GSNZ Web Articles

A diverse collection of press releases, submissions, newsletter snippets and other articles that are too good not to be on the web.

Papers, posters and references Three articles on papers and posters and references, aimed at students, appear by kind permission of the author Jaap Jasperse ("Yahp Yahs-pur-suh"). Jaap was Editor of the New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research from 1986 to 1998, obtained a PhD (Communications) at Victoria University in 1993 and until recently was Science Publishing Manager with the Department of Conservation, Wellington. He currently (2005) works for the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, based in Samoa. Preparing a paper for publishing: read on web page or download pdf file Poster paper - not just an article up the wall: read on web page or download pdf file Do's and don'ts of scientific referencing: read on web page or download pdf file Another useful place to get presentation tips on conference talks and posters is the AAPG meetings page.

Press releases Is it safe to build across known fault lines ? (March 2001)

Submissions re Problems with the Resource Management Act relating to earthquake hazards, especially active faults (September 2000) (BUILDING ON THE EDGE: The use and development of land on or close to fault lines A report from the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment: download as a 1Mb pdf file) re Proposed Variation 17 to the Wellington City District Scheme (February 2000) re Proposed changes to the Resource Management Act. (January 1999) re Modifications to the Crater Area, Mt Ruapehu. (January 1999)

Commentaries About global warming by Peter Barrett NZGeoMap©: A new mapping projection for New Zealand in the twenty-first century by W.I. Reilly Reproduced with permission from Survey Quarterly 25: 25-29, March 2001 Mapping and coordinate systems: an update Two articles by Ian Reilly that first appeared in GSNZ Newsletter 122: (2000) and GSNZ Newsletter 124 (2001). Job losses in Geology at Victoria University A statement about proposed cuts to academic and technical positions in Geology at Victoria University (6 October 2000) Discussion: A Blueprint for a Bright Future ? A critique of the Ministry of Research, Science & Techology's recently published "Blueprint for change: Government's policies and procedures for its research, science and technology investments" by Ian Reilly.

Citations New Zealand Science & Technology medals awarded to Ted Lloyd & Ron Keam A summary of their contribution to geothermal science and conservation

Obituaries/biographies Who was James Hector? A short biography of James Hector, who is commemorated on Hector Day (16 March) The obituaries page contains tributes to several NZ earth scientists.

Lectures "Dynamic landscapes: the fall and rise of a small continent" The Inaugural Professorial Lecture given by Professor Richard Norris at Otago University on October 13th 1999

Other IMAGE:Milford Gneiss with ultramafic mega-boudins A colour version of the photograph in the article by Peter Blattner in GSNZ Newsletter 126, p. 34 Draft GSNZ Awards Fund Trust Deed References for technical information on New Zealand minerals

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