Planning Workshop for New Zealand Primary Site 2013

April 14-17, 2013 • Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington, New Zealand

Attendees at the student symposium, held at Victoria University, Wellington on May 14, one day before the GeoPRISMS Planning Workshop for New Zealand

Juli Morgan, chair of GeoPRISMS, gave the students an introductory talk about GeoPRISMS activities

Morning talks were focused on New Zealand geology

Students presenting their research during the symposium poster session

Student Symposium poster session

Nicola Litchfield (GNS Science) and Tim Little (Victoria University of Wellington) lead a field trip to the Wellington Fault Geology. At Stop 1, Nicola shows the support columns at the Thorndon overpass, to minimise damage in the event of an earthquake on the Wellington Fault located right underneath the highway

Symposium Field Trip Stop 2: Students gather around Tim Little at Petone Wharf along Wellingon Harbor. Major uplift of the Wellington Basin occurred after the 1855 Wairarapa Earthquake

Group photo at Petone Wharf, with the City of Wellington in the background

Symposium Field Trip Stop 3: Sign points out the Wellington Fault Scarplet at Harcourt Park – Upper Hutt

Symposium Field Trip Stop 3: California Drive, Upper Hutt – The Wellington Fault coincides with the road, so no houses cross the fault

Symposium Field Trip Stop 3: Offset along the Wellington Fault at Totara Park is well preserved and clearly visible

Symposium Field Trip Stop 3: From left to right Nicola Litchfield, Tim Little, Susan Schwartz and Laura Wallace

Nice exposure of the Wellington Fault crush zone on the Northeast bank of the Hutt River

Hutt River

Symposium Field Trip Stop 4: Te Marua alluvial terraces are displaced in a dextral sense along the Wellington Fault

Symposium Field Trip Stop 5: Brecciated and sheared greywacke adjacent to the Wellington Fault, along the bank of the Hutt River at Taita Gorge.

Icebreaker at Foxglove restaurant

Welcome from Prue Williams from the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Juli Morgan, chair of GeoPRISMS, introduced the aims of the workshop and the GeoPRISMS program

Poster sessions during morning and afternoon teas

Break out session

Student dinner at Osteria del Toro

Wellington waterfront and the Te Papa Museum, venue for the workshop

Picture of Te Marae, part of the exhibit on Maori Culture at Te Papa Museum, Wellington

Gill Jolly speaks about monitoring of volcanic hazards in New Zealand

Wellington waterfront at night

Students preparing their closing presentation

Conference Dinner at the Dockside restaurant on the Wellington waterfront

Animated discussion around the giant geological map of New Zealand

Dan Bassett presented the student perspective on behalf of students participants

Participants of the 2013 GeoPRISMS Implementation Workshop for the New Zealand Primary Site in front of the colorful Marae at Te Papa Museum, Wellington