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…
Background The Heritage Time Capsule is an initiative from the ISSMGE for which detailed information can be found at https://www.issmge.org/the-society/time-capsule. Current content includes contributions from member societies, technical committees, past-presidents and corporate associates. The contribution from Australia to the Heritage Time Capsule project was the…
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…
The end of year is that special time when the mind kicks into reflection mode, thinking about what went well and not so well in the past year, and planning for what comes next. In NZGS we do that a bit earlier, in our Annual…
We have already flown through the first half of 2022, and despite the challenges of the domestic and international environment, the geotechnical industry in New Zealand continues to do well. Investment in infrastructure remains strong and based on New Zealand’s first-ever long-term infrastructure strategy that…
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…
Kia ora koutou I am deeply honoured, and it is with great pleasure that I address the New Zealand Geotechnical Society members through this corner for the first time, as the newly elected Chair of the Management Committee. I have taken over the role from…
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Eleni Gkeli and Ross Roberts opening the Symposium. Morning of Thursday 24 March – The main event begins!! The first online keynote speech by Sissy Nikolaou. MBIE and the Geotechnical Module update project panel answer the questions of the delegates. The…
Course objectives and outcomes This one-day course, developed and organised by NZGS, will provide an introduction to the essential components of soft soil engineering. The course will include an overview of the theory of the behaviour of soft soils and design criteria. Attendees will develop…
NZGS organised and carried out in late August – early September 2017 a successful two-day short course on “Principles and Practice of Engineering Geology”. The course was held in the three main centres, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and was very well attended. It was the…
