09 Aug

LAA Book Review: Beyond Manapouri

Reviews by Peter and Madi Kensington

Beyond Manapouri - 50 years of environmental politics in New Zealand Author: Dr Catherine Knight Publisher: Canterbury University Press, 2018 …

07 Aug

Special landscapes - the NZILA calls for an inclusive approach

Comment from NZILA President Brad Coombs

The stoush over Te Mata Peak walking track has highlighted the need for councils to take an inclusive approach when …

06 Aug

Pukehina - from farmland to Eco Village

Richard Hart, says the eco village and wetlands concept is “innovative and ambitious”

The developers of the proposed Pukehina Eco Village in the Western Bay of Plenty are applying for resource consent to …

05 Aug

NZILA member Di Lucas appointed to the New High Country Advisory Group

The High Country Advisory Group, established by Land Information New Zealand, aims to offer advice and insights to the Commissioner …

05 Aug

Q & A - Independent Commissioner Melean Absolum

LAA speaks to Melean about her role

Melean Absolum is a consultant landscape architect in private practice. She has a post-graduate diploma in Landscape Architecture from Manchester …

02 Aug

IFLA 2018 Student Design Competition Digital Publication

View prize winners and short listed entries

To view the completed digital publication for the IFLA 2018 Student Design Competition click here

01 Aug

How do you know when it's working?

Seven leading design professionals explain how they know when landscape architecture is successful

"It's not about being heroic," says Boffa Miskell's Rachel de Lambert when Landscape Architecture Aotearoa posed the question - how …

01 Aug

Inaugural NZILA Vectorworks Landmark Student scholarship awarded

Congratulations to Hannah Carson

Victoria University student Hannah Carson has been awarded the inaugural NZILA Vectorworks Landmark Student Scholarship. Her prize includes $1500 towards …

30 Jul

Kiwi landscape architect takes on London

Bridget Law

New Zealand landscape architect Bridget Law is working in the United Kingdom after leaving New Zealand three and a half …

29 Jul

Planting day and memorial tōtara

Wellington Branch

Recently hardy Wellington Branch members helped the Greater Wellington Regional Council plant native seedlings at Queen Elizabeth Park near Paekakariki …

26 Jul

Presidents Update

July 2018

Kia ora, te whānau, Ngā mihi o te rā. In the last month we have made great progress on the …

26 Jul

Moving Auckland to Tāmaki

Te Tau-a-Nuku update

As anyone living in or that has visited Auckland in the last few years can attest, Auckland’s urban, suburban and …