NZGS2008 General Programme

Wednesday July 2nd

7.30

Conference Registration Open: Maclaurin Building

8.00 – 8.10

Māori Karakia and Welcome (MC101)

8.10 – 8.30

Official Opening (MC101)
Jeanette Fitzsimons, Co-Leader, Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

8.30 – 9.20

Conference Keynote: ‘Inequality’ (MC101)
Neoliberalising New Zealand: Increasing inequality or new opportunities for women?
Professor Wendy Larner, University of Bristol, UK

Chair: Sara Kindon

9.30 – 11.00

Session 1A: (C119)

Science, Policy and Networks: Making the Links
Chair: tba

Session 1B: (C118)

Physical Geography and Sustainability
Chair: Mike Crozier

Session 1C: (MC102)

Is Saying Sorry Enough? Confronting Enduring Legacies of Colonisation
Chair: Sara Kindon

Session 1D: (MC101)

Geographies of Health and Inequality I
Chair: Jamie Pearce

11.00 – 11.30

Morning Tea

11.30 – 13.00

Session 2A: (C119)

Urban Growth and Sense of Place
Chair: Steffen Wetzstein

Session 2B: (C118)

Applied River Research I
Chair: Helen Reid

Session 2C: (MC102)

Feminist Geographies I
Chair: Lynda Johnston

Session 2D: (MC101)

Geographies of Health and Inequality II
Chair: Philip Morrison

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch
Meeting: Heads of New Zealand University Geography Programmes (C217)

14.00 – 15.30

Session 3A: (C119)

Sustainable Cities
Chair: Ralph Chapman

Session 3B: (C118)

Applied River Research II
Chair: Gary Brierley

Session 3C: (MC102)

Feminist Geographies II
Chair: Carey-Ann Morrison

Session 3D: (MC101)

Critical Geographies of Health and Well-being: Expanding the Agenda
Chair: Jason Myers

15.30 – 16.00

Afternoon Tea

16.00 – 17.30

Session 4A: (C119)

New Zealand Geographer and Asia Pacific Viewpoint: The Future of Regional Journals of Geography
Chair: Tony Binns

Session 4B: (C118)

Applied River Research III
Chair: Gary Brierley

 Session 4C: (MC102)

Feminist Geographies III
Chair: Robyn Longhurst

Session 4D: (MC101)

Critical Geographies of Health and Well-being II
Chair: David Conradson

17.30 – 18.30

Free Time

18.30 - 20.30

Conference Reception: ‘Premise Bar’, Victoria University Kelburn Campus

Thursday July 3rd

8.00

Conference Registration Open

8.30 – 9.20

Conference Keynote: ‘Sustainability’ (MC101)
Linking Erosion with Environmental and Societal Impacts in a Rapidly Changing Environment
Professor Michael Crozier, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ

Chair: David Kennedy

9.30 – 11.00

Session 5A: (C119)

New Zealand Geographer Keynote: Stuart Gray and Professor Richard Le Heron
Globalising NZ – Fonterra and Shaping the Future
Chair: Nick Lewis

Session 5B: (MC102)

Power, Positionality and Participation
Chair: Sara Kindon

Session 5C: (MC101)

Urban and Regional Development in a Globalising World I
Chair: Christine Tamásy

Session 5D: (C118)

The VILLA Geographies of Development in Latin America I
Chair: Warwick Murray

11.00 – 11.30

Morning Tea

11.30 – 13.00

Session 6A: (C119)

Understanding New Zealand’s Largest Export Industry: Dairying in a Globalising Context
Chair: Stuart Gray

Session 6B: (MC102)

Sustainability and Community Change: Opportunities and Limitations of Participatory Research I
Chair: Steven Kelly

Session 6C: (MC101)

Urban and Regional Development in a Globalising World II
Chair: Steffen Wetzstein

Session 6D: (C118)

The VILLA Geographies of Development in Latin America II
Chair: Ed Challies

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch
Meeting: New Zealand University Development Studies Programmes (C217)

14.00 – 15.30

Session 7A: (C119)

Rural Geographies and the Countryside
Chair: Richard Willis

Session 7B: (MC102)

Sustainability and Community Change: Opportunities and Limitations of Participatory Research II
Chair: Willie Smith

Session 7C: (MC101)

Urban and Regional Development in a Globalising World III
Chair: Wendy Larner

Session 7D: (C118)

Asia Pacific Viewpoint Lecture 2008: Professor Terry McGee
Planning For The Mega-Urban Regions Of East Asia: Policies For The Twenty-First Century.
Chair: John Overton

15.30 – 16.00

Afternoon Tea

16.00 – 17.30

Conference Plenary: Whither New Zealand Geography? (MC101)
Panel of Professors, Teachers and Postgraduates

Chair: Warwick Murray

17.30 – 18.30

Free Time

19.30

Conference Dinner: Macs Brewery, Wellington Waterfront

Friday July 4th 

8.00

Conference Registration Open

8.30 – 9.20

Conference Keynote: ‘Policy’(MC101)
Inequality and Policy: Good Intentions and Problematic Outcomes
Professor William Clark, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Chair: Philip Morrison

9.30 – 11.00

Session 8A: (C119)

Asia Pacific Viewpoint Lecture 2007: Professor Randy Thaman
‘Sinking Island Arks’: The Conservation of Island and Ocean Biodiversity and Ethnobiodiversity as a Foundation for Sustainable Island Life
Chair: Warwick Murray

Session 8B: (C118)

Moving Homes, Changing Places, Transforming Geographies: The Experiences of Forced Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Chair: Sara Kindon

Session 8C: (MC101)

Centring Social Science in Building Diverse and Resilient Biological Economies
Chair: Richard Le Heron

Session 8D: (MC102)

Assessment
(Secondary Geography)
Chair: Murray Fastier

11.00 – 11.30

Morning Tea

11.30 – 13.00

Session 9A:; (C119)

Development Issues in the Pacific
Chair: John Overton

Session 9B: (C118)

Geographic Information Systems
Chair: tba

Session 9C: (MC101)

Collaborative Communities of Research and Teaching – BRCSS (Building Research Capabilities for the Social Sciences) and CGGE (Center for Global Geography education, AAG)

Session 9D: (MC102)

Curriculum
(Secondary Geography)
Chair: Geoff Connell

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

Presentation: Eagle Technology Informal GIS Presentation (C118)

14.00 – 17.30

Fieldtrip A: (Meet outside MC101)

Makara Windfarm Development

Fieldtrip B: (Meet in the Registration Area)

Wellington’s Globalising Central Business District

17.30

Postgraduate Experiences and Futures (C217)

Chair: Ed Challies
Post-Grad Mixer  

Saturday July 5th 

8.30

Conference Registration Open

Martinborough Winery Tour (8.30am – 7pm)

(Please meet at the downhill bus stop on Kelburn Parade)

9.30 – 11.00

Session 10A: (MC102)

Global Inequality and Development
Chair: Julie Cupples

11.00 – 11.30

Morning Tea

11.30 – 13.00

Session 11A: (MC102)

Environmental Resource Management and Well-being
Chair: tba

Session 11B: (MC101)

Pedagogy
(Secondary Geography)
Chair: Sara Kindon

13.00 – 13.30

Poroporoaki and Official Closing (MC101)

13.30 – 14.30

Lunch

14.30 – 15.30

Teachers’ Panel Discussion: Tools for Building the Secondary Geography Community: (C217)
Chair: Annette Lanigan