Countdown to GeoCart'2020:
Nau mai, haere mai!
Upcoming Events: State of NZ Cartography seminar | 28 JuneGeoCart'2020 | 26-28 August 2020
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Fri 23 Aug 2019
NZ student wins at 2019 Intl. Children’s Map Competition
There were 188 entries from 33 countries in this year's Barbara Petchenik International Children’s Map Competition in Tokyo. New Zealand’s own 9-year-old Barnaby Blampied from Matakana School won 2nd place in the 9-12 years age category with his marvelous map entry entitled "A Turtle’s Tear: Our Plastic Oceans". This is fantastic result and a hearty congratulations to Barnaby!
Barnaby's map and the other NZ winners can be viewed on the Children's Map Competition Winners page.
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Wed 31 Jul 2019
Announcing the ANZMapS 2019 Conference
The 47th annual ANZMapS conference -- Mapping in Action -- will be held 24-25 September 2019, at the National Library of Australia, Canberra.
This year's sessions will feature the latest student presentations, an inaugural prize for best presentation, the awarding of ANZMapS' "Dorothy Prescott Prize", and an afternoon session and guided tour of the collection with the NLA map curators.
Registration is now open.
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Thu 06 Jun 2019
State of New Zealand Cartography 2019 seminar
NZCS will be hosting a one day seminar -- "State of New Zealand Cartography" -- at the National Library of New Zealand in Wellington on 28 June, 2019.
The full-day seminar will consist of short presentations from a variety of organisations and individuals about recent and current mapping activities. Light refreshments will be provided. Registration is free but space is limited.
Registration will open the week of June 10.
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Wed 03 Apr 2019
Children's Map Competition 2019 winners
A big thank you to all of the students who entered the New Zealand Children’s Map Competition 2019. Winning maps will represent New Zealand at the international Barbara Petchenik Children’s Map Competition in Tokyo.
The winning entries are visible on the Children's Map Competition Winners page.