Canterbury/Westland Branch News
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02 Sep
Live Stream Event - 2024 IFLA World Council
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For those of you who cannot attend in person, IFLA plans to live stream the Congress via YouTube. It will …
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29 Sep
Harry Turbott
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NZ's first landscape architect
Harry Turbott – New Zealand’s first landscape architect by Garth Falconer Environmental design and landscape architecture are growing fields in …
28 Sep
The triumphant opening of Redcliffs School in Christchurch
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Watch Video In June this year a very special Christchurch school re-opened. In something of a symbol of the city’s …
21 Sep
"Our piece of paradise" - Frank Boffa
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Many months ago LAA asked distinguished landscape architect Frank Boffa to name a project he was particularly proud of. He …
21 Sep
2020 AILA Land-E-Scape: Reset - Towards Healing
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Special offer for NZILA members
2020 AILA Land-E-Scape: Reset - Towards Healing // SPECIAL OFFER: NZILA Members are able to purchase a full pass to …
18 Sep
From South Auckland to the University of Cambridge
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Auckland landscape architect Jackie Paul is off to one of the world’s leading universities to continue her study.
Just three years after graduating from Unitec in Auckland landscape architect Jackie Paul is off to one of the world’s …
17 Sep
The Pacific Path brings Botanic Gardens Masterplan to life
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The Pacific Path brings Botanic Gardens Masterplan to life.By Isthmus Manukau city is a young, fast growing settlement 23 kilometres …
10 Sep
IFLA Internship Opportunities
Greetings from IFLA Asia-Pacific Region!Looking ahead in the post-covid world, IFLA APR has an ongoing initative that is a bid …
10 Sep
Wellington takes another step in it's te reo journey.
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Wellington takes another step in it's te reo journey.Wellington has moved a step closer to realising it’s vision of becoming …
08 Sep
Making more people-space - Linnea Jacobsen
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Linnea Jacobsen is a Danish landscape architect who had always had a hankering to visit New Zealand. During the final …
01 Sep
Paying tribute to Megan Wraight
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We’re incredibly sad to share the loss of one of our industry’s shining lights. Megan Wraight died yesterday after a …
31 Aug
NZILA IFLA delegate update
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Virtual meetingThe 2020 IFLA APR council meeting was held on 21 August, not in Penang where we were all meant …
31 Aug
Sculptures tell the story of early Polynesian navigators
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By Kathleen Kinney
Tangata Whenua hold the knowledge, narratives and mauri of place. We understand the importance of whakapapa and that our connections …