Further Sources

Alpine Fault, New Zealand

Information on the Alpine Fault, with detailed maps showing the location of the fault at various localities. Produced by the Department of Geology, University of Otago.
Building on the edge

A report prepared by the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on the problems of building on or near known active faults.
Data for the study of recent and late Pleistocene faulting in the South Island of New Zealand

In 1951 Harold Wellman scanned all the available aerial photographs of the South Island and identified active fault traces. All his observations are listed in tables, and his map is the first to show New Zealand active faults. Published in the New Zealand Journal of Science & Technology in 1953, it was one of the first of such studies in the world (PDF, 1 MB).
New Zealand Active Faults database

Information and data on all known active faults in New Zealand, produced by the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences.
Planning for development of land on or close to active faults

An interdisciplinary group prepared these guidelines for building on or near active faults, published by the Ministry for the Environment.

Aitken, Jefley J. Rocked and ruptured: geological faults in New Zealand. Auckland: Reed, 1999.
Coates, Glen. The rise and fall of the Southern Alps. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2002.
Cooper, A., and J. Aitken. New Zealand’s Alpine Fault. Alpha series 104. Wellington: Royal Society of New Zealand, 2000.