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ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

There are 2 options for abstract formats this year, please choose your preferred format and follow the guidelines below:

  • 2 page abstract - as per abstract template (usual NZHS format)

  • short abstract (200 words) - text only (usual MetSoc format)

2 page abstract guidelines
  1. Download the Abstract Template document (click the link on this page) and insert/add your abstract text. 

  2. Maximum abstract length is 2 pages (including figures, tables and references).

  3. Abstracts must be submitted using the Abstract Template format. 

  4. save the file as word document -  yoursurname_NZHSMSNZ.doc

  5. click the 'submit abstract' link on this page and upload the abstract file onto the abstract submission portal, along with the rest of your presentation information.

 

All abstracts must be correctly formatted before they can be reviewed. If the Abstract is incorrectly formatted it may be returned to you for formatting prior to review.

Short abstract (200 words) guidelines
  1. no template is required for this option - your abstract should be no longer than 200 words, text onlywith no tables, figures or references

  2. save your abstract as a word document - no title or author information is required on the document as this will be entered directly onto the portal

  3. save the file as yoursurname_NZHSMSNZ.doc

  4. click the 'submit abstract' link on this page and upload the abstract file onto the abstract submission portal, along with the rest of your presentation information.

All Abstracts are to be submitted via the submission portal by 15th August 2025.

If you have any questions please email tracy@on-cue.co.nz

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CONDITIONS OF PRESENTATION

  • Late submissions will not be accepted.  Abstracts Close 15 August 2025

  • A condition of acceptance is that one author must present in person at the conference.

  • The presenting author will be required to register for the Conference to ensure their abstract is included in the final programme.

  • Deadline for  presenting author registration is 3 October 2025 (EB registration discount close date).

  • Similarly, no speaker fee is paid to authors or presenters.

  • It is the responsibility of the submitting author to ensure the accuracy of the content, spelling, grammar and formatting of the abstract, as it will be published as it is submitted.

  • By submitting an abstract, you also grant the Organising Committee permission to publish the abstract in the conference proceedings in hard copy and/or electronic format.

THEMES

  • Atmospheric chemistry and air quality

  • Climate & Cryosphere

  • Climate change: adaptation, mitigation, impacts & solutions

  • Climate change: observations & modelling

  • Data: monitoring, visualisation, and management

  • Groundwater and surface water interaction

  • Groundwater quality & quantity

  • History of Hydrological & Atmospheric Sciences in Aotearoa

  • Ki uta ti kai (mountains to the sea) management of water

  • Mātauranga Māori/Indigenous Knowledge 

  • Meteorology & weather forecasting

  • Modelling, tools, prediction, and data assimilation 

  • Surface water quality & quantity

  • Translation of science to policy, planning and management

  • Urban climatology & hydrology

  • Water cycle changes and extremes

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KEY DATES

Abstracts open:  28 April

Registrations open: 22 May

Abstracts close:  15 August

Author Notification:  5 September

Draft Programme released: 19 September

Earlybird changed to Standard: 3 October

Conference: 2-5 Dec

Conference Dinner: 4 Dec

Field Trip day: 5 Dec

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Nicki Wilson - Waikato Regional Council / NZHS Co-Chair

Nicolas Cullen - University of Otago / MSNZ president Co-Chair 

 

Alanna Burrows - Metservice / MSNZ

Mike Ede - Tasman District Council / NZHS president

Clare Houlbrooke - WGA / NZHS

Andrew Hughes - NIWA / NZHS 

Roland Stenger - Lincoln Agritech / NZHS

Thomas Wilding - Waikato RC / NZHS

CONFERENCE CONTACT

Tracy Young,

OnCue Conferences

tracy@on-cue.co.nz

03 928 0620

NZHS
MSNZ

The Meteorological Society of New Zealand

web: www.metsoc.org.nz

facebook: @nzmetsoc

NZHS | MSNZ Conference 2025

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