Central North Island Branch News
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18 Jul
IFLA July Newsletter
The latest news from around the world
This month's newsletters features the following headine items: Get Ready to Make a Difference: IFLA 60th World Congress IFLA Pairing …
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07 Nov
Antwi Akom on TVNZ Breakfast Programme
![John Campbell with Dr Antwi Akom](/media/cache/12/61/1261e4c179cde5101b8a895c0a674c1a.png)
2019 NZILA Firth Conference Speaker
Dr Antwi Akom appeared on TVNZ’s Breakfast programme, speaking to presenter John Campbell about his work and how place-making can …
07 Nov
Ross Jackson Awarded Life Membership
![NZILA President Brad Coombs presents Ross Jackson with his life membership.](/media/cache/ed/81/ed815957adb01358c9c2b1ed3f2c1b92.jpg)
Congratulations
The 2019 NZILA Firth Conference opened last night in Ōtautahi Christchurch. This year’s theme is DISRUPTION and over the next …
06 Nov
Happy Birthday SOLA!
![Current staff at SOLA.](/media/cache/b7/7b/b77b72d26bc712df1525327fdd3ef643.jpg)
Celebrating 50 years
Woodstock. First Man on the Moon. But that wasn’t all that happened in 1969. New Zealand’s first programme in landscape …
30 Oct
Greymouth's new gathering space
![The sculptural Town Square shelters reference significant Ngāti Waewae sites within the wider Grey District. Image courtesy of Firth.](/media/cache/76/a5/76a51a9f5612e2b23b1c3c28c7832147.jpg)
Grey District Council project
When Greymouth’s new Town Square and Tainui Street Shared Space opened just before Christmas two years ago there was a …
29 Oct
Presidents Update
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October 2019
Tēnā koutou ki te whanau, Nga mihi o te ra. October has been a busy month for the Executive – …
29 Oct
A landscape full of maritime charm
![Xteriorscapes design concept and detailing builds upon the harbour’s waterfront vernacular, and draws on this landscape character in a creative and contemporary format.](/media/cache/ef/4a/ef4ace2f778163f6ddc11e03402e2539.jpg)
Akaroa Harbour
Good things come in small packages. Or in this case on small sites. Xteriorscapes vision for this compact, high quality …
29 Oct
A Well-Organised Workshop: Cultural tourism Mallorca
![Raixa courtyard: the musicians practice as they wait for the guests](/media/cache/d9/e6/d9e69876f97325e1ad90dcb5196f352f.jpg)
Impressions of an observerBlue skies and balmy warmth were my first impressions of Mallorca. While this attracts beach tourism from …
21 Oct
IFLA Asia Pacific Region Newsletter Issue No.10
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September 2019
Featured in this issue: IFLA Declares A Climate & Biodiversity EmergencyIFLA APR Congress 2019: Technical ToursSILA Build-with-Heart 2019Landscape Architects in …
16 Oct
Grant Edge – Elected to Environment Canterbury
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representing Opukepuke constituency
Grant is very pleased to advise that he has been elected as a new Councillor to Environment Canterbury, representing the …
14 Oct
Reshaping our streets - innovation in communities
![Trial street treatments in Waltham Forest, part of the controversial and ultimately very successful “mini Holland” scheme. Photo: Enjoy Waltham Forest](/media/cache/d5/58/d55800a200d4dbb6dd4c67ca06e4adb4.jpg)
Innovating Streets, NZTA programme
On familiar streets and roads many of us think, “it would be so much better here if the street was …
14 Oct
Who Got That Job?
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Hannah Wilson
At the beginning of April this year Hannah Wilson took up the role of Graduate Landscape Planner (Landscape Architect) at …
08 Oct
Award winning pump track proves a hit in Foxton Beach
![Pathways surrounding the pump track were asphalted as part of the project. Wheelchair and mobility scooter users have told the council they have greater access to the park as a result.](/media/cache/05/83/058349b37f76a8f8122ad999856d0d94.jpg)
Holben Reserve
Adding a pump track to an existing skate park in Holben/Te Wharangi Reserve had always been intended and Boffa Miskell …