Te Whakatika

Te Whakatika[1] – The Aotearoa New Zealand Professional Practice Journal for Outdoor and Environmental learning.

A call for Contributions to Te Whakatika Autumn Issue April 2025

You can submit an article at anytime however,15 February 2025 is the closing date.

• With a commitment to two issues a year, we are already thinking about articles for the Autumn issue in April 2025. The focus will be on general interest articles about learning, teaching, researching, and enjoying the outdoor environment at all levels.
• In this spirit, we invite contributions from the NZAEE and EONZ communities. Your article may provide diverse perspectives on how you and others are learning in, about, for, and with the outdoors.
• Please follow the guidelines for writing and submitting your article as noted below.
• If you have any questions or would like assistance with a potential article idea, please reach out to the editor or one of the editorial board members.

Guidelines for writing

• Word count is between 600 to 1500 words long with a limitation of five to six references.
• Include 1-3 photos that must be sent separately as jpegs. Include a brief title and reference to the source of the photo. You must have permission to use the photos in the public domain. Do not embed photos in your text.
• Use of Māori in text – Does not need to be italicised as it is not a foreign language. Do not mark plurals of Māori with an s. Use macrons on long vowels or a double vowel.
• Submissions must be in Microsoft Word
• Manuscript is 1.5 spacing in A4 format
• Font Calibri Size 12
• Format for references is APA style. See link below for guidance. https://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/guidance/referencing/apa
• Submit via the EONZ website or a link to EONZ from the NZAEE website or directly to editor@eonz.org.nz
• Articles will be accepted on or before 15 February 2025

• Once your submission has been received the editor will email it to a reviewer who will check out the article. They may give feedback and return the article to the editor. The editor checks the feedback and forwards it to the author to consider and rewrite aspects if that is required. The author then returns the article to the editor who prepares it for publication.

Ngā mihi ki a koutou.

Dr Maureen Legge

Editor Te Whakatika

editor@eonz.org.nz

[1] Te Whakatika (formerly known as Out and About) describes the start of a journey (to set out), but also means to make correct (to amend and prepare).

ISSN 2624-0513 (Print) ISSN 2624-0512 (Online) is published by Education Outdoors New Zealand (EONZ).

For back copies of Te Whakatika, please see our archives page here