New Zealand Active Faults map
Interactive web map
This map portrays surface traces of New Zealand's onshore active faults at a scale of 1:250,000.
Overview
Active faults in New Zealand are defined as those that have ruptured and/or caused ground deformation during the last 125,000 years (except for in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, where the definition of activity is restricted to the last 25,000 years).
Mapping layers include: Active faults, fault sense, recurrence interval, last event, slip rate, single event displacement, Territorial Authority and Regional Authority.
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Locations
- Whakatū / Nelson
- Rangitāhua / Kermadec Islands
- Rēkohu / Chatham Islands
- Rakiura / Stewart Island
- Murihiku / Southland
- Ōtepoti / Dunedin
- Ōtākou / Otago
- Ōtautahi / Christchurch
- Waitaha / Canterbury
- Kaikōura
- Te Tai Poutini / West Coast
- Te Tauihu-o-te-waka/ Marlborough
- Aotearoa / New Zealand
- Te Tai-o-Aorere / Tasman
- Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara / Wellington
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Central Plateau
- Taranaki
- Te Matau-a-Māui / Hawke's Bay
- Te Tai Rāwhiti / Gisborne
- Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty
- Waikato
- Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland
- Te Tai Tokerau / Northland