Celebrating our 2025 Registered Landscape Architects

Five Boffa Miskell landscape architects are among those who successfully passed their New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora (NZILA) Registration.

Mathilde Ménard joined the Queenstown office in 2018, bringing a wide range of international experience in Europe, Canada, Australia and the Middle East. She gained her NZILA registration through the affiliate mentoring pathway. She has contributed her experience in parks and open space design, and her strong interests in sustainability and ecological integration to projects across the South Island.

Oliver May has been a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (UK) since 2017 and gained his NZILA registration through the reciprocity pathway. Oliver joined the Auckland office in 2018 as a landscape planner, bringing seven years' experience on a broad range of projects, including large infrastructure, tram, urban design, water treatment, sports stadiums and highways detailed design, assessment and strategic planning. 

Nicole Tune joined Boffa Miskell in 2021 as a graduate landscape architect. As a student at Lincoln University, she won the 2019 Boffa Miskell scholarship for meritorious achievement in 3rd year landscape architecture. She has gained experience through a wide range of projects, from school master planning, open space and playspace design to private housing developments, infrastructure and aged care facilities. She is the secretary of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora (NZILA). 

Thomas Guthrie earned his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture in the UK and moved to New Zealand after graduating. He joined the Nelson office (then Canopy Landscape Architects) in 2018, bringing strong 3D visual rendering capabilities and a design-focused skill set. He has contributed to notable and award-winning projects in the region, including Te Pā Harakeke and Olive Estate Lifestyle Village.

Alan Gray began his career in the United States, where he earned his qualifications; and relocated to New Zealand in 2004. An internationally experienced urbanist with over 30 years' involvement in both commercial and government sectors, Alan gained registration through the established membership had a leading role in the development of Auckland's Wynyard Quarter, Westhaven Promenade, and Downtown Auckland waterfront. Now based in the Nelson office, he led the development and adoption of Te Ara o Whakatu, the pathway of Nelson's City Centre spatial plan; and is the design lead for Bridge Street Linear Active Transport Corridor.

Registration represents a major professional milestone, recognising competence, integrity, leadership and readiness to practise as a Registered Landscape Architect shaping the landscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand.