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TThe list of finalists for the 2021 NZ Spatial Excellence Awards has been announced.
Originally, the winners were to be announced at a cocktail party in November this year, but disruption and restrictions caused by the COVID pandemic resulted in the event being postponed until early 2022.
The industry award finalists are:
Community impact award
- Ecological Connectivity Strategies – Boffa Miskell and Auckland Council
- Ngā Poutama Matawhenua | Practical mapping of Maori Wānanga GIS: Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, Journey GIS Ltd and Te Kāhui Manu Hōkai, the Māori GIS Association Te Kāhui Manu Hōkai, Journey GIS Ltd
- New Zealand Broadband Card – InternetNZ.
Environment and sustainability award
- Landkind – Landkind
- Piritahi House – Kāinga Ora Move Sustainability Program
- Ruru – Conservation Information System – Auckland Council and GBS
Innovation Award – Medium and Large Company
- Response Framework for Asset Valuation (AAF) – Christchurch City Council
- New use of satellites, planes and ships to map Tonga – Toitū Te Whenua LINZ
Innovation Award – Small Business
- Visual Property Assessment Tool – Stantec and Wellington Water Limited
- Tasman District River Surveys – Fox and Associates
- Landkind – Landkind
Prize for space clearance
- Ruru – Conservation Information System – Auckland Council and GBS
- SwitchMyFleet – Critchlow Geospatial
- Asset Resilience Management Tool – Stantec and Tauranga City Council
Technical excellence award
- SwitchMyFleet – Critchlow Geospatial
- Tasman District River Surveys – Fox and Associates.
Individual award finalists will be notified separately and announced at the event. The prices are hosted by APEA and presented by Space and Space New Zealand.
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