Welcome to the website of the

Population Association of New Zealand (PANZ)
Te Roopu Whaka Waihanga Iwi O Aotearoa

PANZ is a professional association that incorporates a wide range of interests in relation to the study and understanding of population issues, in New Zealand and globally. Membership is open to anyone who is interested in demographic and population related issues and study.

Latest News

*Two new Life Members*

At the July AGM, all present unanimously agreed to bestow life membership on two long standing and highly respected members of PANZ: Mansoor Khawaja and Professor Richard Bedford.

Mansoor, a Principal Demographer at Statistics New Zealand, is a foundation member of the original New Zealand Demographic Society in 1975, and from the beginning has been actively involved in its activities. He has been on the Council of the Society for over 25 years and was President between 1987 and 1989, and has only recently stood down. He has been particularly indispensable behind the scenes of PANZ conferences and no doubt his expertise will be called on in future years. Mansoor has been a leader in the provision of statistics that inform public debate about population issues and is a lively, engaging presenter. We wish him well in all his future endeavours.

Professor Bedford Richard has a huge national and international reputation in the area of population studies, through his research on population movement, especially international migration. Throughout all of his academic career, spanning almost 40 years, Richard has been a loyal member of the New Zealand Demographic Association (now the Population Association of New Zealand), serving as a Councillor for almost two decades, and as President in the mid-1980s. Richard’s huge contribution to research and policy development has already been recognised in a number of ways, including the Companion of the Queen’s Service Order in 2008. It is our honour to recognise his achievements and we welcome Richard as a Life Member.

* Australian Population Association Conference*

Further afield, the Australian Population Association will hold its biennial conference in the Gold Coast, Queensland from 30 November to 3 December 2010. It is anticipated that a strong PANZ contingency will be in attendance at the conference delivering papers, networking and concreting trans-Tasman relations. For more information go to the Australian Population Association website.

* PANZ Journal articles available online *

We have made several past volumes of the New Zealand Population Review available on this site. All articles are available as seperate PDFs or you can download the entire journal. If you require any previous articles in hard copy please contact us.