Architecture kicks off around the country on Friday (14 September) and this year is aiming to …
03 Sep
New IFLA president heading our way
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Professor James Hayter
The head of the International Federation of Landscape Architects is heading our way. Australian James Hayter, who was elected to …
31 Aug
How is landscape architecture misunderstood?
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Leading LAs were quick to point out the complexities of the profession
"There is a perception that we pick the plants ... we're the people who come in and put in the …
28 Aug
Last week I went to a different cultural place
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Te Tau-a-Nuku update
I attended the tangi (funeral) of the 86 year-old matriarch of a family I have known for over 40 years, …
28 Aug
Presidents Update
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August 2018
Kia ora, e te whānau, Ngā mihi o te rā. In the last month we have made progress on forming …
27 Aug
Who Got That Job?
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Kylie McLaughlin-Brown
Kylie McLaughlin-Brown has recently joined Parallax Consultants as part of a team of planners and surveyors based in Warkworth and …