Latest NZ Geology News

 27th March 2010  Richard Scott from Radio NZ talks to memebers of the Mineral Club of Hutt Valley and Wellington about our hobby  on "This Way Up" program played on Saturday afternoons from noon until 2pm on National radio.  http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/thiswayup

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7 November 2009 - Dinosaur Footprints have been found for the first time in New Zealand in the Nelson district. The finding of the foot prints also indicates for the first time that dinosaurs lived in the South Island. Click on the dog to view the You Tube video clip about this find.

 
 
 
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15 July 2009 The Big Shake in the South Island
Up until this time this was the worlds biggest quake for 2009. The South Island rocked and swayed as the South experienced one of its biggest earthquakes in living memory and brought us a little closer to Australia. Luckily there was little damage - which leads us to wo
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11 June 2009 - Middlemarch Maar Lake
Dr Jon Lindqvist, Jennifer Bannister and Dr Daphne Lee make up a team of University of Otago scientists unearthing exquisite fossils from an ancient volcanic crater lake in the Middlemarch area.
   
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2008 - 2009 Geology Rocks with Hamish Campbell
Want to hear Hamish talk about various topics like - prominent P's in Zealandian geology - pinnacles, pancake rocks and pink terraces - underwater volcanoes and titanic dinosaurs - The significance of Kapiti Island - Basalt and earthquakes then check out the many links found on the radio New Zealand website.
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Geological History of New Zealand
A short video clip on how NZ was formed
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