Further Sources

Geological Society of New Zealand

This website has information on many aspects of New Zealand geology as well as links to related sites.
GNS Science

GNS Science is a Crown Research Institute that undertakes research into the geology of New Zealand.
The nature and alteration of some Triassic sediments from Southland, New Zealand

This classic paper by D. S. Coombs, published in the Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1954, documents the mineralogical changes with burial of a thick sequence of sediments in the Taringatura Hills. (PDF, 5.4 MB)
New Zealand earth science databases

Open-file databases covering different aspects of New Zealand geology
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

This journal is the main place where scientific articles on New Zealand earth science are published. There is free electronic access to issues of the journal more than two years old.
RSNZ: a selection of notable NZ papers on geology & geophysics

A selection of important older papers on aspects of New Zealand earth science that have been digitised by the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Textural zones in the Haast schist – a reappraisal

A paper published in the New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics (2001) describing the way that the widespread schists in the South Island have been subdivided and mapped. (PDF, 3.38 MB)

Coates, Glen. The rise and fall of the Southern Alps. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2002.
Hicks, Geoff, and Hamish Campbell, eds. Awesome forces: the natural hazards that threaten New Zealand. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 1998.
Stevens, Graeme R, and others. Prehistoric New Zealand. Auckland: Heinemann Reed, 1988.
Suggate, R. P, and others. The geology of New Zealand. 2 vols. Wellington, Government Printer, 1978.
Thornton, Jocelyn. The Reed field guide to New Zealand geology: an introduction to rocks, minerals and fossils. New ed. Auckland: Reed Methuen, 2003.