NZILA President Brad Coombs attended the Lincoln University Graduation held on Friday 3rd May 2019 and presented the following awards:

NZILA/Robin Gay Award 2018
Sylvia Robinson & Topsy Steele

NZILA Award of Excellence 2018 - Best student in the second to last year
Sophie Harrison

NZILA Award of Excellence 2018 - Best student in the third to last year
Nicole Tune

About the Robin Gay Award: 
Robin Gay, the namesake of this award was a NZILA Life Member who sadly passed away in December 2008. Mr Gay was honoured with Life Membership of the Institute during 2001 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of the Institute and that of the landscape architecture profession. He was also Vice-President of IFLA (International Federation of Landscape Architects) in the early 1980s.