by andrew | Dec 4, 2021 | Blog, New Maps, Updates
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...
by andrew | Sep 13, 2020 | Updates
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...
by andrew | Jul 5, 2020 | Blog, New Maps
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...
by andrew | May 11, 2020 | Blog, Portfolio Work
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...
by andrew | Sep 10, 2019 | Blog, Updates
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...
by andrew | Aug 7, 2019 | Blog, New Maps, Updates
It’s been a little while since I’ve posted, so I thought I’d distil some of the maps and activities I’ve been up to in the last few months into a neat little summary. For the latest, you can always follow our Facebook or Twitter pages. Te Reo...
by andrew | May 5, 2019 | Blog, Portfolio Work
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...
by andrew | Mar 23, 2019 | Blog, Updates
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...
by andrew | Oct 6, 2018 | Blog, Updates
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...
by andrew | Sep 9, 2018 | Blog, Updates
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...
