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09 Jul
Feedback on the NZILA Firth Wānanga 2025
Final reminder. Closes 11 July
We're looking at future planning of the national events programme and want to know what you think. Please help us …
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28 Jul
Who Got That Job?

Elena Helliwell
Elena has recently taken the job of Intermediate Urban Designer at Isthmus Group. She will be assisting in designing neighbourhoods …
23 Jul
Eco-visionary Antwi Akom coming to New Zealand

2019 NZILA Firth Conference Speaker
Disruption is the theme of this year’s NZILA Firth Conference, which is set to take place in Ōtautahi Christchurch from …
22 Jul
Trials, experiments and transition design - starting a national conversation
“Innovating Streets for People”
Innovating Streets for People Great street design helps create great places to live, work and play but wholescale upgrades have …
22 Jul
2019 Singapore Landscape Architecture Awards

NZILA President one of the judges
Brad Coombs spent the day with 8 other judges visiting 9 projects across Singapore for the 2019 SILA awards. The …
22 Jul
Who Got That Job?

Anne Wilkins
Anne joins Novo Group, a multi-disciplinary firm specialising in planning and land use development. Anne has been appointed to the …
22 Jul
Firth - Permeable Paving Seminar

NZILA Wellington Branch
Do you know the difference between permeable, porous and pervious paving?... Well, the Wellington NZILA members who attended last Friday’s …
18 Jul
Who Got That Job?

Lauren Vincent
At the beginning of the year Lauren was given an opportunity to join her esteemed colleagues Mark Read and Shane …
17 Jul
NZILA IFLA delegate update
July 2019
Preparations are well underway for the 2019 IFLA World Congress and Council meeting in Oslo in September. A revitalised IFLA …
15 Jul
29th International Garden Festival competition / Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
Call for Applications is open
29th International Garden Festival Theme of the 2020 competition: GARDENS OF THE EARTH RETURN TO MOTHER EARTH For the 29th …
15 Jul
Beca Design Practice leadership team bolstered by new appointment

Craig Pocock
This August, the Beca Design Practice will welcome Craig Pocock to the team. Craig has been appointed as a Principal …
10 Jul
Integrated Farm Plan (IFP)
"what if" tool
Aotearoa NZ rural landscapes are diverse, precious and vulnerable. Landscape planning and design input is essential to assist with necessary …
05 Jul
International recognition for street research

Urban Science academic journal June 19
Kess Aleksandrova’s Master’s research on residential street infrastructure retrofits has been published in the international peer-reviewed open-access academic journal Urban …