Beautiful

Effective

Cartography.

The Map Kiwi designs maps with a focus on effectiveness and clarity.

Browse Prints

New Zealand Lakes Colour Palette

Infographics, New Zealand

Auckland Future Mini Metro Network

30 Day Map Challenge, Metro Maps, Network Maps

Murky Waters: Unmapped Areas of Seafloor

30 Day Map Challenge, World Map

Yellow Public Transport Routes

30 Day Map Challenge, Network Maps

Christchurch Residential Red Zone

30 Day Map Challenge

High Points in the Southern Alps

30 Day Map Challenge, Terrain Maps

Sister City Connections of New Zealand

Infographics, New Zealand, World Map

New Zealand Place Names by Elevation

New Zealand

Countries of the World in Te Reo Māori

Te Reo, World Map

Greek Mythology Place Names in NZ

30 Day Map Challenge, Antique Maps, New Zealand

Continent of Zealandia (Te Riu a Māui)

30 Day Map Challenge, New Zealand

Mount Taranaki Terrain

30 Day Map Challenge, New Zealand, Terrain Maps

International Flights to and from New Zealand

Infographics, New Zealand

Te Reo Māori Satellite Basemap

New Zealand, Te Reo

Banks Peninsula Terrain Map

Antique Maps, Client Work, New Zealand, Terrain Maps

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 and alterations to existing maps are available on a limited basis. Please get in touch with details of your request to check my availability.

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...

Māori Language Week 2018

This week marks the annual Māori Language Week (10-16th September 2018), so to get people interested in Te Reo I thought I'd revisit the maps I've made of the Māori place names of New Zealand/Aotearoa! I first became interested in mapping Māori names last year, when I...

New Print: Typography Map of Auckland

A follow up from the 2016 Christchurch map, the Auckland Typography map is a new print beautifully representing central Auckland's streets, motorways, rail lines, parks and more in flowing street names and places. Check it out below: This design was more ambitious and...