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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05 Aug
NZILA member Di Lucas appointed to the New High Country Advisory Group
The High Country Advisory Group, established by Land Information New Zealand, aims to offer advice and insights to the Commissioner …
05 Aug
Q & A - Independent Commissioner Melean Absolum
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LAA speaks to Melean about her role
Melean Absolum is a consultant landscape architect in private practice. She has a post-graduate diploma in Landscape Architecture from Manchester …
02 Aug
IFLA 2018 Student Design Competition Digital Publication
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View prize winners and short listed entries
To view the completed digital publication for the IFLA 2018 Student Design Competition click here
01 Aug
How do you know when it's working?
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Seven leading design professionals explain how they know when landscape architecture is successful
"It's not about being heroic," says Boffa Miskell's Rachel de Lambert when Landscape Architecture Aotearoa posed the question - how …
01 Aug
Inaugural NZILA Vectorworks Landmark Student scholarship awarded
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Congratulations to Hannah Carson
Victoria University student Hannah Carson has been awarded the inaugural NZILA Vectorworks Landmark Student Scholarship. Her prize includes $1500 towards …
30 Jul
Kiwi landscape architect takes on London
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Bridget Law
New Zealand landscape architect Bridget Law is working in the United Kingdom after leaving New Zealand three and a half …
29 Jul
Planting day and memorial tōtara
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Wellington Branch
Recently hardy Wellington Branch members helped the Greater Wellington Regional Council plant native seedlings at Queen Elizabeth Park near Paekakariki …
26 Jul
Presidents Update
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July 2018
Kia ora, te whānau, Ngā mihi o te rā. In the last month we have made great progress on the …
26 Jul
Moving Auckland to Tāmaki
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Te Tau-a-Nuku update
As anyone living in or that has visited Auckland in the last few years can attest, Auckland’s urban, suburban and …
26 Jul
Who got that job?
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Stephen Quin
Vivian+Espie welcomed Stephen Quin back to their Queenstown office more than 10 years after first working there. Stephen completed his …
25 Jul
NZILA IFLA delegate update
July 2018
The 2018 IFLA World Council meeting was held on 16 and 17 July in Singapore, attended by delegates from each …
24 Jul
Digital billboards - yes or no?
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With digital technology becoming increasingly popular there are new issues to consider.
Billboards became a political issue in Auckland at the turn of the century when all of a sudden the inner …