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Risk assessment, communication and education The New Zealand Geotechnical Society has successfully bid for and won the rights to host an international conference on landslide risk and geo-education. Proposed as a joint conference of two Joint Technical Committees, such an event has never been attempted…

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 Panel of Experts for the above project respectfully invites members of SESOC, NZGS, NZCC and all other appropriately qualified and experienced designers, constructors and/or industry stakeholders, to review and provide feedback on the “Rev A – Final Draft” version of the NZ SPERWall Addendum…

Your website team led by Jordan Moll is investigating a project to upgrade the website. To help inform where the effort should be focused we’d love to get your feedback on the current site. We’ve got a very short form here that will be open…

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We are delighted to announce that all the posters have been finalised and are now available to the public. We would like to express our gratitude to Miles Buob (Tonkin and Taylor) for initiating this project and Wendy Weng (Aurecon) for overseeing the completion of…

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…

In response to the Heritage Time Capsule (HTC) Project of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), the New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) is pleased to contribute our Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Practice Guidelines. The NZGS, in collaboration with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and…