Auckland Branch News

02 Jul
NZILA announces new President
MEDIA RELEASE
2 July 2025 Wellington based Fellow of Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects (NZILA), Ralph Johns, has …
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20 Mar
Ernest Wong via webinar proudly sponsored by Streetscape

Webinar: 30 March 2023
We are pleased to announce that Ernest C. Wong will be presenting the next webinar in the NZILA Streetscape speaker …
13 Mar
Daylighting Auckland's Waterways: Dr Matthew Bradbury

Tomorrow (Tuesday March 14 2023) is the International Day of Action for Rivers. It’s a day dedicated to saving, celebrating …
07 Mar
NZILA Firth Conference 2023: Speaker Dr Jala Makhzoumi

Renowned landscape architect Dr. Jala Makhzoumi will be an in-person keynote presenter at the 2023 NZILA Firth Conference in Nelson …
06 Mar
2023 World Landscape Architecture Awards

Entries now open
Entries for the 2023 World Landscape Architecture (WLA) Awards, an international landscape architecture awards in its seventh year, are now …
27 Feb
Conference Debate Adjudicator

David Kirkpatrick - Chief Environment Court Judge
On Friday afternoon at the 2023 NZILA Firth Conference we will be holding a Debate. We are pleased to confirm …
20 Feb
Puhinui Regeneration: moving from strategy to action

Webinar 9 March at 4pm
Te Whakaoranga o te Puhinui | Puhinui Regeneration seeks to restore ora (health) to the people, place and nature of …
15 Feb
Cyclone Gabrielle

A message from the NZILA President
As the ongoing effects of Cyclone Gabrielle continue to reverberate up and down Aotearoa I wanted to check in once …
11 Feb
Natural and Built Environment Bill - public oral hearing

Further to our update last week, the NZILA Working Group for RMA Reforms made a submission to the Natural and …
02 Feb
Natural and Built Environment Bill

Shannon Bray - NZILA Working Group for RMA Reforms
Further to our update on the 2nd December 2022, the NZILA Working Group for RMA Reforms has been working on …
02 Feb
World Wetlands Day: Flood mitigation

Today (February 2) is World Wetlands day and comes just six days after Auckland’s flood emergency began. Dr Matthew Bradbury …
31 Jan
Flood Emergency: NZILA response

Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects' president says the current flood emergency affecting Auckland, Waikato and Bay …
20 Jan
Plant threats - the good and bad news

Auckland Council has set out to establish the true extent of the diversity of local plant species, where they are …