Bruce Hayward, Geomarine Research, 49 Swainston Rd, St. Johns, Auckland
Email: b.hayward_at_geomarine.org.nz
See also NZ Geopreservation Inventory website
The Geological Reserves Subcommittee is concerned with the identification and protection of the best representative geological features and landforms of New Zealand. During the 1980s and 1990s, the subcommittee oversaw the completion of a national Geopreservation Inventory, which identified, listed, graded and documented c. 2500 different geological features under different subject categories and subsequently according to geographic region. Hard copies of the these inventories by subject area and by region are available for purchase from Bruce Hayward. It should be noted that the Inventory is not a static listing and is continually be upgraded and reassessed as new information comes to hand. The Dept of Conservation maintains an up to date computerised copy of the Geopreservation Inventory for its information purposes. The Subcommittee maintains a watching brief on the welfare of important geological sites and landforms right around the country and periodically makes submissions on Regional and District Plans and RMA permit requests to undertake works that may be detrimental to our Earth Science Heritage.
In the last few years the Subcommittee has been involved with the following sites:
Northland - One Tree Point Quaternary sequence (Whangarei Harbour);Taurikura natural jetty (Whangarei Heads), Pouerua Volcano; Whangape Harbour entrance; Waimimiti Scoria Miounds (Kaikohe); Maungakawakawa Scoria Cone (Kaikohe).
Auckland - Takapuna fossil forest, Wiri lava cave, Parnell Baths cliffs, Stony Batter (Waiheke), Tamaki Estuary rhyolitic sequences; St Kentigerns peat and ignimbrite section; Purchas Hill; Mt Roskill; Takapuna Head; Auckland Eastern Corridor; Wiri Mt; Mangere Lagoon Explosion Crater; Pt England chalazoidites; Mt Eden management plan.
Hawkes Bay - Cape Kidnappers section; Maungahouanga Stream dinosaur sites.
Wellington - Titahi Bay fossil forest (Wellington), McKays Crossing sea cliffs and fan; Wairarapa Fault trace at Pigeon Bush; Turakirae Uplifted Beach Ridges; Taupo Swamp; Quartz Hill peneplain; Belmont blockfield; Otaki beach ridges.
Nelson - Mapua-Kina sea cliffs
Canterbury - Blands Bluff.
Otago - Oamaru pillow lavas.
Southland - White Hill
The Subcommittee currently (2005) consists of:
Bruce Hayward, Convenor (Auckland), Fred Brook (Northland), Hamish Campbell (Wellington), Dave Craw (Dunedin), Tony Edwards (Wellington), Roger Fagg (Timaru), Mike Johnston (Nelson), David Johnston (Waikato), Jill Kenny (Auckland), Alan Palmer (Manawatu)
