'Brushstrokes' is the SCANZ Journal and is issued six times per year.
The journal contains technical papers, industry news, notices of events and reports on SCANZ activities.

Members receive 'Brushstrokes' free via digital format with any active membership. They can also download back issues by logging into the members' section.
'Brushstrokes' is distributed to our sister organisations worldwide, and to New Zealand academic organisations.
August 2026 is about Building Resilience business.govt.nz are using their Regional Business Partner Network to off free business resilience training. information here - https://www.business.govt.nz/operations/resilient-business/business-resilience-training
Upcoming Brushstrokes Editions
| Month |
Edition |
Cut-off Dates |
| August 2026 | Building Resilience | 24 July 2026 |
| October 2026 |
Application Equipment |
24 September 2026 |
| December 2026 |
Christmas Edition |
24 November 2026 |
| February 2027 | |
24 January 2027 |
| April 2027 | TBC |
24 March 2027 |
Submissions:
SCANZ is always interested in suitable interesting technical papers, articles and news. If interested, please send details to secretary@scanz.org.nz.
If you have a suggestion for a topic in an upcoming edition please let us know.
The Whitfield Award
SCANZ offers a $2,000 prize for the best technical paper researched and written by a NZ author and published in Brushstrokes.
For more information, click here.