| Australasian Quaternary Association |
| This is the regional Quaternary research association for Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and South West Pacific islands http://www.aqua.org.au. The New Zealand representative is vice-President Dr Peter Almond (VicePresident@aqua.org.au). The next meeting of AQUA is in the form of a symposium at INQUA 2007 in Cairns http://www.inqua2007.net.au: AQUA symposium: Quaternary of Australia and New Zealand: Henk Heijnis (Australia), Tim Barrows (Australia) co-convenors. |
| Friends of the Pleistocene |
| This is the Quaternary specialty group of the New Zealand Geological Society. The contact person is Alan Palmer (a.s.palmer@massey.ac.nz) |
| GNS Science |
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| Geological & Nuclear Sciences (GNS Science) is a national research institute with the largest team of paleoevironmental researchers in New Zealand. GNS scientists are engaged in a wide range multidisciplinary paleoclimate research, including molluscan, foraminiferal, diatom, radiolarian, marine and terrestrial palynomorph paleontology, chironomids, stable isotope studies, sedimentology, geomorphology, tephrostratigraphy, and radiometric dating (14C, 10Be, 32Si, 137Cs, 210Pb and glass-fission track). www.gns.cri.nz |
| Landcare Research |
Landcare Research undertakes a variety of programmes in sustainable systems, paleoecology and catchment histories.
For some further information on related areas of work being carried out by Landcare Research, through the "Land to Ocean" and "Integrated Catchment Management" programmes, see the following web pages:
http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/rurallanduse/landtoocean/ http://icm.landcareresearch.co.nz/ |
| National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) |
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Climate modelling and Marine Geology are the main foci of this crown research institutes Quaternary programmes. New Zealand participation in IMAGES is run by NIWA. Atmosphere and climate research
http://www.niwascience.co.nz/rc/atmos/
http://www.niwascience.co.nz/
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| University of Auckland |
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| Quaternary research is carried out in the School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science and in the School of Biological Sciences. The following are good starting points for web searches through the Auckland sites http://www.geology.auckland.ac.nz and http://www.sges.auckland.ac.nz |
| University of Canterbury |
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| Most PAGES type activity is concentrated in the departments of Geological Sciences, Geography and Gateway Antarctica. The following is a good starting point for web searches through the Canterbury site (http://www.geol.canterbury.ac.nz/). |
| Lincoln University |
| Most PAGES type activities are associated with studies in soil science and landscape evolution. Contact Dr Peter Almond (P.almond@lincoln.ac.nz) for further details. |
| Massey University |
| This university has been traditionally strong in soils science and Quaternary volcanism and volcanic hazards. PAGES type research is undertaken in the Institute of Natural Resources http://soils-earth.massey.ac.nz/ and the School of People, Environment and Planning http://geography.massey.ac.nz/about/physical_geo.html |
| University of Otago |
| Research in PAGES related activities are concentrated in Department of Geology with a focus on Cenozoic stratigraphic record of palaeoceanography and palaeoclimatology http://www.otago.ac.nz/geology/ and the Department of Geography where research focuses on ice processes and climatology http://www.geography.otago.ac.nz/Geography/ |
| Victoria University of Wellington |
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| Quaternary research is carried out within the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences www.geo.vuw.ac.nz. |
| University of Waikato |
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| Quaternary science at Waikato University is undertaken largely within the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences in the School of Science and Engineering. Quaternary-related research at Waikato is also undertaken by the Waikato Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, and by the International Global Change Institute which is essentially a climate-change group comprising geographers and social scientists that examine human-related aspects of change. A major advantage for Waikato scientists is the availability on campus of various dating techniques including radiocarbon (radiometric and AMS), fission track and a recently constructed (U-Th)/He system. http://earth.waikato.ac.nz/climatic_environmental_change/ |
