Editorial Team

Chief Editor

Associate Professor Gillian Lawson – School of Landscape Architecture, Lincoln University, Aotearoa New Zealand at https://researchers.lincoln.ac.nz/gillian.lawson

I was born in Darlinghurst Sydney on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation. I have Scottish, Irish and English ancestry but grew up close to Jerry’s Plains in the upper Hunter Valley in eastern New South Wales on unceded lands of the Geawegal people. My mother was born on Ngarigu Country in the Monaro region of south eastern NSW and my father was born in Sydney on Gadigal Country. I have spent most of my career working in Meanjin Brisbane, home of the Turrbal people and now I live in Ōtautahi Christchurch, in Te Waipounamu South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand, home of the Kāi Tahu people. I teach at Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University. Tēnā koutou katoa!

Assistant Editors

Wendy Davies - Practice Director, Lat Studios, Brisbane, Australia at https://www.latstudios.com.au/people/wendy-davies

I was born in London and am a British citizen with paternal and maternal family ties to north London and the county of Norfolk on the east coast of England. I am married to an Australian from Meanjin Brisbane, in the state of Queensland, on Jagera and Turrbal Country, which is where I now work.  LatStudios also has an office in Naarm Melbourne on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country. I live and raise my family in the foothills of the D’Aguilar range in the beautiful Moreton Bay region, the traditional home of the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal people.

Dr Hannah Hopewell - School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand at https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/hannah.hopewell

I am Pākehā, tangata Tiriti. My mother is from Diss in Norfolk, UK and immigrated to Aotearoa NZ in 1965, and my father’s people hail from Sunderland, Northumberland UK settling in Ōtepoti Dunedin in 1894. I was born near Maungawhau in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa where I was educated and have raised my family. I work as a landscape architect, urban designer and educator where, currently based in Pōnekē Wellington, I teach landscape-led urbanism at Te Kura Waihanga-Wellington School of Architecture. I also direct TikaLAB, an interdisciplinary design research collective committed to activist and community-based practice and the creation of environmental justness. Beyond the university I work with kaupapa Māori TOA Architects in mana-enhancing landscape-led development techniques and co-design in iwi-led papakāinga.

International Editorial Board

Associate Professor Matthew Bradbury - School of Architecture, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand at https://www.unitec.ac.nz/about-us/contact-us/staff-directory

Tēnā koutou katoa (Greetings to you all)
Ko Titirangi te maunga (Titirangi is my mountain)
Ko Manukau te moana (Manukau is my sea)
Nō Taranaki tākū Papa (My father comes from Taranaki)
Nō Yorkshire tākū Māmā (My mother comes from Yorkshire)
Ko Matthew Bradbury ahau (My name is Matthew Bradbury)
I whanau mai ahau ki Tāmaki Makaurau (I was born in Auckland)
Ka whakaako ahau i Te Pūkenga (I teach at the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology)
Tihei Mauri Ora!

Meg Back - Senior Landscape Architect, WSP, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand at https://www.wsp.com/en-nz/who-we-are.

Tēnā koutou katoa, Ko tangata tiriti te iwi, Ko Kōtirangi raua ko Whinerana ngā whakapapranga mai, Heoi anō, Ko Ōtepoti te whenua tipu, Ka mihi hoki au ki ngā tohu o te rohe nei, Ko Kapukataumahaka te mauka, Ko Ōwheo, Mata-Au, rātou ko Taiari ngā awa, Ko Meg Back tōku ingoa Ināianei, e noho ana au ki Ōtautahi, Ko Kaihoahoa whenua te mahi i WSP Nōreira, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

Greetings to all, I am of Scottish and Finnish descent and live in NZ under the partnership formed by Te Tiriti o Waitangi. I grew up in Dunedin on the flanks of Mt Cargill above the Water of the Leith. While they are not my ancestors, I acknowledge the shelter and guidance given to generations of my family by these landmarks, along with the Clutha and Taieri Rivers. My name is Meg Back, I currently live in Christchurch where I am a Landscape Architect at WSP. Thank you to all.

 Brad Coombs - Principal, Isthmus, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand at https://isthmus.co.nz/teammembers/brad-coombs/

 

Dr Sara Padgett Kjaersgaard – School of Built Environment, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia at https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/sara-padgett-kjaersgaard

I am a non-Indigenous Australian with ancestry ties to Scotland and France, and Denmark through marriage. I was born in Naarm Melbourne on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri/Boonwurrung People. My mother was born and raised on Wagaia Country of Victoria’s north-west mallee region. My father was born and raised on Yorta Yorta Country in Victoria’s north. However I have spent most of my life living on Whadjuk Country of the Noongar Nation in Perth. I currently work on Bidjigal Country and am living and raising my two sons on Gadigal/Wangal Country in Sydney.

Rachel de Lambert - Partner, Boffa Miskell, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand at https://www.boffamiskell.co.nz/consultant.php?v=rachel-de-lambert

Tēnā koutou katoa (Greetings to you all)
Ko Te Poho o Tamatea te maunga (Te Poho o Tamatea is my mountain)
Ko Waimairi o Ōtākaro te awa (Waimairi of the Ōtākaro is my river)
Nō Oamaru tākū Papa (My father comes from Oamaru)
Nō Murihiku tākū Māmā (My mother comes from Invercargill)
Ko Rachel de Lambert ahau (My name is Rachel de Lambert)
I whanau mai ahau ki Ōtautahi (I was born in Christchurch)
I tipu ake ahau ki Ōtautahi (I grew up in Christchurch)
Engari, e noho ana ahau ki Tāmaki Makaurau ināianei (Nowadays I live in Auckland)
Ko Wainui ara ko Mohua tākū tūrangawaewae (Wainui / Golden Bay is my place I feel the best and connected too)
He kaihoahoa whenua ahau ki Boffa Miskell (I am a landscape architect at Boffa Miskell)
Tihei Mauri Ora!

Emeritus Professor Simon Swaffield - School of Landscape Architecture, Lincoln University, Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand at https://nz.linkedin.com/in/simon-swaffield-79084815