Hawkes Bay/Manawatū Branch News

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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30 Oct
Meet Otakaro's principal landscape architect

Peter Matthews
Peter Matthews is the principal landscape architect for Ōtākaro Limited, the company responsible for delivering Crown-led projects in Central Christchurch. …
30 Oct
Presidents Update

October 2018
Kia ora everyone, I hope you are all making the most of Spring. I had another interesting month with a …
29 Oct
Beauty in landscape architecture - an argument against it

Watch Video of Martin Rein-Cano
International designer Martin Rein-Cano was in Auckland for flying visit in October and he wasn’t afraid to court controversy. LAA …
26 Oct
Seeing ‘Our Faces in Our Places’

Te Tau-a-Nuku update
Nā Damian Powley i tuhi As another large cruise liner the Majestic Princess docks alongside Auckland’s waterfront, it’s a glorious …
25 Oct
Who Got That Job?

Shannon Baxter
Shannon recently joined the Invercargill City Council as a Policy Planner within their Resource Management team. Shannon is a Registered …
18 Oct
VUW landscape architecture student wins international award

Claudia Boyo
A postgraduate landscape architecture student at Victoria University of Wellington has won a major international award for her landscape architecture …
17 Oct
Connecting past and present in Rotorua

600-metre long curved boardwalk
Isthmus has revealed a new design for Rotorua’s lakefront that captures the rich history and cultural ties associated with the …
16 Oct
The Good Citizen: Episode 2, Podcast with Henry Crothers

How New Zealand’s cities and towns are changing
In the second episode of The Good Citizen, a new podcast of interviews with exciting and innovative New Zealanders, Jeremy …
15 Oct
Landscape Architect in the Media

Catherine Hamilton on Radio NZ
Expert feature: Playgrounds! Catherine Hamilton was recently the special guest on the Jessie Mulligan show as an expert on Playgrounds. …
15 Oct
Who Got That Job?

Andrea Reid
Andrea is a driven, multi-award-winning landscape architect who has recently joined WSP-Opus as an Intermediate Landscape Architect, after working at …
15 Oct
Who Got That Job?

Zach Barker
Zach recently relocated from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to join the Isthmus Auckland office as an intermediate landscape architect. As a dual …
15 Oct
WSP global exchange programme

Jenna Wouters
For Canadian landscape architect Jenna Wouters a work exchange programme to New Zealand with WSP has opened up a world …