title: Impact of the Ruakura Inland Port on the Golden Triangle - a system dynamics simulation study

authors: Kuo, Kuan-Yu (Jessica)

abstract: The Ruakura Inland Port, a project developed in anticipation of the increasing freight flows in the future, is an inland port that is expected to add an additional one million TEUs per annum to the Golden Triangle’s freight capacities. Such a change to the system will result in impacts to the other members within it, but traditional research methods cannot fully capture the complexities of a freight system that involves so many variables, hence the need for simulation modelling.

This pragmatic study presents a pilot simulation model using a system dynamics approach so that the relationships within the complex freight system could be better understood. Constructed using the iThink software, not only does this evolvable model show how the addition of the Ruakura Inland Port is going to affect the current freight flows with the Golden Triangle, it was also designed with the aim of helping practitioners identify drivers and enablers within the system so that informed decisions can be made. The results from the simulation showed that the in the first 20 years it is unlikely that the Ruakura Inland Port will have significant impacts on the system until much higher utilisation rates can be achieved. It was also found that the addition of the Third Main and the Waikato Expressway will have relatively small to none impacts.

text: Impact of the Ruakura Inland Port on the Golden Triangle - a system dynamics simulation study The Ruakura Inland Port, a project developed in anticipation of the increasing freight flows in the future, is an inland port that is expected to add an additional one million TEUs per annum to the Golden Triangle’s freight capacities. Such a change to the system will result in impacts to the other members within it, but traditional research methods cannot fully capture the complexities of a freight system that involves so many variables, hence the need for simulation modelling.

This pragmatic study presents a pilot simulation model using a system dynamics approach so that the relationships within the complex freight system could be better understood. Constructed using the iThink software, not only does this evolvable model show how the addition of the Ruakura Inland Port is going to affect the current freight flows with the Golden Triangle, it was also designed with the aim of helping practitioners identify drivers and enablers within the system so that informed decisions can be made. The results from the simulation showed that the in the first 20 years it is unlikely that the Ruakura Inland Port will have significant impacts on the system until much higher utilisation rates can be achieved. It was also found that the addition of the Third Main and the Waikato Expressway will have relatively small to none impacts.

year: 2019

title: Balanced cross-section and crustal shortening analysis in the Tanggula-Tuotuohe Area, Northern Tibet

authors: Li, Yalin

subjects: Tibetan plateau

abstract: The Tanggula (唐古拉) thrust system and the Tuotuohe (沱沱河) foreland basin, which represent major Cenozoic tectonic units of the central Tibetan plateau, have been recently studied. Field investigation, analyses of deformation and construction of two restored balanced structural sections suggest 75–100 km (51%–64%) of N-S shortening in the Tanggula thrust system and 55–114 km (42%–47%) of N-S shortening in the Tuotuohe basin. The shortening ratios indicate that the Tanggula-Tuotuohe area has undergone intensive deformation and crustal shortening during the Early Tertiary, resulting not only in crustal thickening, but also in large scale volcanism and in rapid uplift of the Tanggula Mountains.

text: Balanced cross-section and crustal shortening analysis in the Tanggula-Tuotuohe Area, Northern Tibet The Tanggula (唐古拉) thrust system and the Tuotuohe (沱沱河) foreland basin, which represent major Cenozoic tectonic units of the central Tibetan plateau, have been recently studied. Field investigation, analyses of deformation and construction of two restored balanced structural sections suggest 75–100 km (51%–64%) of N-S shortening in the Tanggula thrust system and 55–114 km (42%–47%) of N-S shortening in the Tuotuohe basin. The shortening ratios indicate that the Tanggula-Tuotuohe area has undergone intensive deformation and crustal shortening during the Early Tertiary, resulting not only in crustal thickening, but also in large scale volcanism and in rapid uplift of the Tanggula Mountains.

year: 2011

title: Ngaa tongikura o te Kiingitanga - He tongi takapou nui, he kura takapou roa

authors: Paki, Nga wai hono i te po

subjects: Tongikura

abstract: Mai anoo, mai anoo i te waa o ngoo taatou tuupuna, ko te iere o te reo, ko te tangi o te kupu te waka kawe i ngaa whakaaro me ngaa kare aa-roto o oo taatou tuupuna. Inaa hoki raa te hoohonu o te whakaaro me te huhua o ngaa kura huna kua rarau ki ngaa kupu tuku iho o oo taatou tuupuna. I roto i a maatou, o Tainui waka, o Waikato iwi, o te Kiingitanga, ko ngaa tongikura te ritenga.

Kei teenei tuhinga te whakamaaramatanga, te whakamahukitanga o teenei taonga te tongikura. Ahakoa, inaa raa ngaa tini tongikura o te Kiingitanga kua tongikuratia ko taa teenei tuhinga whakapae he tuuhura i ngaa kura huna e whakapaetia nei, he oranga kei roto i ngaa tongikura hei painga moo te tangata. Noo te orokohanganga mai o te Kiingitanga tatuu iho raa ki teenei rangi tonu kei ngeenei tongikura ngaa kupu taurangi, ngaa tohutohu nui aa te raangai upoko ariki o te Kiingitanga ki ngaa iwi. I roto i te whakapaparanga o te Kiingitanga kua kitea taatou i te nui o te whakamahinga o ngaa tongikura hei aarahi, hei takitaki i a taatou a Tainui waka, i a Tainui tangata.

Kua haoria ake raa ko ngeetehi kohinga tongikura hei whewheratanga maaku i roto i teenei tuhinga e kite ai taatou i te mauri ora o ngaa tongikura ki roto i te iwi o Waikato, ki roto anoo hoki i ngaa iwi o te Kiingitanga. E haangai mai ana ngeenei tongikura ki te ora o te iwi, e purutia ana hoki hei kura waananga maa ngaa reanga whakatupuranga o te inamata, ki te anamata. Tiikina ake raa ko te kupu wairua, kia tuu te tongikura, ko te aakinga te mea nui, tau ki runga ki teenei tuhikura. Haere, tomokia mai te whare tongikura, he tongi takapou kura, he kura takapou roa.

text: Ngaa tongikura o te Kiingitanga - He tongi takapou nui, he kura takapou roa Mai anoo, mai anoo i te waa o ngoo taatou tuupuna, ko te iere o te reo, ko te tangi o te kupu te waka kawe i ngaa whakaaro me ngaa kare aa-roto o oo taatou tuupuna. Inaa hoki raa te hoohonu o te whakaaro me te huhua o ngaa kura huna kua rarau ki ngaa kupu tuku iho o oo taatou tuupuna. I roto i a maatou, o Tainui waka, o Waikato iwi, o te Kiingitanga, ko ngaa tongikura te ritenga.

Kei teenei tuhinga te whakamaaramatanga, te whakamahukitanga o teenei taonga te tongikura. Ahakoa, inaa raa ngaa tini tongikura o te Kiingitanga kua tongikuratia ko taa teenei tuhinga whakapae he tuuhura i ngaa kura huna e whakapaetia nei, he oranga kei roto i ngaa tongikura hei painga moo te tangata. Noo te orokohanganga mai o te Kiingitanga tatuu iho raa ki teenei rangi tonu kei ngeenei tongikura ngaa kupu taurangi, ngaa tohutohu nui aa te raangai upoko ariki o te Kiingitanga ki ngaa iwi. I roto i te whakapaparanga o te Kiingitanga kua kitea taatou i te nui o te whakamahinga o ngaa tongikura hei aarahi, hei takitaki i a taatou a Tainui waka, i a Tainui tangata.

Kua haoria ake raa ko ngeetehi kohinga tongikura hei whewheratanga maaku i roto i teenei tuhinga e kite ai taatou i te mauri ora o ngaa tongikura ki roto i te iwi o Waikato, ki roto anoo hoki i ngaa iwi o te Kiingitanga. E haangai mai ana ngeenei tongikura ki te ora o te iwi, e purutia ana hoki hei kura waananga maa ngaa reanga whakatupuranga o te inamata, ki te anamata. Tiikina ake raa ko te kupu wairua, kia tuu te tongikura, ko te aakinga te mea nui, tau ki runga ki teenei tuhikura. Haere, tomokia mai te whare tongikura, he tongi takapou kura, he kura takapou roa.

year: 2022