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11 Sep
Help Build NZILA’s Evidence Base – Call for Case Studies
In response to the Coalition Government’s proposed changes to the RMA National Direction and the Going for Housing Growth topic, …
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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
Want to make places better for people?

Volunteers needed!
As in 2010, and again in 2015, Auckland Council are about to embark on a study of public spaces and …
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 …
18 Jan
NZILA Professional Registration Programme

John PotterThe NZILA Registration Panel Chair, John Potter will be stepping down after his two year tenure and previously another …
18 Jan
WLA 2023 Landscape Architecture Trends

Written by Damian Holmes, Founder & Editor of World Landscape Architecture (WLA) and republished with permission
The coming year has a greater sense of optimism after the past three years of COVID-19; there are possible economic …
16 Jan
Chief Environment Court Judge David Kirkpatrick

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Delegates at the 2022 NZILA Firth Conference in October got the rare opportunity to hear from an environment court judge. …
21 Dec
Meri Kirihimete me te Hape Nū Ia

This time last year we were signing off for the festive season as Aotearoa New Zealand was beginning to learn …
20 Dec
Whānau Ātea Māra Hupara

Whānau Ātea will create a destination recreation space for Māngere and the wider region of Tāmaki Makaurau and Aotearoa where …
19 Dec
2022 - The year that was

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As the working year draws to a close Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects’ President Henry Crothers …