Case study at Muriwai following Cyclone Gabrielle, 2023 Abstract Cyclone Gabrielle made landfall in Auckland on the 14 February 2023 and caused significant damage across the region, and in particular to the west coast settlement of Muriwai. Numerous large, rapidly-moving debris flows resulted from the…
Ross Roberts I am delighted to report that Ann Williams has been made an Honorary Member of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG). Honorary membership is proposed by the Executive Committee on the grounds of exceptional services to the Association. Ann…
Queenstown, April 2026 The New Zealand Geotechnical Society has successfully bid for and won the rights to host an international conference on landslide risk. Proposed as a joint conference of two Joint Technical Committees, such an event has never been attempted in the past. Our…
A report on the 4th European Regional Conference of the IAEG Introduction The International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment supports regional conferences in each of its six regions (Europe, Australasia, Africa, North America, Latin America and Asia). The most recent of these was…
Report for New Zealand – November 2024 1 What is IAEG and how do we fit? All NZGS members also join one (or more) of the three international societies that NZGS represents in New Zealand; the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG),…
Report for New Zealand – November 2023 1 NZGS Membership The International Society for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) was founded in 1964. IAEG is a worldwide scientific society with more than 3,600 members and 69 national groups. New Zealand has 577 members of…
A clear and effective specification is an essential tool to help ensure that projects achieve the objectives desired by the client, geotechnical designer and contractor. While project-specific specifications can be useful in accurately describing the exact requirements for each project, they result in a steep…
Introduction In July of this year, 480 geotechnical professionals from New Zealand, Australia, and further afield (16 countries were represented!), headed to tropical north Queensland for the 14th Australia and New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics. New Zealand had a good presence at the conference, with…
Commissions Much of the important work of the IAEG is carried by its commissions. Two notable developments in recent times have been: These are available on the IAEG website, and the NZGS management committee is working with key authors of the C25 Guidelines on engineering…
An Update Introduction MBIE and the New Zealand Geotechnical Society have produced six Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Guideline Modules covering a range of geotechnical topics. However, these do not specifically address slope stability. In 2019 the NZGS management committee agreed to start work on a seventh…
