Geophysics
Finding faults and eavesdropping on earthquakes
Alison Ballance catches up with two earthquake researchers. Geologist Carolyn Boulton is a "fault finder", interested in how faults slide. And geophysicist Martha Savage eavesdrops on the earth to… Audio
85 quakes follow slow-slip event off East Coast
Eighty-five small earthquakes have been detected off Gisborne and the Mahia Peninsula since Monday - all triggered by a major slow-slip event, according to scientists. Our reporter Sarah Robson spoke… Audio
Aftershocks may go on for ‘some time’
John Townend is a geophysics professor at Victoria University and joins Checkpoint live to discuss the 6.2 earthquake felt widely throughout New Zealand today. Video, Audio
Ernest Lord Rutherford's progeny Mary Fowler
Dr Mary Fowler has science in her DNA. She's the great granddaughter of Ernest Rutherford, First Baron Rutherford of Nelson, the New Zealand scientist considered the father of nuclear physics. But… Audio
Alastair McClymont - The forgotten Holocaust in Lithuania
Dr Alastair McClymont is a former Wellingtonian who now resides in Calgary, Canada. He specializes in applied geophysics for environmental, engineering, water supply, and archaeological projects. He… Audio
Exactly where is sea level? Gravity can tell us
After two years of measuring gravity from a plane, LINZ has just released a new vertical datum for New Zealand and its coastal seas. This allows the accurate measurement of sea level. Audio
After a weekend of quakes, is there any link?
The earthquake in Ecuador is the latest of a series of large quakes in the seismically active ring of fire. Audio
Hangi stones and magnetism
Hangi or oven stones are a record of the earth's magnetic field at the time they were heated and cooled, and they show a remarkable history of New Zealand's magnetic field for the past 600 years. Audio, Gallery