The Regional Geological Map and Data File (RGMAD) is a Nationally Significant Database and Collection for which GNS Science has custodianship. RGMAD is an archive of published and unpublished, hardcopy, and digital image and digital GIS format file geological maps for New Zealand, its offshore territories and Antarctica. The maps range from field sheets...

We present 60 years of Δ14CO2 measurements from Wellington, New Zealand (41°S, 175°E). The record has been extended and fully revised. New measurements have been used to evaluate the existing record and to replace original measurements where warranted. This is the earliest atmospheric Δ14CO2 record and records the rise of the 14C “bomb spike”, the...

This collection of datasets has been superseded by a new edition (2nd edition, 2020) available here: https://data.gns.cri.nz/metadata/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/79DFDE2D-14C3-4E1A-9BAA-EE4AD2B545AB. This collection of datasets contains the 1:60 000 geological data for the Tongariro National Park. The datasets were produced by GNS Science. The...

Active fault traces are a surface expression of permanent deformation that accommodates the motion within and between adjacent tectonic plates. We present an updated national-scale model for active faulting in New Zealand, summarise the present understanding of fault kinematics in 15 tectonic domains, and undertake some brief kinematic analysis including...

This is the data collected by a major controlled-source and passive seismic imaging experiment, the Seismic Array HiKurangi Experiment (SAHKE). The SAHKE project was designed to investigate the physical parameters controlling locking at the plate boundary beneath the southern North Island and characterise slip processes in a major segment of the Hikurangi...

The archive contains scanned images of published and unpublished, geological maps for New Zealand, its offshore territories and Antarctica. The maps range from field sheets to draft compilations to complete maps as published. The collection includes maps dating back to the mid 19th century until 2012. The hardcopy maps are stored in an archive facility at...

Raster files and contours of apparent resistivity collected at nominal electrode array spacings of 500 and 1000 m. DC resistivity mapping data collected by GNS Science and its predecessor organisations from the mid-1960s until 1997, primarily for geothermal exploration. Apparent resistivity varies by several orders of magnitude in the Taupō Volcanic...

• A collection of numerical model builds, scripts used in the building of the models, model outputs, and a database of measurements/observations/locations of groundwater levels, flows and chemistry data in New Zealand. These models, data and scripts can be deployed to help answer land and water management decisions across NZ. • Processed measurements...

The collection of datasets describes the geomorphology of the eastern Canterbury area. Its features describe landforms and surficial processes that have acted upon the area in the late Quaternary. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21420/R8DZ-VQ04 Cite data as: GNS Science. (2015). NZL GNS GM3 Eastern Canterbury Geomorphology [Data set]. GNS Science....

The landmark 518-page publication "Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand" by Beu & Maxwell (1990, NZGS Paleontological Bulletin 58) is long out of print. This publication by Beu & Raine (2009, GNS Science Miscellaneous Publication 27) contains revised descriptions and names of all species treated in detail in Paleontological Bulletin 58, arranged in a...

New Zealand's National Petrology Reference Collection contains rock and mineral samples from the earliest days of the Geological Survey to today. The collection is the single most comprehensive collection of New Zealand rocks and minerals in the world, and is a valuable national resource. The collection includes samples from on- and off-shore New Zealand,...

This is the Geology of the Napier-Hastings urban area dataset collection produced by GNS Science. The mapping frame within which the features have been observed is typically defined as surface geology (i.e. the bedrock and superficial deposits that are exposed at the topographic surface or would be visible if the overlying soil was removed). The data...

Monthly data of 1km x 1km rainfall recharge to groundwater, from Jan-2000 – Dec-2014. The National Groundwater Recharge Model (NGRM) was developed to demonstrate the utility of satellite data and global models by development of a rainfall recharge model that is consistent over all regions of New Zealand. The NGRM has a 1 km × 1 km model grid that covers...

This web-based catalogue presents an entry for each of the approximately 850 species of fossil spore or pollen from the New Zealand region that are recorded in the scientific literature. The database has been compiled primarily as a reference tool for paleontologists engaged in biostratigraphic work in New Zealand pre-Pleistocene strata, and provides a...

The Aquifer Potential Map is a preliminary map (version 1.0). This work was carried out as part of the GNS Science Groundwater Resources of New Zealand research programme, and future plans within this research programme include the refinement and update of this map. In its current form, the map is considered suitable for refining surficial aquifer...

GeoNet collects information about the intensity of shaking that people experienced during an earthquake. There have been a few different varieties of reports in the history of collecting this data. Today, GeoNet collects Felt Rapid reports based on a cartoon representation of shaking. After very large earthquakes we provide an additional long form survey,...

This is the offshore dataset of a large onshore-offshore seismic experiment on the Hikurangi margin of North Island, New Zealand, with a team of scientists from New Zealand, the United States, and Japan. This data acquisition was part of the SHIRE project (“Seismogenesis at Hikurangi Integrated Research Experiment”) and occurred in 2017. The goals of this...

This Feature Class contains contours that depict the interpreted depth below sea level in milliseconds two-way-time (TWT) to the P00 (c. 66 Ma; base-Paleocene; base of New Zealand Teurian Stage) horizon in the Northwest Province of the Atlas of Petroleum Prospectivity (namely the Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins). For more...

This dataset represents the landslide boundaries present at or near the surface and comprises arcs with attributes describing the type of contact and its accuracy. The dataset is part of the Geology of the Tongariro National Park area collection produced by GNS Science. It is stored in an ESRI vector geodatabase and exported to a shapefile. The mapping...

This grid depicts the interpreted vertical thickness (isochore) in metres between the N10 and N60 seismic horizons mapped within the Northwest Province of the Atlas of Petroleum Prospectivity (namely the Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins). This isochore interval encompasses rocks of c. 21-04 Ma age (Early Miocene-Early Pliocene)....