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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28 Jun
Dunedin Warehouse Precinct
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Jetty Street Closure and Streetscape Enhancement
Part of Dunedin’s charm lies in areas with rich architectural and social history, which offer significant opportunities for urban design. …
27 Jun
Presidents Update
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Hi everyone
Recently I have been involved in the IFLA Asia Pacific Region (APR) awards, and had the pleasure of being on …
27 Jun
Mollett Street Opening
![South Frame Matai Common](/media/cache/4d/8c/4d8c1e08fc81114f70cbe79ac8f8d6f6.jpg)
A collaboration between JASMAX, LandLAB, Aecom and Ōtākaro Ltd.
The Hon Nicky Wagner opened the Mollett Street block of the South Frame on Monday 26 June. The Greenway is …
26 Jun
Bridesdale Farm
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Queenstown's First SHA
“Housing Crisis”; it’s the hot topic on everyone’s lips at the moment, regardless of where you live. Queenstown in particular …
23 Jun
Celebration Time
![Mike Thomas - VXV Plaza, Auckland](/media/cache/2a/53/2a533c17f3f42bc626cbb83209528a7b.jpg)
Canterbury Westland Branch
Canterbury Westland branch held an event at Jasmax Christchurch office to celebrate the recent Resene NZILA Pride of Place Landscape …
23 Jun
The Modern Landscapes of Ted Smyth
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Ted Smyth, NZILA Honorary Fellow member
The modern period in landscape architecture is enjoying the fascinated appreciation of scholars and historians in Europe and the Americas, …
22 Jun
Guangzhou GALA Workshop
![Garth, Mike and Henry attending the GALA workshop](/media/cache/b6/15/b6150c673dc207ef78a77eb923e50985.jpg)
Tamaki Makaurau Design Alliance
Henry Crothers (LandLAB), Mike Thomas (Jasmax) and Garth Falconer (Reset) recently represented the Tamaki Makaurau Design Alliance (TMDA) at a …
16 Jun
Member Profile - Brooke Foley
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Meet Brooke from Central North Island Branch
As a recent graduate of Unitec Institute of Technology, I had my eyes set on working for Boffa Miskell. I …
15 Jun
Geography graduates, landscape assessment and using mathematics to understand landscape students
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Could Geography graduates be better at landscape assessment than landscape architects and how to understand landscape graduates with mathematics.
Earlier this year I wrote the article “Coffee, professional encroachment and the art of planting design.” The article subject was …
29 May
Themed Outdoor Photographic Exhibition at Queens Wharf in Auckland: Connections - Reflections
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by Haylea Muir
I was recently selected to take part in a collaborative photography project being run by Panuku as one of their …
12 May
Out of the Rubble
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Seven Post Earthquake Landscapes
As local landscape architects, I think we can be proud to say that our design responses to a post-quake city …
04 May
New Urban Forest planned for Woolston
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- Antony Shadbolt
Council Landscape Architect and Ecologist Antony Shadbolt speaking on the new urban forest planned for Woolston, which will be created …