Media Releases
Latest releases from our newsroom
Gravity survey included in Christchurch subsurface study - 12/04/2011
GNS Science will spend the next two weeks undertaking a gravity survey of Christchurch and the Canterbury Plains to get a clearer picture of the subsurface structure of the region.
Project leader Dr Vaughan Stagpoole outlines the gravity survey project on TV3's Firstline programme:
New research reveals "forgotten" ancient eruptions in Auckland - 05/04/2011
New research on Auckland’s volcanic field has uncovered a volcano which had been all but forgotten, and this work will better define what is most likely to happen when the next volcano forms in Auckland. The research is part of the Devora project, a seven-year study to better understand the volcanic history of Auckland and help prepare the city for a future eruption.
Laser scanner helps keep tabs on coastal cliffs - 24/03/2011
Three-dimensional laser scans of coastal cliffs in the Sumner and Redcliffs areas of Christchurch are helping geotechnical engineers work out appropriate mitigation measures to keep people and properties safe from unstable cliff faces.
Robotic vehicle makes volcano discoveries in Kermadec Arc - 21/03/2011
An international team of scientists, led by GNS Science, has just returned from a three week expedition investigating the submarine volcanoes of the Kermadec Arc, which runs between the Bay of Plenty and Tonga. NIWA's research ship Tangaroa, with its new dynamic positioning system, was used for the expedition.
Scientists gather for interntational conference on accelerator mass spectrometry - 20/03/2011
About 240 scientists from 30 countries will be in Wellington this week attending a conference on the many uses of accelerator mass spectrometry.
Scientists find rare mix of factors exacerbated the Christchurch quake - 17/03/2011
Four seismic effects, including one that is rarely documented, combined to produce unusually strong ground-shaking in February’s magnitude 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, scientists have found.
Fukushima nuclear reactor incident no danger to New Zealand - 15/03/2011
New Zealanders can be assured that problems being experienced by nuclear power plants in Japan will not result in any environmental contamination reaching New Zealand, scientists said today.
Scientists complete first phase of Alpine Fault drilling experiment - 15/03/2011
A New Zealand-led team of international scientists has successfully drilled through the Alpine Fault in western South Island in the first phase of an ambitious multi-year project to find out about earthquake mechanisms on the fault..
Scientists investigate gas hydrate deposits off east coast of NZ - 09/03/2011
Scientists from New Zealand and Germany will spend the next six weeks on the German research ship, Sonne, investigating gas hydrate deposits off the east coast of the North Island.
New aftershock maps show daily risk from quake shaking - 07/03/2011
GNS Science has started issuing a daily graphic showing the probability of strong earthquake shaking in the mid part of the South Island between Cheviot and Timaru and across to the west coast.