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Contact the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences for general and course enquiries, and find out where we are located.

Contact details

Email: address
Office hours: Monday to Thursday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Friday 8:30 am to 4 pm

Physical address

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences
Room CO 311 (Level 3)
Cotton Building
Victoria University of Wellington
Kelburn Parade, Wellington 6012
New Zealand

Postal address

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600
Wellington
New Zealand

Course enquiries

Programme directors

Geography

Prof Rewi Newnham

Professor
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences · School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

rewi.newnham@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 5279
CO 200, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Earth Sciences

Dr Cliff Atkins

Senior Lecturer
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences · School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

cliff.atkins@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 6143
CO 302C, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Undergraduate programme coordinators

Development Studies

Dr Marcela Palomino-Schalscha

Senior Lecturer
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

marcela.palomino-schalscha@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 5899
CO 210, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Environmental Studies

Dr Wokje Abrahamse

Senior Lecturer
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

wokje.abrahamse@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 5217
CO 203, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Environmental Sciences

Dr Andrew Rees

Lecturer in Environmental Science · Programme Coordinator for ENSC
· School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

andrew.rees@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 886 4471
CO 214, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Human Geography

Prof Warwick Murray

Professor of Human Geography
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

warwick.murray@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 5029
CO 211, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Geology

Dr Cliff Atkins

Senior Lecturer
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences · School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

cliff.atkins@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 6143
CO 302C, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Geophysics

Prof Martha Savage

Professor
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

martha.savage@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 5961
044635961
044635961
CO 529, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

GIS (Geographic Information Systems)

Dr Mairead de Roiste

Associate Professor · Programme Director, Masters of Geographic Information Science (MGIS)
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

mairead.deroiste@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 6431
04 463 6431
CO 215, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Physical Geography

Prof Rewi Newnham

Professor
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences · School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

rewi.newnham@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 5279
CO 200, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Postgraduate programme coordinators

Development Studies

Prof Sara Kindon

Professor
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

sara.kindon@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 6194
CO 213, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Environmental Studies

Dr Amanda Thomas

Lecturer in Environmental Studies
· School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

Environmental Sciences

Dr Andrew Rees

Lecturer in Environmental Science · Programme Coordinator for ENSC
· School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

andrew.rees@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 886 4471
CO 214, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Human Geography

Prof Sara Kindon

Professor
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

sara.kindon@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 6194
CO 213, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Earth Sciences

Prof Colin Wilson

Professor of Volcanology
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

colin.wilson@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 9510
CO 411, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Geophysics

Prof Martha Savage

Professor
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

martha.savage@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 5961
044635961
044635961
CO 529, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Physical Geography

Dr Kevin Norton

Associate Professor
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

kevin.norton@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 6993
CO 202, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

GIS (Geographic Information Systems)

Dr Mairead de Roiste

Associate Professor · Programme Director, Masters of Geographic Information Science (MGIS)
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

mairead.deroiste@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 6431
04 463 6431
CO 215, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Meteorology

Prof James Renwick

Professor of Physical Geography
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences · Physical Geography

james.renwick@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 4719
021 178 5550
CO 206, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Climate Change Science and Policy

Dr Alex Lo

Senior Lecturer in Climate Change
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

alex.lo@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 5058
CO 128, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Antarctic Research Centre Director

AProf Robert McKay

Director Antarctic Research Centre
Antarctic Research Centre

robert.mckay@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 6836
CO 517, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade