Sometimes landscape architects have once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Four years ago Diane Menzies was asked by a Chinese colleague, Professor Liu Xiaoming, to help him with a dictionary project.
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Jessica Tregidga is in her first year of a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, with a prior Diploma in Architectural Technology. She’s doing ‘The Landscapes of Aotearoa’ course at Unitec, which looks into how the past is influencing the present, and how we can provide for the future landscapes of Aotearoa.
When you talk about New Zealand with a person like myself who was born overseas, the first impression they will have will be the rolling green hills, blue rivers, majestic mountains, diversity of landscape from one island to another, Maori culture, and history. Those are the things that are always symbolic for New Zealand, and marketing of New Zealand overseas reflects this as the "Brand of New Zealand".
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