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Message from the Chair

The 2015/2016 year was an exciting one for New Zealand GIS in Conservation (GiC). During that time, GiC:-

 Awarded our annual Scholarship to Hayley Hume-Merry who attended the 2016 NZ Esri User Conference;

 Added Martin Slimin to the GiC Committee;

 Engaging with Kelvin Hastie’s Wellington Predator Free initiative;

 Helped over 25 conservation groups by providing GIS software and spatially skilled volunteers; and

 Increased our volunteer pool to over 120.

The usage of the GIS technology and GiC volunteers in the 2015 and 2016 year among the conservation groups included hand held in field applications for planting and pest weed control, applying for Resource Management Consents, mapping of assets such as trap locations, identifying boundaries, identifying pest hotspots, identifying suitable locations for translocation of flora and fauna, etc. The usage among the First Nation New Zealand Maori included capturing their oral history in a confidential manner before it is lost, protecting the native flora used for weaving, medicine and food for future generations and protecting hapu sites, to name but a few.

I would like to thank the GiC committee members for their efforts over the last 12 months. Each has a portfolio of responsibility and they have all done a fantastic job. I would also like to thank our Sponsors who give GiC invaluable advice and direction, our Corporate Supporters and of course our GIS volunteers who use their own time to help with conservation efforts throughout New Zealand.

We now look forward to the next year to provide even more support to New Zealand’s conservation efforts.

Parker S Jones Chair GiC

Appended at the end of this document are the 2015 AGM Minutes and the 2015-2016 Financial Accounts Statement.

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GiC Committee The GiC committee meets on a 6 weekly basis, and held its AGM on the 29th September 2016. The Committee is made up of Parker Jones – Chair Keith Levy – Treasurer Bonita Gestro – Secretary Bernard Smith Jasmin Callosa- Tarr Karl Majorhazi Martin Slimin

Stakeholder Meetings

The Stakeholder group meets 4 times a year and includes the GiC committee and stakeholder representatives from the Department of Conservation, Wellington City Council and Wellington Regional Council. The purpose is to help the stakeholders work smarter with their conservation volunteers through the use of GIS technology.

Corporate Members

GiC has three corporate members who donate to GiC $200 per annum. GiC appreciates the support these three entities provide GiC.

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Sponsors

Nga Whenua Rahui

GiC has Esri and Eagle Technology as sponsors. They supply GiC with GIS software and support and Eagle sponsored our ArcGIS Online Amazon account. GiC also has the Department of Conservation, Wellington City Council and Greater Wellington Regional Council as sponsors. These three provide GiC with personnel who can advise GiC on the spatial requirements of conservation volunteer groups working with these sponsors.

GiC stand at the Esri Conference Bonita Gestro at the 2016 NZ Esri User Conference

Eagle Technology generously sponsored a stand for GiC at the annual Esri Conference held in August 2014, August 2015 and again in August 2016. This helped GiC recruit new GIS specialist volunteers and keep our current volunteers informed on our progress.

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GiC would also like to thank the New Zealand Esri User Group who has generously agreed to donate $1,500 per year towards the NZ SCGIS Scholarship. It will be used to help the NZ candidates attend the USA scholarship or the New Zealand Esri User Conferences.

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Conservation Sites

MIRO Rat Hotspots developed by GiC Volunteer Peter Law

GiC now has projects completed, under way or being set up with an increasing number of conservation groups including: Mainland Island Restoration Operation (MIRO) Halo Household Nga Hau E Wha O Paparangi (NHEWOP) Matiu/Somes Island (Little Penguin Project) Project Crimson Zealandia (Karori Wildlife Sanctuary) Motutapu Restoration Trust (MRT) Places for Penguins Forest and Bird (Haurkai Gulf) Predator Free New Zealand Ahu Mairangi Forest Regeneration Project Awhitu Peninsula Landcare GIS Project Tuhoe ki Poneke Friends of QE II Trust Nature Watch (Dunes Project)

GiC has also assisted the following groups with obtaining Esri Conservation Grants for ArcGIS software: Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust Tau Iho I Te Po Trust Royal Forest and Bird New Zealand Zero Invasive Predators Glenfern Sanctuary Brook Waimarama Sanctruary Wildlife Conservation Trust of New Zealand Te Runanga A Iwi O Ngapuhi

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ArcGIS Online GiC volunteer Sam Morrison administrates GiC’s ArcGIS Online account. This offers GiC volunteers a method to develop applications for Android and iOS devices, and serve data to them via the web. The following two examples allow offline in field work as the maps and data are cached to the handheld phones. Volunteers download the application with maps from the Google or Apple stores, and with no training, start to be productive in their volunteer work.

Pasi Hyvonen GiC volunteer’s endangered banded dotterel nest monitoring application using GiC’s ArcGIS Online and Arc Collector

Lucas Moyan (GiC Volunteer) and Nanda MacLaren’s (Motutapu Island Trust) weed application

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SCGIS

GiC became the New Zealand Chapter of the world wide Society for Conservation GIS in 2014. This gives GiC access to GIS specialists working on conservation solutions throughout the world. It also lets GiC participate in the SCGIS Scholarship Program which has a value of up to $10,000USD including attending the SCGIS and Esri USA conferences, attending Jupiter Networks for intensive training and paying some of the travel expenses. The Scholarship program is run worldwide and each SCGIS chapter nominates one worthy candidate.

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New Zealand GIS in Conservation Incorporated Financial Accounts

New Zealand GIS in Conservation Incorporated

Statement of Financial Performance for year ended 31st March 2016

Receipts and Payments 2016 2015 Receipts Mambership Fees 40.00 50.00 Corporate Sponsorship 1600.00 1600.00 Interest 40.11 53.92 Sponsorship re Student to ESRI Conf 3500.00 Bank Fee Reinbursment 0.80 5180.11 1704.72

Payments Domain Registration 91.90 45.95 Book Vouchers for services provided 100.00 DAC Banner 285.00 Cost Student to ESRI Conf 3600.00 AGM costs 81.00 Promotional shirts 222.73 0.00 Esri Licence 118.53 Conservation Promotional 214.29 GIS Conference attendance 633.60 211.00 4914.23 689.77

Excess of Receipts over Payments 265.88 1014.95

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New Zealand GIS in Conservation Incorporated

Statement of Movements in Equity for the year ended 31st March 2016

2016 2015 Equity at start of period 2115.46 1100.51

Surplus 265.88 1014.95

Equity at end of period 2381.34 2115.46

New Zealand GIS in Conservation Incorporated

Statement of Financial Position as at 31st March 2016

Balance Sheet 2016 2015 Assets ASB Omni Account 185.05 59.28 ASB Call Account 2196.29 2056.18 Funds in Hand 2381.34 2115.46

Membership Equity Equity at year end 2381.34 2115.46

Chairman: ______Date:______

Treasurer: ______Date:______

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New Zealand GIS in Conservation Incorporated

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2016

1. Statement of Accounting Policies

Reporting Entity These are the financial statements of New Zealand GIS in Conservation Incorporated which has been established as an incorporated Society.

The financial statements of New Zealand GIS in Conservation Incorporated are general purpose financial statements that have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice.

Measurement Base The financial statements of New Zealand GIS in Conservation Incorporated have been prepared on an historical cost basis, except as noted otherwise below.

Changes in Accounting Policies There no changes in Accounting Policies this Financial Year

Specific Accounting Policies In the preparation of these financial statements, the specific accounting policies are as follows:

(a) Goods & Services Tax These financial statements have been prepared on a GST inclusive basis because the Society is not registered for GST

(b) Taxation The Society is registered with the Charities Commission as a charitable entity, R egistration Number CC2564581, and is not liable to income tax.

(c) Subscriptions Subscriptions are recorded on a cash received basis.

2. AUDIT These financial statements are not subject to audit.

3. RELATED ARTIES There were no related party transactions during the year under review.

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4.CAPITAL EXPENDITURE COMMITMENTS There were no capital commitments at balance date.

5.EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO BALANCE DATE There has been no material events subsequent to 31 March 2016.

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AGM Thursday 29 September 2016 Held at Opus Offices Majestic Centre

MINUTES OF NEW ZEALAND GIS IN CONSERVATION INCORPORATED (GiC) COMMITTEE AGM 29th October 2016 Opuss, Majestic Centre, Willis Street, Wellington

Present: Keith Levy, Parker Jones, Bonita Gestro, Jasmin Callosa-Tarr, Bernard Smith, Martin Slimin

Apologies: Karl Majorhazi

Minutes: Bonita Gestro

1. Accept minutes from previous AGM (8th August 2015) – Minutes accepted by Bernard, seconded by Jasmin

2. AGM  Acceptance of Annual Accounts as presented by Keith - moved by Parker, seconded by Bernard  Action Keith - lodge Annual Accounts with the Charities Commission completed  Election of Committee: Keith moved all current Committee members be re-elected as per previous roles, seconded by Bernard  Chairman – Parker Jones  Secretary – Bonita Gestro  Treasurer – Keith Levy  Committee Members – Jasmin Callosa-Tarr, Bernard Smith, Karl Majorhazi, Martin Slimin  Mike Rumble has resigned his position from the committee due to ill-health. The committee would like to acknowledge Mikes contribution and wish him all the best. Parker to arrange a card/get together with Mike at a later date.

3. Other Business  GiC Networking Evening, later this evening, 51 currently registered.  Parker presented draft Annual Report, will update and resend to committee

4. Next Meeting/s

GiC Stakeholders – DoC, Manners Street, Friday 18th November 11-12pm GiC Committee – WCC, Tuesday 29th November 12-1pm

The committee thanks Opus for use of their meeting room

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