News
14 May
Board appointments confirmed for 2026
Suzanne Lange joins the Board alongside the reappointment of Simon Button and Nada Toueir, following the close of the 2026 nomination process.
We are pleased to confirm the outcome of the 2026 Board nomination process. Following the close of nominations, three candidates …
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21 Jul
The Night Sky - What have we lost?
Just over a year ago LAA featured William Chrisp. He’d just been awarded the 2020 NZILA Vectorworks Student Scholarship and …
06 Jul
Reforming the RMA - why landscape architects should care
The NZILA is welcoming the much anticipated governmental release of the draft of the laws which will replace the Resource …
29 Jun
IFLA Asia Pacific Region Newsletter
June Edition
Featured in this edition: Matthew Pryor from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) talks about the pedagogy and mission of …
28 Jun
NZILA President, Henry Crothers
Welcome to my first formal update as NZILA President. I’ll be aiming to keep you closely informed of key developments …
25 Jun
Seeking contributions for X-section Journal 2021
Call for submissions/ abstracts.
X-Section is a student-led magazine published annually. Each year a small group of dedicated students explore a theme that links …
22 Jun
Missing link opens for cyclists and pedestrians
Auckland’s Southern Path has been a long, slow burn for the landscape architects involved. The process started with Shannon Bray …
21 Jun
From Copenhagen to Wanaka: Gerard O'Connell
Gerard O’Connell’s love affair with Denmark started as a child with LEGO. He considered the building blocks the “best toy …
17 Jun
Award shortlist for Parliamentary Play Space
The shortlist for the Landezine International Landscape Awards (LILA) has been announced with the Parliamentary Play Space in the capital …
14 Jun
2021 NZILA Firth Conference: Green MP Eugenie Sage
Green MP Eugenie Sage says landscape architects are “integrators” with a unique ability to interpret multiple sources of information and …
10 Jun
LAA Profile: Richard Tyler
Richard Tyler is a details man, not afraid to spend a few hours on the finer points of a design …
10 Jun
Highlighting Māori thinking
A recent book by the Landscape Foundation brings Māori perspectives on landscape to the fore.
With Kia Whakanuia te Whenua: People, Place, Landscape, New Zealand’s Landscape Foundation has produced a deeply rigorous and challenging book …
03 Jun
2021 NZILA Firth Conference: Landscapes of Equity
New Zealand-raised, New York based landscape architect Steven Tupu says he is drawn to projects which attempt to address some …