Southern Branch News
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16 Aug
2024 Registration Interviews
Workbook Submissions due Monday 30 September
For those that are intending to sit the 2024 Registration Interview. The forms will need to be completed by Monday …
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16 Jan
Ararira wetland serves as an outdoor classroom
![The Ararira/LII River begins near Lincoln township, travels through mixed-use rural land, finishing at the lake at Yarrs Flat wildlife reserve.](/media/cache/c1/aa/c1aa29864eecdf884a45324e4dcb935c.jpg)
Community Restoration Project
Planting native trees is one of the most popular conservation activities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Everywhere we are seeking to …
15 Jan
IFLA AAPME Awards 2020: Call For Submissions
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Final date for submission 15 March 2020
IFLA APR is proud to host the AAPME Awards 2020 – “GLOBAL CALL FOR RESILIENCE”, a global award initiated by …
15 Jan
IFLA - KOMPAN Play Design Challenge 2020
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Theme: RESILIENCE – PLAY BUILT TO LAST
Organised by IFLA Asia-Pacific region, in collaboration with IFLA Americas and KOMPAN BACKGROUND In most cities and urban developments, children's …
14 Jan
Laneways project gets thumbs up
![The laneways are a modern interpretation of an area’s heritage.](/media/cache/66/11/6611286f12d8e354787b7b2d795b6aa0.jpg)
Resene NZILA 2019 Award
Design work on an area of tight alleyways and small lanes won Wellington City Council’s urban design team an Excellence …
13 Jan
Australia's burning - a call to action
![The Sydney Opera House paid tribute to Australia’s heroic firefighters over the weekend. Image courtesy of the Sydney Opera House.](/media/cache/76/1e/761e813865fe129af7c84a186e9412cf.jpg)
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Wherever you were around the world this holiday break - there was no escaping the cataclysmic Australia fires and as …
20 Dec
IFLA Asia Pacific Region Newsletter Issue No:13
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December 2019
Featured in this issue: Fumiaki Takano and the future of IFLA APRIFLA2020 Call for SubmissionsIFLA APR LA Awards Feature: Award …
20 Dec
Presidents End of Year Message
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Meri Kirihīmete te whanau
This is my end of year wrap up and ‘have a happy holiday season’ message. Firstly I would like to …
18 Dec
X-Section journal a "worthy addition to bookshelves"
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Unitec
A collaborative publication between landscape architecture students, academics and practitioners has won an excellence award in the Landscape Publication category …
13 Dec
Furniture project wins LandLAB Excellence Award
![The platform provides a new sculptural seating form located at key destinations along the promenade - Bouzaid Way/Log Farm Waterfront, Market Plaza and the Promenade. These are deliberately over-scaled elements that support social and group seating.](/media/cache/50/56/505683e2599cff8c1b6064a1043eb63a.jpg)
LandLAB’s Viaduct Harbour seating prototypes project was initiated to find furniture which would add to the character and functionality of …
12 Dec
Designing for equality
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The biggest challenge facing landscape architects, designers and planners in the 21st century is how to integrate community voice and …
11 Dec
Weaving together coastal processes with indigenous narrative
![Marine Parade is a thriving playground for locals and visitors alike.](/media/cache/8c/4b/8c4b62e88d04323f0d26ebfd595a8de4.jpg)
Award of Excellence
The redevelopment of a waterfront site on Marine Parade in Napier has given new life to the area by connecting …
09 Dec
Change is coming
![Dr Hill at the NZILA Firth conference in Christchurch in November.](/media/cache/b1/fc/b1fc1f7c5123390bc82a2626c32f76e3.png)
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If anyone in the audience for Dr Kristina Hill’s NZILA Firth conference presentation was house hunting they’d be heading for …