Canterbury/Westland Branch News
05 Sep
Deputy Chair of the 2025 Registration Panel
Expressions of Interest
For the last two years the Panel Chair, Martha Dravitzki, has led the charge in shepherding Registration candidates through the …
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20 Jul
The Carbon Landscape Roadshow
![Reviewing the carbon foot of rain gardens](/media/cache/09/31/0931169d547d6489c186e15895aa7ea3.jpg)
Presented by Craig Pocock
Craig Pocock is back in New Zealand for two months and going to be talking at a number of centres …
19 Jul
Winner of the 2018 Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award announced
![Anne Whiston Spirn - the recipient of the 2018 IFLA Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe award. Photo credit: IFLA](/media/cache/93/61/936169453b2eb5c35c17762784e54875.jpg)
Anne Whiston Spirn
The International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), which represents the worldwide profession of Landscape Architecture, proudly announced at a special …
17 Jul
The battle for Okura
![The Long Bay Okura Great Park Society claims OHL is disregarding the special values of the estuary. Photo credit: Geoff Reid, Photographer and Environmentalist.](/media/cache/2d/b8/2db89ae8de59c135fc2995af9c6e9084.jpg)
Brad Coombs comments on the ongoing legal battles
The New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects president, Brad Coombs, says the ongoing legal battles around housing developments in Okura, …
10 Jul
The importance of water play
![Young children enjoy the opportunity to interact with the water at their own pace.](/media/cache/4f/8c/4f8c4e26aa480a50a8bda93ab8b7b100.jpg)
“There’s a growing awareness around the importance of unstructured play for children,”
Landscape architect Sarah Collins has done a lot of work in the area of children’s play in both early childhood …
04 Jul
Proposed redevelopment of Three Kings Quarry
![RRA Three Kings Quarry Panorama](/media/cache/68/e7/68e7f55fd62c7c098708f83e4ecddbe0.jpg)
Think piece
Richard Reid has published an article on Fletcher Residential’s proposed redevelopment of Three Kings Quarry. The article provides an overview …
04 Jul
Designing the future of our biggest city
![The Waterview Tunnel benefitted from input from the Auckland Urban Design Panel.](/media/cache/c3/d8/c3d894e7e641d2331f69f0c255dd4b8e.jpg)
Auckland Urban Design Panel
Since 2003, significant developments in Auckland have been run past the Auckland Urban Design Panel as part of a concerted …
03 Jul
Streetscape's 2 x 2 Central North Island Branch Event
![Kindly Sponsored by Streetscape Ltd](/media/cache/07/b7/07b78b505bccd92f63c2e2c897815064.jpg)
Fast, Fun and Friendly 2 x 2 Event
Sharing ideas and projects is a quick fire method proved to be a success at the Central North Island Branches …
29 Jun
Practicing practice
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL - Project Video for LASC 393: Practicum
The third year of the BLA programme at Lincoln includes a practicum course, where students examine a range of issues …
28 Jun
LandLAB's Henry Crothers
![Henry was one of the key organisers of the 2018 NZILA Firth conference.](/media/cache/1b/96/1b96cdf045976da5ac173b10aba92f0e.jpg)
LAA Profile
We continue our series of profile videos by showcasing a man who's name has become synonymous with urban renewal in …
27 Jun
A new future for Hobart's "Female Factory"
![This part of the design references the feeling of imprisonment experienced by the inmates at the 'factory.'](/media/cache/f8/e4/f8e406e9ff2f5db0f97041727c0f99cf.jpg)
Penal colony for female convicts
The site of the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart, where women prisoners were incarcerated in the 19th century, is going …
27 Jun
How Much is Enough
![Maui, who braced himself against the Kaikoura Peninsula when he pulled up the North Island, at the start of the Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway. Image Neil Challenger](/media/cache/f8/43/f8430f96dce9e5f16f08b6d9c1fdb760.jpg)
A conference musing from Te Tau-a-Nuku
As part of the 2018 Tuia Pito Ora (NZILA) conference, three Te Tau-a-Nuku members contributed to the Culture + Community …
26 Jun
NZILA IFLA delegate update
June 2018
The 55th IFLA World Council meeting will be held this year in Singapore on 16 and 17 July, where the …