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How to fix the Waikato peatlands

Too much of our good soil is ending up under houses and roads, say soil scientists.

Source: University of Waikato University of Waikato researchers who have been investigating newly-discovered faults in the Hamilton Basin say a fault uncovered near Morrinsville may have also impacted the Hamilton area. Professor David Lowe and others in his team are working on a joint project, led by GNS Science and funded by EQC, investigating newly-identified Te Puninga Fault near Morrinsville. His team of researchers has also been working to uncover Hamilton’s seismic history by analysing liquefied layers of volcanic ash preserved within sediments that accumulate at the bottom of lakes ...

EQC GNS Science experts have embarked on a research project to determine the earthquake risk of a recently discovered fault in Waikato. One is in north Hamilton, around Osborne Rd, and the Kukutaruhe Fault cuts through Hamilton from Temple View to Rototuna. Another two are in the southeastern Te Tatua o Wairere fault zone - a fault running between Rukuhia and Hillcrest, and a second branching out towards Tamahere. In 2016, an 80km-long Kerepehi fault, running close to Matamata northward into the Firth of Thames, was discovered in the late 1970s but re-examined almost 50 years later in muc...