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NZAA Public Archaeology Award Nominations With conference coming up, it means it’s also time for the annual NZAA awards! Know someone who’s done some great public archaeology over the last year? Here’s your chance to nominate them for NZAA’s Public Archaeology Award. This award is made biennially and recognises outstanding efforts to promote and shareRead more

NZAA Awards – Nominations Open With conference coming up, it means it’s also time for the annual NZAA awards! This year, at the instigation of the Kaupapa Māori Advisory Group, NZAA Council is delighted to announce two new awards to our awards programme (although only one of them is available this year). Award for DemonstratedRead more

Registrations for the 2023 NZAA Conference in Kirikiriroa are now open! Register before 31st May to receive and early bird discount. More information on papers, accommodation and how to register can be found on our conference event page.Read more

We are inviting proposals for paper presentations for the 2023 NZAA Conference to be held in Kirikiriroa. While not required, papers addressing the conference theme “Archaeology and Resilience” are welcome. We encourage contributors to acknowledge the hapū/iwi with mana whenua over their wāhi rangahau (research locations) and the roles that representatives from those hapū/iwi hadRead more

Call for papers now closed Paper sessions are now full, but there is still space for posters. Posters must be A1 or A2 size. Please email the author names, poster title and an 80 – 100 word abstract to papers@nzarchaeology.org for consideration.   Information will be coming very soon to the website regarding accommodation andRead more

2022 NZAA Conference registrations are now open.    Call for papers and posters now open.   NZAA’s annual conference provides an important forum for the archaeological community to share information and tackle current issues. This year’s conference will be held at the University of Otago in Ōtepoti Dunedin from 21st – 24th November. The conferenceRead more

Due to on-going uncertainty and disruption caused by Covid-19, NZAA Council, in consultation with the conference organisers and the Kaupapa Māori Advisory Group, have resolved to postpone Conference 2022. Conference will now be held in Dunedin during the period 21st – 24th November 2022. Venue and programme details will be confirmed by September. The Kaupapa Māori Advisory GroupRead more

This year’s conference in Taupō was our first since 2019 and, with nearly 180 attendees, was our biggest ever. We were supported throughout the conference by Ngāti Tūwharetoa, from the opening on Sunday morning, through to the field trip and the closing on Wednesday afternoon. Attendees came from all over the country, and it wasRead more