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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20 Mar
NZ assignment for award winning landscape architect intern
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Joey Rosenberg
Winning an international design competition when he was still a landscape architecture student at the University of Pennsylvania has opened …
15 Mar
Planning for people - Public Life Surveys
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By Den Aitken
People. Place. Design. The scale of our cities is changing. For decades, the design of our cities has been significantly …
13 Mar
Slave huts, sugar cane and the Landscapes of Misery
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Louisiana, the low coastal delta where the Mississippi floods across the land
While traveling across Louisiana, the low coastal delta where the Mississippi floods across the land it is hard not to …
12 Mar
Winner Announced - NZILA Firth Conference Accommodation Prize
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Louise Bailey, Outerspace Landscape Architects Ltd, who is the winner of the 2 nights accommodation prize at the …
07 Mar
Should landscape architects be reconsidering what they plant?
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Myrtle rust
Myrtle rust fungus has been detected in over two hundred and fifty sites in New Zealand, since first blowing over …
06 Mar
Reigniting a pride of place for Maori and their lands
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Grow Early Childcare Centre in Papamoa
Rangitahi Kawe is a 27 year old landscape architect at Earthart Landscaping in Whakatane. Tauranga is his turangawaewae, where he …
02 Mar
The man credited with leading the NZILA through a strong period of positive change has announced he’s stepping down.
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Shannon Bray - NZILA President
President Shannon Bray will leave the role at the AGM next month. He is hugely proud of the work the …
01 Mar
Why graffiti free is a sign of success for an award winning project
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The Harewood Underpass
The latest in our video series celebrating the Resene NZILA Pride of Place award winners takes us to the outskirts …
01 Mar
Ryan Gravel's infrastructure obsession and how it's shaped his career
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The Atlanta Beltline
Ryan Gravel is urban planner, designer and author working on infrastructure, concept development, and policy as the founder of a …
28 Feb
Embracing and showcasing Rotorua's unique sense of place
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New library and children’s health hub
With it’s geothermal activity and strong Maori culture Rotorua has a unique identity within New Zealand. So it was important …
26 Feb
A new life for neglected pa site in a surprising place
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Te Onewa Pa/Stokes Point
In pre-European times, Te Onewa pa site was a stronghold of great strategic importance. But in recent memory, it has …
22 Feb
Saving the world - by design
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Q&A with Sacha Coles
Sacha Coles is director of ASPECT Studios, and adjunct Professor at Sydney’s University of Technology Faculty of Design, Architecture and …