Tilting of active folds and drainage asymmetry on the Manawatu anticlines, New Zealand: a preliminary investigation

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 1787-1795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alastair J. H. Clement ◽  
Martin S. Brook
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Active Folds

Preliminary investigation of emerging suburban landsliding in Gisborne, New Zealand

2022 ◽  
pp. qjegh2021-087
Author(s):  
Matthew E. Cook ◽  
Martin S. Brook ◽  
Jon Tunnicliffe ◽  
Murry Cave ◽  
Noah P. Gulick
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Rainfall Event ◽  
Slope Instability ◽  
Antecedent Soil Moisture ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Coastal City ◽  
The North

Recently uplifted, soft Pleistocene sediments in northern New Zealand are particularly vulnerable to landsliding because they are often underlain by less permeable, clay-rich Neogene mudstone/siltstone rocks. Typically, instability is rainfall-induced, often due to a high intensity rainfall event from extra-tropical cyclones, following wetter months when antecedent soil moisture has increased. Using remote sensing, field surveys and laboratory testing, we report on some emerging slope instability hazards in the eastern suburbs of the coastal city of Gisborne, on the North Island. Retrogressive failure of the main landslide (at Wallis Road) is ongoing and has already led to the abandonment of one home, while an adjacent landslide (at Titirangi Drive) appears to be in an incipient phase of failure. The Wallis Road landslide has been particularly active from mid-2017, with slumping of the headscarp area transitioning to a constrained mudflow downslope, which then descends a cliff before terminating on the beach. In contrast, the incipient Titirangi Drive landslide at present displays much more subtle effects of deformation. While activity at both landslides appears to be linked to rainfall-induced increases in soil moisture, this is due to the effects of prolonged periods of rainfall rather than the passage of high intensity cyclonic storms.

Effect of climate change on crustose coralline algae at a temperate vent site, White Island, New Zealand

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 360 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Brinkman ◽  
A. M. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Coralline Algae ◽  
Crustose Coralline Algae ◽  
Climate Change Research ◽  
Seasonal Basis ◽  
Additional Monitoring ◽  
White Island

Natural CO2 vents allow study of the effects of climate change on marine organisms on a different scale from laboratory-based studies. This study outlines a preliminary investigation into the suitability of natural CO2 vents near White Island, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (37°31.19′S, 117°10.85′E) for climate change research by characterising water chemistry from two vent and three control locations on a seasonal basis, as well as examining their effects on skeletons of the local calcifying crustose coralline algae. pH measurements at vent sites, calculated from dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity, showed reduced mean pH levels (7.49 and 7.85) relative to background levels of 8.06, whereas mean temperatures were between 0.0 and 0.4°C above control. Increases in sulfur and mercury at sites near White Island were probably a result of volcanic unrest. Crustose coralline algae did not show significant variability in skeletal Mg-calcite geochemistry, but qualitative comparisons of calcite skeletons under scanning electron microscopy saw greater deformation and dissolution in coralline algae calcite crystals from vent sites compared to controls. Although additional monitoring of pH fluctuations and hydrogen sulphides is still needed, the low pH and increased temperatures indicate potential for studying multistressor effects of projected climate changes in a natural environment.

scholarly journals Gender and control in offices of the New Zealand public service, 1880-1920

1970 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Couchman
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Office Work ◽  
Control Structures ◽  
And Control

This paper presents a case study of the transformation of office work in the New Zealand public service from the 1880s to the 1920s. It focuses on the intersection of 3 phenomena in this transformation- bureaucratization, mechanisation and feminisation - and how these have contributed to the constitution of the occupational and control structures that have come to predominate in the "modernn office. This paper represents a preliminary investigation of the origins and development of what, by the 1920s, had become a fully-feminised occupation concerned entirely with the transcription of copy.

Increasing Engagement for Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Way to Play: A Preliminary Investigation of the Adult Training Program

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Dervla Beaumont ◽  
Tanya Blakey ◽  
Neil Stuart ◽  
Julia Woodward
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Program Effectiveness ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Young Children With Autism

Abstract Way to Play is an approach that supports adults to promote the engagement of young children with autism spectrum disorder through play. The Ministry of Education in New Zealand has collaborated with Autism New Zealand to ensure the sustainable delivery of Way to Play within Auckland’s early learning services by training early intervention staff to both use Way to Play and to coach and support other adults in its use. Key strategies that form the foundation of Way to Play are described, and an outline of the evidence base for these strategies is provided. Preliminary data demonstrate the effectiveness of the training approach and the perceived impact for young children with autism and their parents/carers and teachers. Case examples illustrate how Way to Play is used across home and educational settings to successfully support the engagement and inclusion of young children with autism. Suggestions are made for a comprehensive investigation of program effectiveness.

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