2017 New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards Finalists Announced
Wellington 28 September 2017 – The 2017 New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards finalists were announced this morning at a breakfast function at the
Wellington Club. Now in its fourth year, the 2017 awards attracted over 60 entries from a variety of different
orgnisations and individuals across New Zealand using spatial technology to provide valuable benefits in such varied
areas as Agriculture, Banking, Transportation, Conservation and Local Government.
Scott Campbell, a member of the NZSEA Steering Committee, says the quality and range of entries demonstrates the
importance of spatial technology and the role it plays in everyday business in New Zealand.
“With the expansion of the spatial sector into a wider world of technology and with the associated adoption of spatial
in almost every industry, the NZ Spatial Excellence Awards have a key role in highlighting potential and in
demonstrating what excellence looks like for both individuals and organisations. The 2017 awards represent the diverse
areas of application as well as the quality of endeavour that is seen in the Spatial Industry in NZ today” says
Campbell.
David Pimblott, a member of the NZSEA judging panel, says “the entries submitted this year represent world class
applications of geospatial technology to support genuine business benefits for implementation. The entries reflect
creative and innovative utilisation of geospatial technology, especially in the mobile and web environments, that have
the potential to deliver transformational value and productivity outcomes across a diversity of industries”.
The winners in each category will be announced at a black tie gala dinner to be held at Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington,
on Wednesday 15 November 2017.
The 2017 New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards Finalists are:
Environment and Sustainability Award
• Auckland International Airport Ltd: Airport Biosecurity - Mosquito Monitoring
• Land Information New Zealand: Wilding Conifers Information System
Innovation and Commercialisation Award (Proudly supported by Wellington City Council)
• Trimble: Catalyst
• Valocity Limited: Valocity Agri
People and Community Award
• Centre for Sustainability: Using a Geodatabase to Assess Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise in the Greater South Dunedin Community
• New Zealand Cartographic Society: 2016/2017 NZ Children's Map Competition
• New Zealand GIS in Conservation: Geoenabling Community-led Conservation in New Zealand
Undergraduate Student of the Year Award
• Craig John MacDonell
• Ed Cook
• Nicki Shaw
Postgraduate Student of the Year Award
• Andrew Devonport
• Euan Forsyth
Young Professional of the Year Award (Proudly supported by Eagle Technology)
• Josie Hawkey
• Kate Waterhouse
Professional of the Year Award (Proudly supported by Eagle Technology)
• Chris Morris
• Christopher Weir
• • Trevor William Hart
Spatial Enablement Award
• Far North District Council: 'Let's Plan Together' Community Engagement in the District Planning
• Mobility, New Zealand Police: Mobility Programme
• Wellington City Council: Resilient Wellington
Technical Excellence Award
• AJJV (Arup Jacobs Joint Venture) Auckland Light Rail Technical Advisors: Auckland Light Rail Utilities Clash Detection Interactive Model
• Cardno (NZ) Ltd: CentrePort Earthquake Recovery - Spatial Services
• Incremental Ltd, the University of Auckland, Statistics New Zealand: Workload Planning for the 2018 New Zealand Census
Supreme Excellence Award
The 2017 NZSEA Supreme Excellence Award will be announced at the Gala Prize Dinner on 15 November. It is selected from
one of the organisational category winners by the Judging Panel. The Supreme Award, in the judges’ opinion, represents
the pinnacle of achievement in the spatial industry.
ENDS