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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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05 Nov
Westhaven Promenade brings back history
![LandLAB’s Westhaven Promenade provides a shared path along the foreshore.](/media/cache/7d/43/7d437459847c346ddf26b26ea835534e.jpg)
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LandLAB’s Westhaven Promenade winds it way along the water’s edge from Wynyard Quarter through to Auckland’s Harbour Bridge. The insertion …
02 Nov
Laneway a winner for kiwi landscape architect in Australia
![Matthew Durning (left) with RPS discipline lead Andrew Green](/media/cache/bf/eb/bfebfde582dc7fea9a4ee0705b164795.jpg)
Brisbane’s Fish Lane
Former Lincoln University student Matthew Durning has won a prestigious Australian Landscape Architecture Award. His project, Brisbane’s Fish Lane, won …
30 Oct
Meet Otakaro's principal landscape architect
![South Frame’s Evolution Square is part of a network of laneways, shared zones, landscaped
areas, integrated artworks, cultural narratives and event ready spaces.](/media/cache/1d/a8/1da822036d8f5132ec29eccdc9387ae4.jpg)
Peter Matthews
Peter Matthews is the principal landscape architect for Ōtākaro Limited, the company responsible for delivering Crown-led projects in Central Christchurch. …
30 Oct
Presidents Update
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October 2018
Kia ora everyone, I hope you are all making the most of Spring. I had another interesting month with a …
29 Oct
Beauty in landscape architecture - an argument against it
![Martin Rein-Cano on LandLAB’s Westhaven Promenade in Auckland](/media/cache/21/7d/217da31ade1dd1e7a9fa7d903bcd6638.jpg)
Watch Video of Martin Rein-Cano
International designer Martin Rein-Cano was in Auckland for flying visit in October and he wasn’t afraid to court controversy. LAA …
26 Oct
Seeing ‘Our Faces in Our Places’
![Image by Damian Powley (Ngāi Tai)](/media/cache/5d/0c/5d0ccf93643409ec74c910162917b04c.jpg)
Te Tau-a-Nuku update
Nā Damian Powley i tuhi As another large cruise liner the Majestic Princess docks alongside Auckland’s waterfront, it’s a glorious …
25 Oct
Who Got That Job?
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Shannon Baxter
Shannon recently joined the Invercargill City Council as a Policy Planner within their Resource Management team. Shannon is a Registered …
18 Oct
VUW landscape architecture student wins international award
![Part of Claudia’s project will be implemented on the marae.](/media/cache/6d/2f/6d2f4fb475bba347c1d37d54850946ae.jpg)
Claudia Boyo
A postgraduate landscape architecture student at Victoria University of Wellington has won a major international award for her landscape architecture …
17 Oct
Connecting past and present in Rotorua
![The main feature of the Isthmus design is the curved boardwalk which symbolises the relationship between the city’s people and the land and water.](/media/cache/d4/58/d458122e5b2264b9740ee91f31342248.png)
600-metre long curved boardwalk
Isthmus has revealed a new design for Rotorua’s lakefront that captures the rich history and cultural ties associated with the …
16 Oct
The Good Citizen: Episode 2, Podcast with Henry Crothers
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How New Zealand’s cities and towns are changing
In the second episode of The Good Citizen, a new podcast of interviews with exciting and innovative New Zealanders, Jeremy …
15 Oct
Landscape Architect in the Media
![Photography: Opus International Consultants](/media/cache/9a/ca/9aca36d3869f2368aa9b4a5d64f37d92.jpg)
Catherine Hamilton on Radio NZ
Expert feature: Playgrounds! Catherine Hamilton was recently the special guest on the Jessie Mulligan show as an expert on Playgrounds. …
15 Oct
Who Got That Job?
![Photo credit: Jason Dorday](/media/cache/d1/b3/d1b36e9fca2ac766755e8d2dfa7c79c5.jpg)
Andrea Reid
Andrea is a driven, multi-award-winning landscape architect who has recently joined WSP-Opus as an Intermediate Landscape Architect, after working at …