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30 Day Map Challenge (2022)

30 Day Map Challenge, Infographics, International Maps, Network Maps, New Zealand, Topographic Maps

Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui

30 Day Map Challenge, New Zealand, Topographic Maps

The Great Song Map of New Zealand

30 Day Map Challenge, Interactive Maps, New Zealand

The Fall of New Zealand’s Glaciers

30 Day Map Challenge, Infographics, New Zealand

Blue Lake, Tasman

30 Day Map Challenge, Antique Maps, New Zealand

2022 Pakistan Floods

30 Day Map Challenge, Educational Maps, Infographics, International Maps

NZ Cycleway Network Maps

30 Day Map Challenge, Network Maps, New Zealand

Tahutahi / Cascade River

30 Day Map Challenge, New Zealand, Topographic Maps

The Alpine Fault

30 Day Map Challenge, Educational Maps, New Zealand

Murky Waters: Unmapped Areas of Seafloor

30 Day Map Challenge, Educational Maps, International Maps

Fish and Chip Shops of Christchurch

30 Day Map Challenge, Client Work, New Zealand

NZ’s Rainbow Community in the Census

30 Day Map Challenge, Infographics

Dairy, Sheep + Beef or Both?

30 Day Map Challenge, Infographics, New Zealand

In a Box (Boundaries Story Map)

30 Day Map Challenge, Infographics, Interactive Maps

Antarctic Iceberg Tracks

30 Day Map Challenge, International Maps

What’s in a City (3D Edition)

30 Day Map Challenge, Infographics, Interactive Maps

NZ Coastal Sea Surface Temperature

30 Day Map Challenge, Infographics, New Zealand

The New Zealand Dairy Boom

30 Day Map Challenge, Infographics, New Zealand

New Zealand Lakes Colour Palette

Infographics, New Zealand

Life Stories

Client Work, International Maps, New Zealand

30 Day Map Challenge (2020)

30 Day Map Challenge, Infographics, Network Maps, New Zealand

Pitcairn Island

30 Day Map Challenge, International Maps

Sister City Connections of New Zealand

Infographics, International Maps, New Zealand

THE MAP KIWI

Maps and cartography by Andrew Douglas-Clifford

The Map Kiwi features the work of Andrew Douglas-Clifford, a cartographer and GIS Professional based in Christchurch, New Zealand.

This website originally began as a blog in early 2016 dedicated to posting various maps I created while studying for my degree. The exploding popularity of the New Zealand State Highway Metro Map saw my work reported in the New Zealand Herald, Stuff, Lonely Planet and on an interview with John Campbell on RNZ’s Checkpoint programme. The map also won me the New Zealand Cartographic Society People’s Choice Map Award, and placed me as a finalist in the New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards in the student category in 2016. With demand for beautiful, aesthetically pleasing cartography, The Map Kiwi was born.

With a focus on New Zealand, The Map Kiwi designs print maps across a variety of subjects and locations. These include London underground inspired transport maps, topographic maps, and a range of art inspired and experimental cartography. The majority of print designs and products I create can be bought here on my website, and also in some retail stores. To date, designs from The Map Kiwi find themselves on hundreds of walls across New Zealand and abroad.

Commissions are available on a limited and case by case basis. Please get in touch with details of your request to check my availability.

Blog Update January 2023 – 30 Day Map Challenge, NACIS Atlas of Design and more

It's been a while since the last blog update, but if you've been following my social media you will have seen that it's been a fairly busy 2022! Here's a quick recap of happenings. 30 Day Map Challenge 2022 A big highlight of the year of course is the...

#30DayMapChallenge 2021- A Wrap Up

Those of you that follow my social media pages during the month of November will of course be familiar with the 30 Day Map Challenge - a social media cartography challenge predominantly centered around Twitter. For each day of the month, there is a different theme or...

Māori Language Week 2020 Quiz – Find the answers and be in to win!

Just in time for Māori Language Week 2020, we've done another round of adding many more Te Reo names to our interactive map of Māori place names. To get you exploring the map some more, we're running a quiz with a chance to win! For the week starting Monday 14th...

All new Map Dots!

You might remember back in 2017 we released a few maps of NZ places called Map Dots - simple and minimalist designs of New Zealand's largest cities. Now, the design has been refreshed with a new look, with a wide range of new places and colour options available! Each...

Atlas in a Day – Migration

This post was written at the end of March 2020 about my experience taking part in Guerilla Cartography's 'Atlas in a Day' 24 hour event in October 2019 and how the map now relates to the current pandemic. As a remote cartographer working from Christchurch, New...

Maori Language Week 2019 – Map Giveaway for NZ Schools!

Since it's Maori Language Week, The Map Kiwi is giving away three A1 sized Te Reo Māori wall maps to Aotearoa schools! Enter your details below - the winner will be chosen after entries close on 25th September 2019. The giveaways is open to NZ Primary and Secondary...

Blog Update August 2019 – Te Reo Place Names Open Data, NZ State of Cartography and more

Maps and happenings from The Map Kiwi – August 2019.

Behind the Map: Putting Together a Satellite Basemap

Recently I was working to update my Te Reo Maori Map of New Zealand with a new background. I learnt a couple of things while making it, so I thought it might be interesting to quickly share the process. The map uses the wonderful NZ wide 10m cloud-free Sentinel...

Supporting the Victims of the Christchurch Mosque Shootings

The Muslim and wider communities of Christchurch and New Zealand were left reeling in the wake of the Mosque shootings that took place on March 15th, leaving 50 people dead. While much has already been said about the atrocities that took place in my city, the huge...

Blog Update October 2018 – RNZ Interview and NZSEA Awards

Much of the year has passed since my last update, so I thought I'd catch you up on all that's been happening here at The Map Kiwi! The biggest change for me has been entering full time work as a Geospatial Analyst back in April. This was quite a different pace and...