As well as being a platform for a major Government announcement on the future of the Resource Management Act, the 2024 RMLA conference - Interwoven Futures - saw five notable awards presented.
Read MorePamela’s influential carbon research is elevating the net positive impacts of the exterior built environment
Read MoreThanks to spectacular landscapes and the expertise of Kiwi film-makers and crew, New Zealand has developed a multi-billion dollar film production industry. But much of the revenue has been concentrated in Auckland and "Welly-wood."
New research out of Otago University suggests preschoolers are some of the most intuitive city planners, yet their voices are largely disregarded in city design.
Read MoreKohimarama Yacht Club has been granted consent to build a new boat deck and pedestrian ramp at its clubhouse at the eastern end of Kohimarama Beach, in Auckland. What’s notable about that, project coordinator Hugh Forsyth says, is that the consent was granted non-notified.
Read MoreBoffa Miskell’s Waikeria Prison Landscape for the Department of Corrections picked up an Excellence Award in the recent Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards, Project Based Landscape Planning category.
Read MoreEven if your holiday took you off grid over the last few weeks, chances are you’d have been struck by the orange haze that cloaked swathes of New Zealand as smoke from the horrific bushfires in Australia drifted 2,000km across the Tasman Sea.
Read MoreTwenty years ago, the Peacocke family bought a 117-hectare sized piece of land tucked inside the Raglan Harbour, situated five minutes from the local township, and home to a healthy dose of native bush, wildlife, and surrounding beaches. It boasts one of the largest – and most influential – sections in the region, which has turned a large provincial farm, into one of the most significant urban development schemes in Raglan.
Read MoreAs part of the Waikato District Plan review, Boffa Miskell Ltd was engaged by Waikato District Council to undertake a review of the existing landscape characterisation and classifications, and to re-evaluate the landscapes for the Council’s District Plan Review.
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