50多年来，新西兰地理学家一直是新西兰地理学会的国际参考期刊。该协会代表新西兰和南太平洋地区学术、学校、商业、政府、社区和其他领域的专业地理学家。该杂志发表了有关该地区物理、人类和环境地理和景观方面的学术论文；评论和辩论；讨论教育问题和地理学家关注的学术问题；对大学和高中教师感兴趣的主题进行简短干预和评估；以及D书评。
For over 50 years the New Zealand Geographer has been the internationally refereed journal of the New Zealand Geographical Society. The Society represents professional geographers in academic, school, business, government, community and other spheres in New Zealand and the South Pacific. The journal publishes academic papers on aspects of the physical, human and environmental geographies, and landscapes, of its region; commentaries and debates; discussions of educational questions and scholarship of concern to geographers; short interventions and assessments of topical matters of interest to university and high school teachers; and book reviews.