6 days 5 nights - Saturday 11 August to Thursday 16 August 2012
Starts: Wellington, New Zealand
Finishes: Auckland, New Zealand

Numbers limited to 20

Examine the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) of the central North Island. Visit White Island, New Zealand’s most active volcano. Other highlights will be the Newmont Martha epithermal gold mine in Waihi, the Wairakei Geothermal Field near Taupo, Lake Taupo occupying the Taupo Caldera, New Zealand’s ‘super volcano’; geothermal hotsprings at Waimungu and Wai-O-Tapu near Rotorua; Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro volcanoes; tectonic deformation and basement geology and geological history of New Zealand.

Whakatane, White Island, Taupo, Wellington, Te Papa (National Museum), GNS Science

Dr Hamish Campbell, Dr Tony Christie and Professor Alex Malahoff, Geological and Nuclear Sciences, NZ

Delegates are required to book own air travel to arrive in Wellington on evening of 11 August.  Trip finishes late afternoon on 16 August. Surcharge for optional White Island flight is approximately AUD 320.  Optional helicopter surcharge AUD 530.

3 days 2 nights - Thursday 2 August to Saturday 4 August 2012
Starts: Auckland, New Zealand
Finishes: Auckland, New Zealand

Numbers limited to 20

AUD 610 per person share twin/double   
Single Supplement: 240    

Auckland is built on an active volcanic field comprising about 50 basaltic cones and maars, the youngest of which is only 600 years old. Visit the Auckland War Memorial Museum’s newly built volcano exhibit for an overview of the geological, economic, and social situation. Trip some of the most prominent cones. The trip ends with a visit to the city’s and region’s Civil Defence and Emergency Management services.

Auckland Museum, Auckland City of Volcanoes

Dr Jan Lindsay, University of Auckland

Includes two night’s accommodation in Auckland including airport transfers and a full day trip

5 days 4 nights Saturday 11 August to Wednesday 15 August 2012
Starts: New Plymouth, New Zealand
Finishes: New Plymouth, New Zealand

Numbers limited to 20

This field trip will focus on Pliocene to Miocene shelf to basin floor fan successions of the Wanganui and Taranaki basins. Examine all aspects of Taranaki oil and gas exploration and production: Cretaceous-Cenozoic stratigraphy, sedimentology, structure, source rocks, reservoir rocks, cap rocks. The major source of hydrocarbons (oil and gas) is coal of Late Cretaceous to Eocene age. The Wanganui Basin demonstrates Plio-Pleistocene integrated stratigraphy, and a superb marine Pleistocene record.

Waitomo Caves, New Plymouth, Mount Taranaki, Wanganui, Wellington, Te Papa (National Museum), GNS Science

Dr Greg Browne, Dr Peter King, Dr Malcolm Arnot, and Dr Kyle Bland, Geological and Nuclear Sciences, NZ

Delegates are required to book own air travel to arrive in New Plymouth on evening of 11 August.  Trip finishes late afternoon on 15 August.

5 days 4 nights Saturday 11 August to Wednesday 15 August 2012
Starts: Christchurch, New Zealand
Finishes: Auckland, New Zealand

Numbers limited to 20

Land: AUD 1935 per person share twin/double       
Single supplement: AUD 460       
Air:  From AUD 360 Brisbane to Christchurch via Wellington

The Alpine Fault moves approximately 8 m in magnitude 8 earthquakes every 200-400 years and accommodates nearly three quarters of the 39 mm/yr plate motion through South Island. Oblique strike-slip deformation has uplifted the Southern Alps, offset glacial and fluvial landforms, and exhumed a classic section of fault rocks (cataclasites and mylonites) from up to 35 km depth. See the geomorphic expression of the Alpine Fault, the geological setting and fault rocks, and visit proposed sites for scientific drilling.

Southern Alps, Mt Cook, Fox Glacier, Franz Josef Glacier, Hokitika and the spectacular West Coast. Three nights accommodation at 5 star Te Waonui Forest Retreat at Franz Josef

Dr Rupert Sutherland, Geological and Nuclear Sciences, NZ and Dr Virginia Toy, University of Otago 

Delegates are required to book own air travel to arrive in Christchurch on evening of 11 August.  Trip finishes late afternoon on 15 August. Tour price includes domestic New Zealand flight from Christchurch to Hokitika return.