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HYDROGRAPHIC STREAM UPDATE
Stuart Caie, Hydrography Stream Chair
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Where has the year gone?
As you will be aware, the S+SNZ Emerging Leaders programme is under way and we are pleased to welcome Jason Zhou to the leadership team. Not all hydrographers are old and crusty, but it’s good to have younger participation.
Working with the SSSI Hydrographic Commission across the ditch, stream members have reviewed the Bureau of Meteorology course content and material to determine how it aligns with the FIG/IHO/ICA Category “A” and “B” Hydrographic Surveyor syllabus.
In addition, members were invited by the University of Otago’s School of Surveying to review and provide feedback on their curriculum renovation process.
In April, a survey was pushed out to stream members. The leadership team is keen to understand more about the members and help the team plan future events and activities and meet the needs of the members.
Toitū Te Whenua LINZ presented at the Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference, held online 11-13 April, on Supporting Aotearoa’s Coastal Resilience, Sharing data to care for our Moana and Preparing NZ for eNavigation.
LINZ is also working with Te Arawhiti, DOC and MPI on a DIA-funded project to enable Integrated Marine Management, through this year’s Digital Government Partnership Innovation Fund.
The marine management system in New Zealand is fragmented with responsibilities, interests and decision-making powers belonging to a wide range of organisations. This project will test how improved access, integration and reuse of marine spatial data can empower transparent, inclusive, and consistent marine spatial planning. The project funding will be used to: 1. develop a technical proof of concept – testing an existing cloud-based technology on four marine management use cases 2. develop a Te Ao Māori perspective on New Zealand’s marine data governance.
LINZ hydrographic surveys have been completed at Banks Peninsula, in partnership with ECan and DOC; and at Bluff and Stewart Island. Field work has started in the Tasman region and will continue for the next couple of years.
On July 8, the NZ Branch of the Australasian Hydrographic Society, in conjunction with the S+SNZ Hydro Stream, will hold a one-day seminar at Miramar Golf Course, Wellington.
The provisional programme comprises a packed day of 12 presentations from industry, Government, Defence, academia and the science community.
A panel discussion will also be held on: ‘How can we as an industry provide work experience and potential pathways to employment’.
The intention is to provide students an opportunity to engage with the profession, across a number of sectors. It is hoped that members of the Australian Hydrographic Office will attend, including the National Hydrographer.
And finally, June 21 is World Hydrography Day and this year the theme is Hydrography – contributing to the United Nations Ocean Decade.
The theme is designed to highlight the relevant contribution of hydrography as a discipline of applied sciences to the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
It offers the opportunity to emphasise the ability of hydrographers to gather and manage marine data and their strengths in technical collaboration on a global scale.
It also underlines the strategic evolution of national, inter-regional and global activities to support an expanding group of stakeholders with hydrographic information and services.
The Otago University Surveying Students Association (OUSSA) will have Hawaiian shirts embroidered with the university logo and ‘surveying’ underneath on sale for $40 at the 2022 S+S Conference in Rotorua. Support your former association and wear your university badge with pride! Please email oussa1964@gmail.com if you wish to pre-order or arrange an order to be shipped directly to you.
