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AINZ and JPA Publication Grants NZAA has established two annual grants to support and encourage consultants to publish papers in Archaeology in New Zealand (AINZ) and the Journal of Pacific Archaeology (JPA). While we recognise the outstanding effort made by our regular contributors to AINZ and JPA over the years, we also recognise that itRead more

Archaeology Week this year ran from the 23rd of April to the 1st of May; due to the uncertainties around covid restrictions it was decided to encourage as much online content as possible, in person events did occur provided the organisers felt it was safe and manageable to do so. Events included online talks, communityRead more

The government’s Draft National Adaptation Plan is now open for consultation, with submissions due Friday 3rd June 2022. The NZAA council will be preparing a submission on the NAP’s objectives, actions and gaps in relation to cultural heritage. Two key focus areas in the Home, Buildings and Places section include: Māori connections to whenua andRead 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

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