Welcome to the calendar of events of interest to geographers. Here you will find information about, and links to:

• news of interest to the geographic community
• news from the branches
• news from the IGU
• conferences and symposium
• new books
• calendar of NZGS meetings

• 2009 Distinguished Geographer Medals and President's Awards - presented at the September AGM
  

Warm congratulations to Ray Watters (Victoria University) and Richard Le Heron (Auckland University) who received Distinguished Geographer medals at the AGM in September. These medals are awarded for outstanding contributions to Geography and society. More...

This year's President's Awards were made to Harvey Perkins, for excellence in graduate research supervision, and Chris Kissling, for excellence in teaching in geography. Congratulations to Harvey and Chris, both from Lincoln University. More...

A new category of President's Award was introduced; Distinguished Service Awards. The inaugural recipients of these awards are Mrs June Logie, for her long and dedecated service to the society and in particular for her contributions as Executive Manager over the last 5 years and Dr Paul Sirota, for his services to the Otago branch and in particular his efforts to rejuvenate branch activities and forge links with secondary schools. More...

• A Piece of Nostalgia

Many of you will remember Ken Cumberlands Landmarks Series. Part one is available by clicking on the link. Warning: it does take a while to load.

• New Zealand Geographical Society Biennial Conference - 5 - 8 July, 2010

Preparations for the Society's biennial conference are well underway. Bookmark the website so you can keep an eye on progress and important deadlines.

• Find out what is happening in Geography at New Zealand Schools

Latest NZBOGT Network - November 2009

• Positioning Geography

The Waikato Branch of NZGS will offer a Geo-Ed conference on 19 - 22 January, 2010 in Hamilton... more

• Find out what is happening in the Society

Latest newsletter November 2009

• 2010 NZGS subscriptions available now. 

To download a subscription form click here. The subscription price for 2010 remains the same as for 2007/08/09. Please remember to include your email address so you can access secure online material. If paying by direct credit or internet banking please also send us your updated contact details including your email address. You can do this via email nzgs@auckland.ac.nz.

Branch Activities
Many of our branches are establishing newsletters for members and have a page on this site to let branch members know what is going on in their area. Auckland, Waikato , Canterbury and Otago branches have these so far.
Contact details for all branches are available here.

Lex Chalmers has assumed the role of New Zealand National Delegate to the International Geographical Union (IGU). If you are interested in the activities and news from the IGU please follow this link to their website. IGU Website.

The IGU produces a quarterly newsletter. To view it please use the link above to the IGU Website and then use the newsletters link on the side navigation bar. Please send any comments/questions to lex@waikato.ac.nz

The preliminary details for the IGU/UGI Regional Conference 2010 are now available. To see details of preparations see the conference website http://www.igu2010.com/

Emergence in Geographical Space: Concepts, Methods and Models	Paris, France	23 - 25 November	http://s4.parisgeo.cnrs.fr
Positioning Geography: Strategic Issues in Geographical Education	Hamilton, New Zealand	19 - 22 January, 2010	http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass/PositioningGeography/index.shtml
Association of American Geographers (AAG)	Washington DC	14 - 18 April, 2010	www.aag.org
International Conference on Developing Human Capital for Sustainable Economies	Karlsruhe, Germany	27 - 28 May, 2010	http://www.etechgermany.com/HCConference.pdf
NZGS Biennial Conference	Christchurch	5 - 8 July, 2010	http://www.nzgs2010.org.nz/
IGU/UIG Regional Conference 2010: Bridging Diversity in a Globalising World	Tel Aviv, Israel	12 - 16 July, 2010	http://www.igu2010.com/

Journeys Towards Progress: Essays of a Geographer on Development and Change in Oceania, written by Ray Watters and to be launched by VUW Press on February 16.

Fiji: an Encyclopaedic Atlas, written by retired former long time member Crosbie Walsh.
A one-off opportunity to purchase a landmark publication that will not be replicated for many years to come.  440 pages of text, 270 maps, 230 charts and 170 tables on 17 major topics and 183 subtopics. Detailed descriptions, analysis and commentary. Also, Basic Facts on Fiji, Historical Timeline, list of Fiji websites and NGOs, extensive Bibliography, Author Index. For details...

Living Together: Towards Inclusive Communities, a book edited by Michelle Thompson-Fawcett and Claire Freeman was released on November 10, 2006. For details...

Hong-Key Yoon's book The Nature and Culture of Feng-Shui in Korea has been published. For further information see the attached flyer.

Auckland Branch New Zealand Geographical Society Book Celebration was held in December 2005. This activity was intended to make visible a range of books published by New Zealand Geographic Society members based on research and scholarship over the period 2003 - 2005. These books reflect our contribution to international geographic knowledge and set fine examples of how New Zealand based geographers can, through their research and scholarship, add to the international literature. This event was very successful and offered an opportunity to both acknowledge the authors achievements and to exchange writing and publishing experience with members. A full list of books included in the celebration.

If you publish a book which would be of interest to the geographic community in New Zealand please send us the details.