Welcome
Welcome to the website of the
Population Association of New Zealand (PANZ)
Te Roopu Whaka Waihanga Iwi O Aotearoa
PANZ is a professional association that incorporates a wide range of interests in relation to the study and understanding of population issues, in New Zealand and globally. Membership is open to anyone who is interested in demographic and population related issues and study.
Latest News
*We have moved!*
As you may be aware the PANZ website has recently transferred to this new url www.population.org.nz. Please make sure that you change the address in your favorites list!
*21 June date for PANZ AGM*
The 38th Annual General Meeting of the Population Association of New Zealand, Te Roopu Whaka Waihanga Iwi O Aotearoa (Inc.), will be held at 12.30pm 21 June 2012 at the Statistics New Zealand offices in Wellington (video linked to Auckland and Christchurch offices). Members are invited to attend at any of the three venues.
Nominations for positions on the Council, which will take office immediately following the AGM, are also invited. Positions to be filled are:
• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasury
• Council Members (7)
All nominations must be made on the form recently sent to members. The nominee, proposer and seconder must be financial members of PANZ. All signed and completed nomination forms should be sent to the PANZ Secretary.
*New Zealand Population Review (Vol 38)
**CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS**
The New Zealand Population Review is a peer-reviewed journal carrying substantive articles on many aspects of population, mainly relating to New Zealand, but in some cases dealing with issues in the Pacific, Australia, Asia or elsewhere. These articles may be based on new empirical research, theoretical perspectives or policy-related analysis. The Review is published once a year and solicits substantive articles of 5,000 to 8,000 words. Contributions are now being accepted for the 2012 New Zealand Population Review (Volume 38).
We ask that all articles, research notes and book reviews are to be submitted by 30 May 2012.
Please refer to the Instructions to Contributors.
*Australian Population Association Conference dates announced*
The Australian Population Association will hold their biennal conference in Melbourne between 5 and 7 December 2012. Several PANZ Council members and Association members will be presenting, including Professor Natalie Jackson of NIDEA. PANZ Council is working with the APA conference organisers to establish a joint PANZ / APA session, in order to strengthen ties and share knowledge. We will keep you posted. If you have any queries or suggestions for this joint session, please get in touch with Kim Dunstan.
*May newsletter*
PANZ releases a newsletter two times a year. This is sent electronically to all Association members and is made available on our website. Read here for information on what PANZ and affiliated organisations have been up to, and what is coming up.
2011 Jacoby Prize winner
The winner of the 2011 Statistics New Zealand Jacoby prize was announced at the 2011 PANZ conference. The prize was awarded to Rachael Hutt, who is studying at Waikato University, for her paper titled ‘New Zealand’s Sole Parents and their Marital Status – Updating the Last Decade’.
This competition is awarded annually by PANZ for the best essay on a population topic written during a course of university study. The competition is open to university students throughout the country.
The prize includes $400 from Statistics New Zealand, and publication of the winning essay in the New Zealand Population Review. Winners also receive a years subscription to PANZ and a copy of the latest New Zealand official yearbook.