Posts in #Around-the-motu
Celebrating Matariki

Matariki this year fell neatly in the middle of the Tangaroa lunar period of 19-22 June, and has been widely marked around the motu. LAA has compiled a selection of happenings: the re-siting of Ngā Pou o Heretaunga to Hastings Civic Square, special plantings at Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā and an exhibition at Cornwall Park called ‘Matariki Weather’.

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Megan's mates & Matariki

The timing for the Wellington branches of Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects and Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZ Institute of Architects to collaborate on a City Talks event dedicated to remembering celebrated landscape architect Megan Wraight could not have been more fitting.

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A reflective walk through the NZILA Firth Wānanga 2025 (with photos)

Hastings District Council Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst - pictured above - provided a warm welcome to all those attending the NZILA Firth Wānanga on 22-23 May. “Small scale farmer” Alison Bentley of Tikitere Farm, has generously supplied her reflections as a first-time-ever participant, external to the landscape architecture profession.

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