White Island alert level change. The long awaited Ruapehu section for our Volcanoes pages. A new graphic to represent our seismic network as it currently stands. Some new content on our fossils pages. All about the most extensive fossil collection in New Zealand.
Authorised people can download fossil data from here.
Te Papa, and NIWA are have organised a series of free public lectures in association with the 'Ocean Planet' exhibition at Te Papa. The hour-long lectures, presented by top New Zealand scientists and marine specialists, will cover a wide range of marine topics. All five lectures in this series will take place at Te papa's Soundings Theatre and start at 6.30pm. 31 July 2000 Volcano update. White Island update.