The New Zealand Statistical Association

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The latest NZSA Newsletter, Issue 91 August 2024, is available here.



The School of Mathematics and Statistics at Victoria University of Wellington is pleased to host the NZSA 2024 Conference from Monday 2 to Wednesday 4 December 2024. The conference will be held in-person, on the Victoria University of Wellington Kelburn Campus. Registration is now open! For more information please see the conference website.



The NZSA Awards Committee is now accepting nominations for the Association’s awards for 2024.  The list of awards is:

Campbell Award, recognising sustained contribution to the promotion and development of statistics.

Jean Thompson Award, recognising excellence in the application of statistics in New Zealand industry.

Littlejohn Research Award, recognising excellence in research, based on publications during the five calendar years preceding the date of the award.

Worsley Early Career Research Award, recognising outstanding recent published research from a New Zealand statistician in the early stages of their career.

Regulations, including details of the nomination requirements, can be found on the webpages linked above. Nominations (or queries regarding these awards) should be sent to Vanessa Cave, Convenor of the NZSA Awards Committee, by email.  The closing date for 2024 nominations is Monday 11 November.


2023 NZSA Award Recipients (left-right): Vanessa Cave (Convenor NZSA Awards Committee), Neil Cox (Jean Thompson Award), Xun Xiao (Worsley Award), Alain Vandal (Littlejohn Award) and Beatrix Jones (NZSA President) at the NZSA 2023 Conference where the awards were presented.


The biennial Early Career & Student Statisticians Conference (ECSSC) is being held on 18-21 November 2024. Organised by the ECSS Network of SSA and the SECS Network of NZSA, this event offers invaluable insights and networking opportunities.

This year there will be local hubs in Perth, WA; Hobart, Tasmania; and New Zealand, as well as a livestream option. 

For more information please see the conference website  https://ecssc2024.netlify.app/.