A unique experience to pan for gold in the wild while learning about the incredible mining history of Coromandel Town.
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From the people who brought us the Pink and White Terraces!
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/hidden-wonders-what-scientists-just-discovered-beneath-lake-rotorua/PJ4ULVZMGJAMPFQD34UGOTTGWI/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=nzh_fb&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1U7MepmA2tHAaaYETMO2z2Cs1-mERHt_xy1eLGwqzQ9nVc002CHmytFpY =1706125438
Lakefloor survey reveals thousands of pockmarks, an ancient river and hydrothermal system.
In 2020 I was promoted to Professor at Waipapa Taumata Rau the University of Auckland (UoA), joining the small circle of women (now three, the others being Kathleen Campbell and Philippa Black, also from UoA) who had achieved promotion to Professor in Geology in Aotearoa New Zealand, and the first e...
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So summers are hot TVNZ? No s**t Sherlock!
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Happy New Year everyone 🥳 If you or your family are looking for some fun activities to do this summer, how about visiting one or more of the 53 volcanoes in Tāmaki Makaurau! ☀️
Lucky for you, DEVORA has developed a helpful checklist on "How to Visit Every Volcano in Auckland" to make it easier to track which of the volcanoes you've visited and which of them you've yet to discover 🔍🌋
To print this handy document or download it to your device to check off sites as you go, visit 👉 https://www.devora.org.nz/communications-and-education/the-auckland-volcanic-field-bucket-list/
Don't forget to tell us about your adventures or which volcano is your favourite to visit in the comments below 👇
The headline 'Puhi Puhi Silver Field, situated in a great Kauri forest' started a bonanza.
Few people would associate Raglan with volcanoes. But less than 10 kilometres southwest of the town centre sits Mt Karioi, the central figure in a rich and ancient history. Waikato Regional Council Scientist Dr Oliver McLeod traversed the maunga’s slopes, met its people and listened to their stori...
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https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-BesSton-t1-body-d3.html #:~:text=Onewa%20is%20a%20dark%2Dgrey,the%20stone%20of%20that%20name.
Any museum collection will make it clear that there were many different kinds of adzes. We give some of the names of the various kinds of adzes and chisels used by the Maori in former times, as also the native names applied to the steel axes introduced by early European and American voyagers.
Another vessel that was "disappeared" on the Peninsula!
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The Devonport Steam Ferry Company was a young firm on 28 September 1885 when its second commissioned ferry, the SS Britannia, joined the fleet. The boat was constructed at Freemans Bay and the timber used in construction was mostly from a single kauri that had fallen over 100 years earlier. The two-deck paddle steamer dwarfed its rivals at the time it launched and became the flagship of the fleet.
When it wasn’t ferrying passengers between Queens Wharf and Devonport, Britannia ran excursions throughout the Hauraki Gulf. Ewen W. Alison, chairman of the company, commandeered it on several occasions to chauffer government officials and foreign dignitaries. It was only after the launch of the SS Kestrel in 1905 that its light began to fade.
Increasingly relegated to backup for the Devonport company, Britannia also was chartered as the relief boat for the Takapuna Tramways & Ferry Company’s SS Pupuke from 1913. In 1921, the Takapuna firm bought the ferry outright for £1,000. The new owners upgraded Britannia, lengthened its funnel, and gave it a new livery. Much of the year, Britannia ran excursions to Bucklands Beach. It was on one of these that the ferry was grounded in 1923 off Achilles Point.
While Britannia survived the ordeal, the Takapuna company soon put it up for sale. After two years sitting in Shoal Bay, the ferry sank and its machinery was salvaged. The hull remained intact and was sold for £3 to become a floating tearoom and cabaret. It led an itinerant life from 1929, floating from Waiheke to Kawau to Kennedy’s Bay to Coromandel. From 1933, Britannia’s timber was gradually stripped to build a home near Tapu, leaving its frame to collapse into the Firth of Thames.
Image: Unknown photographer. S.S. Britannia at the Bayswater berth, Auckland wharves, ca 1922. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections T0462. https://bit.ly/3NWLTLB
I wonder how ice melts from underneath?
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A little something for a Sunday morning!
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Dr Iain Pitcairn talks about his research into the origin of gold deposits in New Zealand's South Island. Iain analysed hundreds of samples from the Otago Sc...
https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/311682-rotorua-to-become-volcanologists-epicentre.html
Your chance to plumb the depths of volcanoes and earth sciences happens next week when hundreds of volcanologists and earth...
We heard the bang in New Zealand, 2500km away... it was something else!
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Was this a new type of eruption we've never seen before? Was it a wake-up call? Yes and yes.
Empty desks are a weird sight at the National Geohazards Monitoring Centre, who provide NZ with 24/7 monitoring of geohazards, but they took the time to Drop, Cover, Hold for this morning!
Mr Smale!
I wrote Mr Smale a letter, as a geology mad 8yo in the early 70's asking if I could visit his quarry for a "field trip"!
He sent me back a beautifully penned letter inviting myself (and mum and dad) to the quarry and he would be very happy to show us around..
It turned out to be a formative day in my life as a geologist.... he was one of the nicest guys I've ever met in the earth sciences, and a total gent.
Back when the quarry looked like this!
This is stunning!
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Still one of the more astonishing sights you're ever going to see!
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My favorite place away from home.
Makes the iron concretions we get in Coromandel look a bit tragic!
A single blue mineral formation on the wall of a level, deep inside a tin mine in West Cornwall. Such amazing vibrance from the copper-based minerals we often see in copper mines. Note what looks like a buckle below it.
How cool is this!
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Dad knows how to get the job done! Coroglen School and parents helpers visit for a tour of our historic school buildings, including the assay room, and mineralogical museum.
We were impressed by your questions and rock hounding knowledge. You’re all welcome back anytime Coroglen! groups visits free
https://www.geonet.org.nz/mbl/news/5tfEGe715frnIQmutEhklB
It has been 15 years since the last eruption at Mt Ruapehu, on 25 September 2007. Today we look back at this small gas driven eruption at one of New Zealand’s favourite volcanoes.
Well well well!
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BREAKING NEWS- 4.3MAG EARTHQUAKE NEAR WHITIANGA
Update 8:40pm - now revised down to 3.3Mag
If I'm running, keep up!
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The earthquake sequence beneath the central part of Lake Taupō (Taupō-nui-a-Tia) that we reported on in our previous update has continued at a rate of ~30 earthquakes per week. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at 0. Read the full bulletin here: https://www.geonet.org.nz/vabs/3jzixUTzoMoxtANtEoPvKw
This is properly cool!
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GNS scientists are in Northland this week, exploring science with tamariki as part of Tūhura Papatūānuku Geo Noho 🌏🔬
Geo Noho is a science wānanga that weaves together mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge and ways of knowing) with earth science. It is co-designed & co-delivered by Far North REAP, Te Aho Tū Roa and is supported by funding from Ministry of Education NZ.
We’ll share updates as we progress through the week, so keep an eye on our stories.
If you did, as I did, please flick them a note!
These videos were invaluable in getting the actual story across!
We need your help! Did you watch our Ruapehu update videos during the recent unrest at the volcano? We would love to hear your thoughts on them. Share your views with us here: https://www.geonet.org.nz/news/5i2KXfDkiQO7GqhTeYotjf
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New Zealand is located on the boundary of two of the world’s major tectonic plates – the Pacific Plate and the Australian Plate, this animation shows how the...
If I'm running, keep up!
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Tsunami evacuation addresses
Destructive tsunamis are rare but it's smart to be prepared.
A new map that shows Coromandel Peninsula's tsunami evacuation zones helps residents understand when to evacuate.
The map enables you to enter your address to find out if you’re in a tsunami evacuation zone and where to go to stay safe.
The map has been developed by the National Emergency Management Agency.
Just enter your address here: https://getready.govt.nz/en/emergency/tsunami/tsunami-evacuation-zones/
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