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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 …
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27 Jun
How Much is Enough
A conference musing from Te Tau-a-Nuku
As part of the 2018 Tuia Pito Ora (NZILA) conference, three Te Tau-a-Nuku members contributed to the Culture + Community …
26 Jun
Presidents Update
Update from Brad Coombs
Kia ora e te whanau, In the last month we have been working hard to get logistics organised for the …
26 Jun
NZILA IFLA delegate update
June 2018
The 55th IFLA World Council meeting will be held this year in Singapore on 16 and 17 July, where the …
25 Jun
Who Got That Job?
Jo Soanes
Jo has recently joined Boffa Miskell as part of a team of five Landscape Architects based in Boffa Miskell's Hamilton …
25 Jun
NZ's first Professor of Landscape Architecture to retire
Simon Swaffield
Lincoln’s School of Landscape Architecture is changing as two long serving champions retire after thirty-plus years shaping the discipline and …
20 Jun
NZILA President welcomes the planned tourist tax
Electronic Travel Authority (ETA)
The proposed tourism levy, the Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) has been greeted positively by the New Zealand Institute of Landscape …
19 Jun
A billion trees - will the government initiative work?
LAA asks Di Lucas
The concept of increasing tree cover in New Zealand is theoretically a good one, says landscape architect Di Lucas, of …
18 Jun
Lincoln SOLA's Mike Barthelmeh to retire
“No marking, I can’t wait.”
Lincoln’s School of Landscape Architecture is losing two of its longest serving champions, as Mike Barthelmeh and Simon Swaffield retire …
15 Jun
Regenerate Christchurch's plan for Cathedral Square is released
Making it a place for the people again
Regenerate Christchurch has released its vision for Cathedral Square, emphasising that a return to its original purpose as a gathering …
11 Jun
Is New Zealand getting it right?
When it comes to landscape architecture
When it comes to landscape architecture - how do we think New Zealand is doing? Continuing our occasional video series …
05 Jun
Hidden retreat in the Wakatipu Basin
Waterfall Park
A master plan has been prepared for a new luxury hotel and wellness retreat in the Wakatipu Basin. Waterfall Park …
31 May
Design for housing development with Māori identity, Carrington Campus
Te Tau a Nuku update
On April 25 the Prime Minister announced that her Government would be buying part of the Unitec campus to provide …