There’s an eclectic mix of article’s in LA #11. We take a walk around Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter with lead designers from  Architectus, Wraight + Associates and Australian firm Taylor Cullity Lethlean, and then head south, for a look at another, quite different, urban intervention in Napier – Taradale Town Centre.

Elsewhere in this issue, we talk about shared streets with Auckland’s design champion Ludo Campbell-Reid, inspect some historical Maori earthworks, and explore the relevance of the green roof phenomenon to New Zealand. In our review section, our legal experts report back on the recent High Court decision invoving Man ‘O War Bay, on Waiheke Island; Gavin Lister describes the process that led to a Board of Inquiry approving the Hauauru ma Raki Wind Farm, on the coastal hills south of Port Waikato; and our plant expert Philip Smith files a perspective on a New Zealand botanical staple – the kowhai.  

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