ISRM is extending an invitation to all national groups and the entire rock mechanics community to send their nominations for the Rocha Medal 2026. The Rocha Medal award is for an outstanding doctoral thesis in rock mechanics or rock engineering. To be considered for the…
The Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) in association with the New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) is undertaking a review and update of the AGS Landslide Risk Management Guidelines (AGS2007). The AGS guidelines represent current best practice for landslide risk management in Australia. The existing documents are…
The affairs of the NZ Geotechnical Society are managed by the Management Committee on behalf of the members. We aim for representation on the Committee that is as broad as possible both geographically and between engineers and geoscientists to ensure that all views are well…
We have been approached by the WasteMINZ Contaminated Land Sector Group with a proposal to set up a joint working group. Both societies have independently identified that we need to minimise the disposal of soil and similar engineering materials to landfill to improve the sustainability…
If you enjoy Geomechanics News and want to be more involved in the society, this opportunity is for you! The New Zealand Geotechnical Society is justifiably proud of our bi-annual publication, NZ Geomechanics News. First published in November 1970, it has been providing a fantastic…
Standards NZ are starting an update of NZS3604 (Residential timber-framed buildings). The NZ Geotechnical Society will be represented on the main committee by Sally Hargraves. There will also be a ‘Foundations’ sub-working group who as part of their scope are looking at foundations on expansive…
If you enjoy using this website, and would like to see it improved for the future, this opportunity might be the one for you. In 2015 the New Zealand Geotechnical Society undertook a major re-build of our website. It changed from a static site with…
If you enjoy Geomechanics News and want to be more involved in the society, this opportunity is for you. The New Zealand Geotechnical Society is justifiably proud of our bi-annual publication, NZ Geomechanics News. First published in November 1970, it has been providing a fantastic…
Call for expressions of interest The NZGS is planning to run a series of short local mini-conferences in June or July this year with the aim of identifying how the geotechnical sector can play its part in meeting our national targets for greenhouse gas emissions….
The NZGS is the affiliated organisation in New Zealand of the International Societies representing practitioners in soil mechanics (ISSMGE), rock mechanics (ISRM) and engineering geology (IAEG). We are represented on the committees of these three organisations by an Australasian Vice President, who is normally very…
