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 Sep
IFLA Asia Pacific Region Newsletter Issue No.9
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August 2019
Featured in this issue: IFLA LA Awards 2019: Winners Announced IFLA APR Regional Congress 2019 IFLA World Congress 2019 IFLA …
16 Sep
Keeping it simple and local - Ng Sek San
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2019 NZILA Firth Conference Speaker
Ng Sek San has been described as a non-conformist, a maverick who believes in simple, affordable and local solutions. The …
15 Sep
Bay of Plenty children help design their own playground
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Project led by Tim Lander from LOAM Landscape Architects
Junior and senior children at Omokoroa Point primary-intermediate school in the Bay of Plenty have been encouraged to have a …
12 Sep
Radiata pine plantations – a band aid to nowhere
Article by Di Lucas
To view the article 'Radiata pine plantations – a band aid to nowhere' written by Di Lucas for Pure Advantage …
12 Sep
Combining new baby with new business
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Sarah Wolfe
The pull of family brought Sarah Wolfe back to New Zealand. After 10 years travelling and working as a landscape …
11 Sep
Who Got That Job?
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Julia Wick
Boffa Miskell welcomed Julia Wick as Senior Landscape Architect (Landscape Planner) at its Auckland Office. Julia has 8 years’ NZ …
10 Sep
A spruce up for Whitianga
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one of the Coromandel Peninsula’s main tourist hubs
Giving iconic holiday destination Whitianga a long-awaited upgrade was a community effort and a shared success, writes Boffa Miskell’s Kathleen …
04 Sep
Scholarship awarded at Lincoln University
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Nicole Tune wins Boffa Miskell Scholarship to help finish her studies
Nicole Tune has won the 2019 Boffa Miskell scholarship for meritorious achievement in 3rd year landscape architecture. She says ‘the …
03 Sep
A climate change challenge to NZILA branches
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Submission presented Friday 30 August
The effects of climate change on the Aotearoa New Zealand landscape will be the biggest disruptive event in our history, …
02 Sep
Walter Hood to attend 2019 NZILA Firth Conference in Christchurch
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International Conference Speaker
Acclaimed American landscape architect Walter Hood is to speak on urban disruption at the 2019 NZILA Firth Conference in Christchurch …
31 Aug
IFLA Asia Pacific Region Newsletter Issue No.8
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July 2019
Featured in this issue: IFLA APR Regional Congress 2019 SILA Build With Heart 2019: Pre-Planning How Landscape Architecture Influences... The …
28 Aug
Rough + Milne tackle work/life balance
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Staff work an 80 hour fortnight
Work/life balance is seen as an oxymoron by many New Zealanders, who struggle to happily meet the demands of their …