News
05 Sep
Deputy Chair of the 2025 Registration Panel
Expressions of Interest
For the last two years the Panel Chair, Martha Dravitzki, has led the charge in shepherding Registration candidates through the …
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11 Feb
Who Got That Job?
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Nada Toueir
The School of Landscape Architecture at Lincoln University recently welcomed Nada Toueir to the team. She comes from Montreal Canada, …
11 Feb
Jasmax takes a lead in the digital revolution
![Jasmax says new and emerging technologies allows for a more sophisticated collaboration with clients.](/media/cache/f5/6e/f56e4e803dc76c18c3b5c29ab6d71785.jpg)
New website launched
The digital revolution is one of the most powerful paradigms shifts in the design and construction industry today. New technology …
07 Feb
Meet the man behind the 'Carbon Landscape Collective'
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Concern over the environmental impact of the landscape architecture profession has led Texas-based Kiwi Landscape Architect Craig Pocock on a …
01 Feb
Meet Auckland's Māori Design Leader
![Phil Wihongi, Auckland Council’s Māori Design Leader, out in the field.](/media/cache/86/20/8620df429dfbc848ea2d6fb96217cdf6.jpg)
Phil Wihongi
Phil Wihongi is the Māori Design Leader at Auckland Council. Appointed in 2016 his role entails working with the Auckland …
31 Jan
NZILA IFLA delegate update
January 2019
It was good to see newsletter 1 from the IFLA Asia Pacific Region finally making it to press, with issue …
29 Jan
Steve Dunn - 40 years at Boffa Miskell
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Congratulations Steve
Landscape architect Steve Dunn has been recognised for 40 years at Boffa Miskell. As the company's longest-serving employee and a …
29 Jan
A public intervention in Marlborough
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Transforming Renwick back into a place for people
Pause Park is the first permanent intervention to be delivered as part of a programme of public realm upgrade works …
28 Jan
NZAIA team up with landscape architects to discuss landscape assessment
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Particular focus on the assessment of landscape values and effects
Late last year the New Zealand Association for Impact Assessment (NZAIA) chose the topic for their next biannual newsletter and …
23 Jan
Better Prepared Built Environment Professions
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Diane Menzies with Lena Henry and Dory Reeves
Landscape architects will be interested to know that there is a useful, new on-line resource available to help them communicate …
18 Jan
New Year Honour for Di Lucas
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Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)
For renowned landscape architect Di Lucas, being named in this year's New Year honours list was not something she had …
17 Jan
NZILA President: The year ahead
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2019 is shaping up as an exciting year
NZILA president Brad Coombs says 2019 is shaping up as an exciting year for both the landscape architecture profession and …
15 Jan
Who Got That Job?
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Kate Males
At the end of last year, local landscape architecture collective welcomed Kate Males to their team in Wellington. Kate has …