Te Ao Hurihuri

The Changing World

Landscape is a concept with meaning to every one of us. It contains our aspirations, our sustenance, the places we live in, who we are and what we identify with.

Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiriti understand and value landscape according to our different cultures, though many elements of the Aotearoa landscape unite us. We value our unique flora and fauna, coastlines and the everyday, as well as the special aspects of our landscape and the resources we derive from it.

Together we can work for change which enhances our places and spaces within the landscape.

The Landscape Foundation draws attention to landscape change. We are exploring options for managing our landscape using the very best techniques and knowledge.

The NZILA Education Foundation was registered by the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects in 1999 as a charitable trust. In 2015 the NZILA Education Foundation was renamed the Landscape Foundation. We are in the process of shifting emphasis to our ingoa Māori - ko Te Papa Tū Whirinaki mātou.

NZILA Education Foundation is registered with the Charities Commission. Our charities commission number is CC31765

Ko wai mātou

Who we are

The principal purpose of the Foundation is:

To raise the awareness of the influence and impact of landscape architecture and design and planning on the environment, for the benefit of the public of New Zealand and to educate those involved in or associated with Landscape Architecture and design.

We want to inform you the decision maker, and you the resident about changes to our landscapes, what affects them and how we might plan, design and manage these precious places for the future.

We will work with the landscape architecture profession, hapū, iwi and others to increase awareness of the influence and impact of landscape architecture and design and planning on the environment, and to educate those involved in or associated with Landscape Architecture and design for the benefit of the public of New Zealand.

We bring:

• Experts on sustainable landscape management to New Zealand.

• We help educate those involved in or associated with landscape architecture and design.

• We support conferences and meetings which advance knowledge and skills in landscape planning, design and management

At the forefront of social and environmental change is connection to landscape.

Tāngata and taiao are inseparable in their existence, in that any human presence on this planet ultimately requires a reliance on the earth’s natural systems.

With Aotearoa being one of the last major landmasses settled on the planet, human impact has been short and abrupt. Kaitiakitanga and co-reliance between tāngata and whenua has rapidly morphed to become a relationship of dominance and power over te ao tūroa. Those who call Aotearoa home need to consider the health of te whare tūpuna o Papatūānuku and her māra that we have the privilege to harvest from.

Whāinga - Aim

To achieve Ngā Moemoeā o Te Papa Tū Whirinaki, we will endeavour to challenge society to:

Question current ways of knowing and being | Learn from past experiences | Un-do or re-learn where necessary

Read more about Our Vision