Fault Awareness Area (FAA)

This layer shows the location of active faults mapped as part of a project to define Fault Awareness Areas in Taupō District. Fault Awareness Areas show areas where there may be a surface fault rupture hazard. Surface fault rupture is the permanent breaking, ripping, buckling or warping of the ground on or near the line where a fault meets the ground surface, as a result of movement on the fault. It is different from earthquake shaking. This file contains Fault Awareness Areas for active faults outside of TaupōDistrict Council LiDAR areas in the TaupōDistrict (Litchfield et al. 2020). The faults were mapped using Bay of Plenty LiDAR data, the NZ Active Faults Database, and previous detailed fault mapping (G. Leonard and D. Townsend unpublished; P. Villamor unpublished data). This dataset has been created as recommended in Barrell et al. (2015) "Guidelines for using regional-scale earthquake fault information in Canterbury". GNS Science Consultancy Report 2014/211. This data should be used in conjunction with the associated GNS Science report CR2020/31. The Taupō District Plan has been operative since 2007. Selected datasets from the Taupō District Plan have been made available for download to allow for better public access to the data underlying the plan. Note that some features mapped for district plan purposes may have changed over time. Taupō District Council does not make any representation or give any warranty as to the accuracy or exhaustiveness of the District Plan data released for public download. The data provided is indicative only and does not purport to be a complete database of all information in Taupō District Council's possession or control. Taupō District Council shall not be liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense (whether direct or indirect) arising from reliance upon or use of any data provided, or Council's failure to provide this data. While you are free to crop, export and repurpose the data, we ask that you attribute the Taupō District Council and clearly state that your work is a derivative and not the authoritative data source. Please include this statement when distributing any work derived from this data: This work is a derivative of the Taupō District Plan. You can view the full Taupō District E-Plan here: [https://eplan.taupodc.govt.nz/eplan] ──────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────── Date Created │2 December 2020 ──────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── Date Modified │Modified as per National Planning Standards 2025. ──────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── Review Date │ ──────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── Department Responsible│Policy Team ──────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── Creation Method │Created by GNS Science using LiDAR data. ──────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── Data Source │GNS Science ──────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── Spatial Reference │NZGD2000 / New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 ──────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────