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Kia ora koutou At the NZGS Management Committee Meeting on 21 September 2023, I was honoured to be elected to the position as Chair. I have taken over the role from Eleni Gkeli, who has moved on to the immediate past Chair. Eleni, has kindly…
Thank you It feels like Summer is finally here after a year of some pretty interesting weather! When this magazine lands we will be in that final mad dash to tick off all the things on the list in time for Christmas…well just remember to…
New Zealand nominees Camilla Gibbons Aurecon Who am I? I am an Engineering Geologist Specialising in Geohazards. My key interests lie in the risk assessment and mitigation of slope failures; as well as identifying realistic and efficient management and resilience strategies for our client’s assets. …
Michele Jamiolkowski was born in 1932 in Poland, where he spent his early years; he studied at Warsaw Technical University, obtaining a master’s degree in Soil Mechanics and Engineering Geology in 1959. As a young geotechnical engineer decided to forge strong international links, many of…
12 November 2023 Dear Editor I was interviewed by a journalist the other week asking about possible future implications for our industry as a number of NZ universities start downsizing their geological departments. My eldest daughter is at Otago doing geology, fortunately she got in…
The 2023 extreme weather events The beginning of the year was marked with the significant weather events that affected many areas across the upper North Island. Rainfall recorded over the summer of 2023 in parts of the North Island broke all-time records, with the February…
I want to start this by saying a huge thank you to all of those who have submitted pieces for this edition of the magazine, we all know the industry has been somewhat busy with the cyclone responses but without people giving up their time…
We looked through the archives and found this article from November 1982. Gavin Archer’s article on “Some Aspects of Ground Anchor Design” is still very relevant today and compliments the update we have in this issue to the Ground Anchor Specification.
19 June 1943 – 15 December 2021 Michael John Pender, or Mick to his friends, colleagues, and students, obtained his BE(Hons) and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Canterbury in 1966 and 1971, respectively. In 1972, he received a post-doctoral fellowship at the…