Sad news
Life member, Leigh Pownall, has died, aged 87. He was
professor of Geography at Canterbury University (1960-1961) and
Vice-Chancellor from 1961-66). He was an early advocate of systematic
town planning and his work in the 1970s as the Chair of the Planning
and Environment Commission of NSW led to the planned development of
Sydney and NSW. He was awarded a life membership of the Society in 1961.
Professor J.W. Fox died early in August, 2008. Professor Jim Fox was
part of the formative years of the Geography Department (along with
Professor Kenneth Cumberland) at Auckland from 1947 to 1963 and was awarded life membership of the Society in 1963.
Jeff Pepper was made a Life Member in 2005 and died suddenly on 28 August, 2008 while on holiday in England. He
made a tremendous contribution to secondary school Geography during his
teaching (1971 to 1990), Senior Lecturer in Social Science Education at
the Christchurch College of Education (1990 to 1994, and from 2000 as
Academic Dean, School of Secondary Teacher Education), and was
appointed to the staff of NZQA in 1994.
Geographers Honoured in the New Year's Honours List
Congratulations to Dick Bedford who has been appointed as a
Companion to the Queen's Service Order for services to geography and to
Graeme Campbell who was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of
Merit for services to conservation. Both Dick and Graeme have been
acknowledged by the NZGS as
Distinguished Geographers
for their outstanding contribution to our discipline and to society. It
is wonderful to see their contributions acknowledged at the highest
level.
Emeritus Professor Peter Holland awarded a Distinguished Geographer Medal at AGM 2008.
The Society AGM was held in Dunedin at Otago University on
Wednesday 24 September from 4.30 - 5.10pm in Room 5N4, Richardson
Building, Department of Geography. Please find the
Minutes of this meeting attached. The AGM was followed by a
lecture by Dr Janet Stephenson
"Understanding the Elephant: the role of collaborative research in the
energy transition". At the conclusion of the lecture Emeritus Professor
Peter Holland was awarded a
Distinguished Geographer Medal in
recognition of his contribution to Geography and society.
Year 12 National Geography Photographic Competition 2008
This competition is open to Year 12 students from member
schools.There was a good level of interest in the competition again in
2008. Again there is ample evidence from the photos submitted that
Geography teachers in New Zealand expose their students to some
fantastic field work opportunities in a variety of environments.
Determining winners was a challenging job. Those that were successful
were judged on how well their photos reflected the theme - "My
Interacting World". First prize is $250 and there are four runners up
prizes of $50 each.
1st prize: Sean Clynes (Glenfield College)
Runners Up:
Tanui Ashok (Queens High School)
Candy Tana (Okaihau College)
Lauran Brown (Marian College)
Alana MacGregor (Burnside High School)
Maatangi Whenua Competition 2008
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Annette
Lanigan (Chair, NZBoGT), Duncan Wilson, Nathaniel Christensen, Andrew
Dysart, (John McGlashan College) and Don Campbell, (teacher).
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The Maatangi Whenua competition is run by NZGS and NZBoGT, and is
open to Year 11 students from member schools. The annual competition
includes a regional round and then a finals round which was held in
Wellington on 21-22 September. In 2008 the competition was won by John
McGlashan College, by team members: Nathan Christensen, Andrew Dysart,
Duncan Wilson. The Society would like to thank all participants and
their teachers, for a great competition and extend their
congratulations to John McGlashan College (1st), Otumoetai College
(2nd) and Riccarton High School (3rd).
1st John McGlashan College. Team members: Nathan Christensen, Andrew Dysart and Duncan Wilson.
2nd Otumoetai College Team members: Dylan Cliff, Carl O'Neill, Evan Staats.
3rd Riccarton High School Team members: Connor McIver, Janty Post, Timothy Wong.
Individual placings:
1: Andrew Dysart, John McGlashan College,
2: Nathan Christensen, John McGlashan College,
3: Conner McIver, Riccarton High School
Current Network - November 2008
Year 12 Photographic Competition
This competition is open to Year 12 students from member schools.There
was a good level of interest in the competition again in 2008. In all,
50 photos were received by 20 Year 12 Geography students from 11
schools. Again there is ample evidence from the photos submitted that
Geography teachers in New Zealand expose their students to some
fantastic field work opportunities in a variety of environments.
Determining winners was a challenging job. Those that were successful
were judged on how well their photos reflected the theme - "My
Interacting World". First prize is $250 and there are four runners up
prizes of $50 each.
1st prize: Sean Clynes (Glenfield College)
Runners Up:
Tanui Ashok (Queens High School)
Candy Tana (Okaihau College)
Lauran Brown (Marian College)
Alana MacGregor (Burnside High School)
This competition will run again next year - look for the details and
entry form in the Network for term 1 2009. They will also be available
on the NZGS website School Competitions
page. Teachers - don't forget to make the details known to your
students early on next year, so that they can take relevant photos on
your field trips in 2009.
Maatangi Whenua Competition 2008
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Annette
Lanigan (Chair, NZBoGT), Duncan Wilson, Nathaniel Christensen, Andrew
Dysart, (John McGlashan College) and Don Campbell, (teacher).
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The Maatangi Whenua competition is run by NZGS and NZBoGT, and is
open to Year 11 students from member schools. The annual competition
includes a regional round and then a finals round which was held in
Wellington on 21-22 September. In 2008 the competition was won by John
McGlashan College, by team members: Nathan Christensen, Andrew Dysart,
Duncan Wilson. The Society would like to thank all participants and
their teachers, for a great competition and extend their
congratulations to John McGlashan College (1st), Otumoetai College
(2nd) and Riccarton High School (3rd).
1st John McGlashan College. Team members: Nathan Christensen, Andrew Dysart and Duncan Wilson.
2nd Otumoetai College Team members: Dylan Cliff, Carl O'Neill, Evan Staats.
3rd Riccarton High School Team members: Connor McIver, Janty Post, Timothy Wong.
Individual placings:
1: Andrew Dysart, John McGlashan College,
2: Nathan Christensen, John McGlashan College,
3: Conner McIver, Riccarton High School
International Geography Olympiad Tunis 7 – 12 August 2008
New Zealand entered a team of four into the International Olympiad held
in Tunisia in August this year. The team was accompanied by Anna
Wilson, Hutt Valley High School and Lex Chalmers, Waikato University.
The team performed very creditably and gained a silver and two bronze
medals. For a full report on their adventures see the
School Competitions page.
Transport NZ Year 13 Geography Competition (formerly Planning and Decision Making)
This competition was won by Carley Sheerin, Katikati College. Runners
up: Nicky Wilcox and Abbey McMillan, both from Chilton St James School
in Lower Hutt. Further details are available on the
School Competitions page.
EXITO Waste Management kit - OMISSION ALERT
Level 1 Internal Assessment Resource
PRINTING ERROR - The last three pages (13, 14 and 15)
were omitted in the printed booklet. The
items omitted: Marking Schedule for Task 3 and end judgement.
Fortunately the CD included in the kit has complete files
of all the material to be printed.
Please go to:
Folder 1 WM Resources; then Level 1 Assessment Resource
and you will find Pages 13, 14 and 15 (Task 3a, 3b and Judgement Record
Summary)to download and print.
2008 GIS in Schools Institute
This seminar has been postponed from the original proposed dates 4-6
October 2008, due to insufficient numbers of participants. For further
information please email
institute2008@gismaped.co.nz.
This workshop could be for you if you are:
- Interested in improving spatial awareness and spatial analysis in Social Studies, History, Geography or Earth Sciences
- Interested in increasing the ICT content of your school programme
- Interested in using and creating maps on the computer
- Interested in real-world interactive inquiry learning
- Teaching any year level from Y6 -Y13
This GIS Institute will be using Arcview GIS 3.2 and ArcView 9 .
Teachers who attend need to be able to work with some confidence in a Microsoft windows environment.
For further information about course costs and registration please
click here.
Curriculum project-Update
NCEA assessment Snippets
Results of the Exam Survey
EXITO Quarrying Kit Update
Gold Mining
Grey River dredge to start up again in early 2007. The Grey River gold
dredge plans to begin operating in February 2007 following the recent
increase in gold prices.
See
http://www.crownminerals.govt.nz/news/news.asp?newsID=362242433
CD Rom on Global Disparities
The Global Education Centre has produced a CD Rom and poster to support the teaching of standard
2.3 Disparities in Development. Full Advertisement.
Virtual Fieldtrips for Mining Topics
LEARNZ has produced a series of virtual fieldtrips. See
http://www.learnz.org.nz/ or phone 0800 22 55 53 for details. For further information see the attached -
full advertisement.
