Wellington 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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08 Nov
NZILA conference and awards - that's a wrap
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The NZILA Firth Conference has wrapped up for another year with overwhelmingly positive feedback from delegates. The event ended in …
08 Nov
Conference catch-up, counting down to awards night
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The NZILA’s 2019 conference enters its final day in Christchurch today - with the Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape …
07 Nov
Antwi Akom on TVNZ Breakfast Programme
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2019 NZILA Firth Conference Speaker
Dr Antwi Akom appeared on TVNZ’s Breakfast programme, speaking to presenter John Campbell about his work and how place-making can …
07 Nov
Ross Jackson Awarded Life Membership
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The 2019 NZILA Firth Conference opened last night in Ōtautahi Christchurch. This year’s theme is DISRUPTION and over the next …
06 Nov
Happy Birthday SOLA!
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Celebrating 50 years
Woodstock. First Man on the Moon. But that wasn’t all that happened in 1969. New Zealand’s first programme in landscape …
30 Oct
Greymouth's new gathering space
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Grey District Council project
When Greymouth’s new Town Square and Tainui Street Shared Space opened just before Christmas two years ago there was a …
29 Oct
Presidents Update
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October 2019
Tēnā koutou ki te whanau, Nga mihi o te ra. October has been a busy month for the Executive – …
29 Oct
A landscape full of maritime charm
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Akaroa Harbour
Good things come in small packages. Or in this case on small sites. Xteriorscapes vision for this compact, high quality …
29 Oct
A Well-Organised Workshop: Cultural tourism Mallorca
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Impressions of an observerBlue skies and balmy warmth were my first impressions of Mallorca. While this attracts beach tourism from …
21 Oct
IFLA Asia Pacific Region Newsletter Issue No.10
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September 2019
Featured in this issue: IFLA Declares A Climate & Biodiversity EmergencyIFLA APR Congress 2019: Technical ToursSILA Build-with-Heart 2019Landscape Architects in …
16 Oct
Grant Edge – Elected to Environment Canterbury
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representing Opukepuke constituency
Grant is very pleased to advise that he has been elected as a new Councillor to Environment Canterbury, representing the …
14 Oct
Reshaping our streets - innovation in communities
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Innovating Streets, NZTA programme
On familiar streets and roads many of us think, “it would be so much better here if the street was …