The 2020 New Zealand Ocean Acidification Conference will be held in Wellington on the 17th to 18th of February at Victoria University.

There will also be a workshop on experimental procedures in multiple stressors held at Victoria University on the 19th of February, run by Christina McGraw (University of Otago) and plenary speaker Jon Havenhand (University of Gothenburg, Sweden). This workshop will be aimed at students and early career researchers. Please see the newsletter for more details!

A post-conference summary workshop for the MBIE programme Coastal Acidification – Rates, Impacts and Management (CARIM) will be held on Feb 19th, from 8.45 am to 3.15 pm, in room TTR LT101. All are welcome. If you are interested in attending, please register via email with Victoria Metcalf (Victoria.metcalf@gmail.com).

The conference will be held at Victoria University of Wellington’s new Te Toki a Rata building in LT TTR 101, marked here on the campus map with a red X. To access the lecture theatre, you will need to go down a flight of stairs from the ground floor, near to the Cotton courtyard. A second map showing Victoria’s location within Wellington is available here.

Recommended accommodation is as follows:

Higher end:

https://www.travelodge.com.au/hotel/wellington/

https://www.cqwellington.com/

Medium end:

https://www.setupmanners.co.nz/

https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-3049-ibis-wellington/index.shtml#origin=ibis

https://www.guestreservations.com/gilmer-apartment-hotel/booking?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5MLrBRClARIsAPG0WGyFN9l4e2SDl1vN6DbB0PauZYkS5HeAeNnZTcmr565kYJ1P6M6oD3QaAuYDEALw_wcB

I’m on a budget end:

https://www.yha.co.nz/hostels/north-island-hostels/yha-wellington

https://www.cambridgehotel.co.nz/backpackers/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5MLrBRClARIsAPG0WGzBO4p7nXTGDUR-URtKQBmoNCJXJHe25t-MLo0c2lOYZs6pJp0y0F0aApw4EALw_wcB