Southern 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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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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …
26 Aug
Profile - Julia Wick
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She may sound like a pom but landscape architect Julia Wick was born in Ashburton and grew up on an …
21 Aug
Revitalised CBD coming for Ashburton
Project design lead Rob Lawry, Jasmax
Work’s due to begin next year on revitalising Ashburton’s central business district. Project design lead, Landscape Architect Rob Lawry from …
20 Aug
Who Got That Job?
Rangitahi Kawe
Rangitahi joined Boffa Miskell in August 2018 as a Graduate Landscape Architect to explore his interest in Māori engagement with …