Jim Ansell Geophysics Scholarship

2024 Jim Ansell Geophysics Scholarship winner: Ellen Unland   Ellen’s PhD research focuses on characterising past and present depositional environments within Fiordland's fjords to better understand their role as sediment (and carbon) traps.

End of year message from GSNZ President James Scott

Thank you to all our members


Thank you very much for your participation in the Geoscience Society of New Zealand this year.

Remote sensing conference finds opportunities for NZ

Hosting the Machine Intelligence for GeoAnalytics and Remote Sensing (MIGARS) conference has already resulted in new research, new talent and new opportunities for early career researchers in New Zealand


MIGARS, New Zealand’s first-ever international remote sensing/earth observation conference, took place 8-10 April at Shed 6 Queens Wharf in Wellington.

June 2020 Newsflash

Hydrogeology SIG meeting

The geology in hydrogeology Matt Dodson, Science Team Leader – Groundwater, Environment Canterbury Thursday 25 June 2020 Talk: 5. 30 pm to 6. 30 pm Participants attending in person are able to arrive from 5pm.

Budget 2025: Science system funding – GSNZ reaction

Amid this year’s science sector reforms, the 2025 Budget includes money for the establishment of three new Public Research Organisations and a gene tech regulator. Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Dr Shane Reti announced that the Budget was reprioritising existing funding towards “new growth-promoting investments.

Earthwise journal (J. Bruce Waterhouse)

Meet our members

"As a nervous student presenting my research for the first time, I couldn’t have asked for a more receptive audience.   I experienced a warm welcome into New Zealand’s geoscience community which reinforced my desire to pursue a postgraduate degree.

National Executive Committee

National Committee












Sam McColl



President





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I work at GNS Science in the Engineering Geology team. My research as a geomorphologist focuses on hillslope and alpine landscape processes, evolution, and hazards.

GSNZ International Geoethics Day Seminar

<p>International Geoethics Day was established by the International Association for the Promotion of Geoethics in 2017.

GEOTalk: CRISiSLab Challenge

<h3>This month's talk is:</h3><h1><strong>CRISiSLab Challenge: a different ‘seismometers in schools’ programme</strong></h1><h2><em>with Marion Tan from&nbsp;</em><a href="https://crisislab. org. nz/" target="_blank"><em>CRISiSLab</em></a></h2><p><br></p><p>The CRISiSLab Challenge is a research-education engagement initiative with college-level students in the Wellington region that encourages young scientists to experience the fields of technology and crisis management.