A LANDSCAPE CODE OF PRACTICE

A LANDSCAPE CODE OF PRACTICE

Carolyn Hill
Land, Practice

Landscape policy in New Zealand is at a critical juncture as the Ministry for the Environment requests quotes for the development of a Code of Practice for Landscape. This paper briefly explores the legislative background that sets the context for the Code proposal. It then responds to the Request for Quotes (RFQ) in relation to bicultural understandings of landscape, and to the dual environmental impacts of climate change and increasing tourism. It suggests that the RFQ’s focus on “outstanding natural landscapes” framed to specifically exclude character and cultural aspects indicates that the Code will perpetuate current practice that compartmentalises “nature” and “culture” rather than addressing their confluence.

PEOPLE AND PARKS

PEOPLE AND PARKS

Landscape Foundation
Urban, People, Parks

In New Zealand’s largest city, a pioneering project is underway to reconnect a community with its local park. The initiative, known as the Blake Road Reserve project, is part of Auckland Council’s ‘Adopt a Park’ programme. It explores how to connect the recreation industry with the community through the re-creation of a public space.

LANDSCAPE TRAJECTORIES: SEA LEVEL RISE AND FUTURE LANDSCAPES

LANDSCAPE TRAJECTORIES: SEA LEVEL RISE AND FUTURE LANDSCAPES

Landscape Foundation
Sea

Looking out over a quiet sea lapping the shore on a sunny day, it is almost inconceivable to think that it is inexorably rising.  The globe is locked into a future of sea level rise of anywhere between 30 cm and 1 metre by 2100, and possibly much higher by that date, if ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland melt rapidly.  New Zealand, with the ninth or tenth longest shoreline of any nation (by most measures), and a small population that loves living near the coast, cannot afford to ignore this looming problem. 

SEACHANGE - TAI TIMU, TAI PARI SPACE FOR MĀORI IN PLANNING FOR NEW ZEALAND’S HAURAKI GULF

SEACHANGE - TAI TIMU, TAI PARI SPACE FOR MĀORI IN PLANNING FOR NEW ZEALAND’S HAURAKI GULF

Landscape Foundation
Sea, Culture

The Hauraki Gulf, known to Māori (New Zealand’s indigenous people) as Tīkapa Moana \ Te Moananui a Toi, has endured decades of pressure from land-use management, extractive industries and the country’s largest metropolitan centre. These have severely diminished the ecological health of Tīkapa Moana \ Te Moananui a Toi. To help mitigate the decline in ecological health a comprehensive spatial planning exercise has been carried out.

TIME TO CHANGE OLD IMAGES

TIME TO CHANGE OLD IMAGES

Landscape Foundation
Cities

Futuristic images of cities mostly include high rise building, large infrastructure, flying objects and seldom people. These images which unfortunately influence cities development are abstract utopian images of cities in the 70s.  Surprisingly, cities where our young generations like to work and live do not bear any similarities with these images.

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