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Kōrero: Modern mapping and surveying

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

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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

He kōrero nā Melanie Lovell-Smith, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 1 August 2018.