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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31 May
LAA Profile: Dr Jacky Bowring
![Dr Jacky Bowring with David Irwin from Isthmus at the NZILA President’s cocktail evening earlier this year.](/media/cache/c8/fa/c8fa58b3d25bbae602e750749e05193f.jpg)
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Jacky Bowring is a freshly minted NZILA fellow, and Professor of Landscape Architecture at Lincoln University. She specialises in emotions …
29 May
Presidents Update
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May 2019
Kia ora e te whanau,Nga mihi o te ra. May 2019 has been a busy month for me, with a …
28 May
IFLA Asia Pacific Region Newsletter Issue No.6
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May 2019
Featured in this issue: IFLA APR Awards 2019: Meet the JuryWorld Landscape Architecture Month: A Villager’s ViewHow Landscape Might Influence…The …
27 May
Christ Church Cathedral reinstatement team named
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Led by landscape architect Nik Kneale
Boffa Miskell is one of the key consultants appointed to undertake the reinstatement of Christ Church Cathedral and will oversee …
24 May
Victoria University Prize Giving
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Congratulations to this years award winners!
NZILA President Brad Coombs attended the Victoria University Prize Giving held on 14th May 2019 and presented the following: Madeleine …
24 May
Back to nature - by royal design
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One of the gardens at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London has won a big thumbs up from …
22 May
Folded Planes - North Kumutoto on Wellington's waterfront
![“A beautiful level of craftsmanship and detail with an underlying Pacific feel. The form and scale of the building wraps and envelopes you providing a wonderful communal aspect with the large tables at the threshold of the land and sea. Crafted urban infrastructure.” Best Awards citation](/media/cache/3e/ff/3efff388466931f065f077a9a079bd80.png)
Findlay Buchanan talks with Isthmus CEO Ralph Johns
Isthmus’ original plan for the Wellington waterfront at Kumutoto composed two key spatial moves: to push the city out and …
15 May
Julie Bargmann - transforming derelict industrial sites into happening public spaces
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2019 NZILA Firth Conference Speaker
The countdown to the 2019 NZILA Firth Conference is underway as early bird tickets go on sale today. (May 15) …
15 May
Register Now - 2019 NZILA Firth Conference
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Registration open
The 2019 NZILA Firth Conference will be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch, 6-8 November 2019. Theme:The 2019 theme, DISRUPTION, centres on …
10 May
Lincoln University Prize Giving
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Congratulations to this years award winners!
NZILA President Brad Coombs attended the Lincoln University Graduation held on Friday 3rd May 2019 and presented the following awards: …
08 May
Adding to the serenity of our Lady's Home of Compassion
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Island Bay
Studio Pacific Architecture have recently completed landscape and building upgrades at Our Lady’s Home of Compassion in Wellington’s Island Bay …
03 May
Lyttelton's historic Timeball Station returned to it's former glory
![A full rebuild of the complete Timeball Station was not possible, but with so much of the building’s fabric retrieved, recorded and stored, the tower could be rebuilt. Overseeing the entire project was The Building Intelligence Group.](/media/cache/4d/86/4d86dc3bd93ee0bad4c2408629ec19cd.jpg)
well almost
Landscape architects Rough & Milne have finished designing the grounds of Lyttelton’s historic Timeball Station - for the second time. …