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31 Jul
Call for Registration Interview Panelists
The Institute calls for Registered members to join the 2025 Registration Interview Panel. We invite experienced members of the Institute …
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23 Aug
Making Space for Water

Feedback Closes 31 August 2023
In early 2023, the Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland region experienced a series of extreme weather events, with record-breaking rainfall, floods, …
22 Aug
Hanley Chen - A Scholarship Update

2021 Vectorworks Landmark Scholar Nearing PhD completion
Hanley Guanyu Chen, an enthusiastic landscape architecture researcher, is currently immersed in his doctoral journey at Lincoln University. Armed with …
16 Aug
A call to invest time and passion addressing climate change

Internationally renowned landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom
“Students and landscape architects must invest in themselves to become better designers and be actively concerned about their future and …
15 Aug
Exploring the environmental and social benefits of parks

An exhibit featuring TMU research demonstrates how parks and open spaces are valuable tools for climate action and social engagement
Globally, as we navigate record-breaking heat and unprecedented flood and fire seasons, climate action is top-of-mind. A new exhibition from …
08 Aug
Incoming Tuia Pito Ora Chair & Deputy Chair

Nau mai haere mai - Welcome to the new Chair & Deputy Chair We are delighted to announce that Debbie …
27 Jul
Announcing the Inaugural Board of Tuia Pito Ora

The New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora is looking to the future as it announces the results …
26 Jul
National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity

In force from 4 August 2023
The National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity (NPS-IB) comes into force on 4 August 2023. A recent article published by …
26 Jul
Your new NZILA membership team

It's been a busy 30 days for the new team. Recently appointed Chief Operating Officer, Angela Hunter, is happy to …
25 Jul
New Funding for Wairau Wetlands Cultural Values Mapping and Management Project

An announcement of funding to support Te Pokohiwi-o-Kupe (the Wairau Bar) was made earlier this week. The Department of Conservation …
20 Jul
Haere rā to the Executive Committee

A final message from Henry: Its been a pleasure to work alongside the out-going committee of Rebecca Ryder (vice president/treasurer), …
12 Jul
Te Ramaroa, Matariki, and working with community

In Brief: A conversation with Rory Langbridge
This is the first of series of short conversations with Landscape Architects working on community projects around the country. We …
07 Jul
Introducing Angela Hunter incoming COO for NZILA.

Kia ora and Hello! Ko matapihi te maunga e rū nei taku ngākau Ko Pouawhariki te awa e mahea nei …