Quietly located among the celebrations of the centennial year of The New Yorker, was an exhibition of its famous covers that put the urban life of Parks at the centre of the storied city’s stories.
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Similarly to the globally important Adaptation Futures conference recently held in Ōtautahi Christchurch, next week’s International Conference on Urban Health in our capital city will traverse topics that shape both urban and landscape design.
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October-November is a peak time of year for landscape architecture students and academic staff - with an added emphasis given to exhibiting the excellence of everyone’s hard work; simultaneously providing members of the public an opportunity to take it all in.
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Ahead of COP30, now up and running in Brazil (regardless of notable COP-outs), the International Federation of Landscape Architects released a COP30 Position Statement titled ‘A Call to Action for COP30: Putting Landscape at the Heart of Climate Action.’
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Hastings’ Waiaroha – Heretaunga Water Discovery Centre has won international acclaim this month, taking out the City Nation Place Global Award for Best Placemaking Initiative. Announced in London, the award placed Waiaroha ahead of major projects from cities such as Toronto, Stockholm, and Cleveland.
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For landscape architect Craig Pocock, travelling to India to speak on the world stage of the IFLA APR Congress in Mumbai is an opportunity to champion the importance of indigenous-led design and to reconnect with the influences that have shaped his love for India.
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One week before the 13th edition of the Barcelona International Landscape Biennial, LAA contributor Carles Martinez-Almoyna Gual, a Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Te Herenga Waka VUW, provides an insightful overview of what to expect.
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If you’re looking for a new podcast to draw insights from, the team at Te Papa Tū Whirinaki – The Landscape Foundation have released their third season of episodes inspired by the landmark book Kia Whakanuia te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape.
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On 3 November Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University formally announced a pivotal new chapter in climate resilience with the establishment of the Kāika Institute of Climate Resilience - to be directed by Professor Paora Tapsell (Ngāti Whakaue and Ngāti Raukawa).
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Adaptation Futures 2025, held in Ōtautahi Christchurch between 12-17 October, was in part a showcase for the leading role landscape architects can and do play in climate adaptation. This article is the beginning of a small series on topics and issues that arose from this important international event.
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Heat! Now up to Vol. 21, No. 2, this flagship journal from Lincoln University offers six papers that bring a “range of perspectives on landscape architecture design and the complications of collaborating in this heating world”.
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Ōtautahi Christchurch has been overflowing with international events, including welcoming more than 2400 delegates and exhibitors to the combined 10th International Water Association ASPIRE Conference and Water New Zealand Conference and Expo.
From a pool of more than 120 nominees a National Jury convened by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has selected more than 30 winners - as announced at this week’s gala evening during DARK, the AILA’s Festival of Landscape Architecture.
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Aotearoa New Zealand needs robust landslide data to inform decisions on where and how we live. New public research organisation Earth Sciences New Zealand is doing its part by undertaking a major upgrade to the New Zealand Landslide Database (NZLD).
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Regular monitoring of changes in our land cover is a critical piece of the environmental monitoring puzzle. It helps us understand the state of our natural and built environments and how they are being impacted by both our changing climate and our land management choices.
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In his lifetime - tragically ended on 23 September 2025 - world-renowned Chinese landscape architect and educator Kongjian Yu exemplified the role that landscape architects can play in climate adaptation. The combination of his many professional works, personal connections, influence and legacy as an originator of the ‘sponge city’ concept will be, and are already, enduring ones.
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The countdown to the Adaptation Futures conference from 13 to 16 October at the Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre in Ōtautahi Christchurch is almost over. It will have all the elements of a UN-level gathering and will put issues and expertise from Aotearoa New Zealand on a world-level stage.
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On World Rivers Day - 24 September this year - the collaboration known as LAWA for Land, Air, Water Aotearoa released updated data for around 3,500 rivers, lakes, estuaries, and groundwater sites. National Picture Summaries from LAWA take a nationwide snapshot of freshwater health.
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Ralph Johns takes us on the trail of two friends cycling into the past; reconnecting with people and places, professional and personal memories, the future and the present. All encompassed by the spanning of four decades and one hundred landscape architecture projects.
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Given the range of conjoined events that it brings together - from speaker events to exhibitions - the NZIA’s Aotearoa Festival of Architecture is an illustration of the power of both diversity an collaboration; deserving of being captured for and promoted to a wider audience.
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