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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

NZAA is pleased to announce that applications for the 2022 round of funding from The Walton Fund are now open. Grants will be made to enable and assist in any work that promotes archaeological site recording, records new sites, and/or updates old site records. Applications for the 2022 round of funding should be made toRead more

Archaeology Week 2022 is coming up from 23rd April – 1st May. Events are listed on our event page, as well as on our NZAA Facebook page and Eventfinda. NZAA is working with a number of partners to develop and share content on our social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Look out for the hashtag #nzarchweek2022Read more

The New Zealand Archaeological Association and the University of Waikato are excited to offer a summer research scholarship for a student to assist with updating information in the New Zealand Archaeology Radiocarbon database and incorporating this information into ArchSite. The position will be based at the University of Waikato for 10 weeks over the summer.Read more

The organisers would like to thank you for your patience while we had to temporarily put a hold on conference registration. Interest in the 2021 NZAA conference has far exceeded that of previous NZAA conferences and we needed to hold registration for a couple of days while we relooked at options and made sure thatRead more

As we have rapidly reached the limit of our venue, online registrations for the conference have now closed. This doesn’t mean you have missed your chance, however! Please email Cathy Barr (cbarr@doc.govt.nz) to arrange your spot. A reminder to all NZAA members that the deadline for submission for papers for the NZAA annual conference isRead more

Registrations for the 2021 New Zealand Archaeological Association conference are now live on our conference page, along with venue information and the programme. Please also consider submitting an abstract so we have a variety of fantastic papers!  Read more

On 17 September 2020, the New Zealand Archaeological Association held a panel webinar on ‘Representation in Archaeology’ with New Zealand-based archaeologists, heritage professionals, and kaitiaki: Rachel Wesley, Gena Moses-Te Kani, Dr Des Kahotea, and Mana Laumea. The panelists discussed some of the long-standing issues regarding representation in archaeology in Aotearoa New Zealand and in OceaniaRead more