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International cartography awards

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International cartography awards

Two cartographers from the Department of Survey and Land Information won international awards for their maps in 1994. Ben Bowles (left) shows his winning map of Auckland, while Alistair Pearce (right) holds a tourist map of the Rotorua lakes.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1994/3175/7A

by Ray Pigney

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Melanie Lovell-Smith, Modern mapping and surveying – Later developments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18922/international-cartography-awards (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Melanie Lovell-Smith, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 August 2018.