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10 Sep

Upcoming Webinar with Sam Spinks

Thursday 17 September

Join us online next Thursday for the third session in the 2026 Urban Group International Speaker Series. We’re excited to …

Prison project wins praise

The ongoing stewardship of the Waikeria Prison site and farmland is the key guiding principle for the landscape and ecological works. This has involved conservation of existing highly valued resource areas, enhancement of existing landscape and ecological values, restoration of degraded landscapes and a long-term vision of ecological biodiversity. A revegetation and restoration plan was prepared with Puniu River Care Incorporated, Maniapoto ki Te Raki, Raukawa Charitable Trust and Te Roopū Kaumātua o Waikeria. This plan was integrated with the Landscape and Visual Mitigation Plan and Ecological Enhancement and Mitigation Plan.

Award of Excellence

Boffa Miskell’s Waikeria Prison Landscape for the Department of Corrections picked up an Excellence Award in the 2019 Resene New …

20 Jan

Ditch transformation brings new life to subdivision

Timber bridges allow contact with the water, and good circulation for cyclists or joggers. The bridges are flanked by historic salvaged wharf beams, sourced from Lyttelton Port

Dunbars Drain project, Christchurch

Transforming a ditch running through a paddock into a naturalised, meandering waterway complete with fish life, footpaths, terraces, native riparian …

16 Jan

Ararira wetland serves as an outdoor classroom

The Ararira/LII River begins near Lincoln township, travels through mixed-use rural land, finishing at the lake at Yarrs Flat wildlife reserve.

Community Restoration Project

Planting native trees is one of the most popular conservation activities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Everywhere we are seeking to …

14 Jan

Laneways project gets thumbs up

The laneways are a modern interpretation of an area’s heritage.

Resene NZILA 2019 Award

Design work on an area of tight alleyways and small lanes won Wellington City Council’s urban design team an Excellence …

13 Jan

Australia's burning - a call to action

The Sydney Opera House paid tribute to Australia’s heroic firefighters over the weekend. Image courtesy of the Sydney Opera House.

Watch Video

Wherever you were around the world this holiday break - there was no escaping the cataclysmic Australia fires and as …

20 Dec

IFLA Asia Pacific Region Newsletter Issue No:13

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December 2019

Featured in this issue: Fumiaki Takano and the future of IFLA APRIFLA2020 Call for SubmissionsIFLA APR LA Awards Feature: Award …

20 Dec

Presidents End of Year Message

From left: Julia Wick, Rebecca Ryder, Mark Fletcher, Brad Coombs, Vicki Clague, John Brenkley, Henry Crothers, Megan Ash (absent: Don Royds)

Meri Kirihīmete te whanau

This is my end of year wrap up and ‘have a happy holiday season’ message. Firstly I would like to …

18 Dec

X-Section journal a "worthy addition to bookshelves"

Judges said the student-led project demonstrated the importance of the voice of youth within the profession, as critics, commentators, and collectors of ideas.

Unitec

A collaborative publication between landscape architecture students, academics and practitioners has won an excellence award in the Landscape Publication category …