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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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
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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"
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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 …
25 Jun
Who Got That Job?
![Jo Soanes, now at Boffa Miskell](/media/cache/df/e2/dfe241a2364ae99e5749d6727cf7b911.jpg)
Jo Soanes
Jo has recently joined Boffa Miskell as part of a team of five Landscape Architects based in Boffa Miskell's Hamilton …
25 Jun
NZ's first Professor of Landscape Architecture to retire
![Simon on a field trip with students.](/media/cache/9a/58/9a58b30127e873c15cfc7da6fba3ceb6.jpg)
Simon Swaffield
Lincoln’s School of Landscape Architecture is changing as two long serving champions retire after thirty-plus years shaping the discipline and …