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Call for EOIs: Group Mentor South Island
Posted 15 01 2026
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Get involved in the registration programme
We are looking for expressions of interest for a Group Mentor for the Southern cohort (South Island).
The role's purpose is to guide a group of Graduate or Affiliate candidates through workshop-style sessions. You provide collective advice, peer learning opportunities and light-touch assessment to support their progress toward Registration.
NZILA’s Registration programme thrives when experienced members awhi emerging professionals. If you are keen to serve as a Group Mentor, ngā mihi — your tautoko helps grow confident, competent landscape architects across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Requirements
- A minimum 2 years experience as a Registered NZILA Landscape Architect.
- Be based in a South Island branch - Nelson-Marlborough, Canterbury-Westland, or Southern.
Check out the Information for Group Mentors page and the Mentoring and the Registered Membership process guide.
A massive thanks to Jeremy Cooke for his contribution of 5 years to this role! Jeremy has kindly offered to stay around to help with the handover to the new person.
Huge thanks also to Leigh Wilson (Northern) and Kate Males (Central) who are remaining in their roles.
Express your interest
Interested? Email your expression of interest to admin@nzila.co.nz no later than Friday 23 January. Note we may close EOIs sooner if we find the right person.
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