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Volume 82, No.3, July 2018 ISSN 0110-5566
ISSN 0110-5566 Volume 82, No.3, July 2018 Trace element partitioning during calcite growth: implications for climate reconstruction studies from New Zealand caves Flavour and aroma analysis by solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and gas chromatography Obituary: Michael Philip Hartshorn FNZIC, FRSNZ Obituary: Kevin Russel Tate FNZIC, FRSNZ Death from the sky: the role of chemistry and chemists in understanding biological extinctions The Periodic Table: revelation by quest rather than by revolution Book review: Mendeleev to Oganesson. A multidisciplinary Perspective on the Periodic Table Some Unremembered Chemists: Francis Brian Shorland Published on behalf of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry in January, April, July and October. The New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Publisher Incorporated Rebecca Hurrell PO Box 13798 Email: [email protected] Johnsonville Wellington 6440 Advertising Sales Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Printed by Graphic Press Editor Dr Catherine Nicholson Disclaimer C/- BRANZ, Private Bag 50 908 The views and opinions expressed in Chemistry in New Zealand are those of the individual authors and are Porirua 5240 not necessarily those of the publisher, the Editorial Phone: 04 238 1329 Board or the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry. Mobile: 027 348 7528 Whilst the publisher has taken every precaution to ensure the total accuracy of material contained in Email: [email protected] Chemistry in New Zealand, no responsibility for errors or omissions will be accepted. Consulting Editor Copyright Emeritus Professor Brian Halton The contents of Chemistry in New Zealand are subject School of Chemical and Physical Sciences to copyright and must not be reproduced in any Victoria University of Wellington form, wholly or in part, without the permission of the PO Box 600, Wellington 6140 Publisher and the Editorial Board. -
Geocene Auckland Geoclub Magazine Number 23, July 2020
Geocene Auckland GeoClub Magazine Number 23, July 2020 Editor: Jill Kenny CONTENTS Instructions on use of hyperlinks last page 26 A CURIOUS CASE OF RIVERBED POTHOLES IN Michael Coote, Kent Xie 2 – 6 WEST AUCKLAND GRANITE FLUTING, BASINS AND TAFONE ON Lee Sawyer, Ken Smith, 7 – 10 SOUTHERN STEWART ISLAND Bruce W. Hayward EVIDENCE FOR TUFFS AT MANGAWHAI HEADS Garry Carr 11 – 13 EXHUMED LAVA CAVE AT KERIKERI, NORTHLAND Bruce W. Hayward 14 – 15 A RECORD OF THE DISTINCTIVE BRYOZOAN GENUS Seabourne Rust 16 – 18 RETELEPRALIA FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE WAITIITI FORMATION OF NORTHLAND, NEW ZEALAND IHUMATAO ROAD END FOSSIL FOREST Bruce W. Hayward, 19 – 21 Maureen Burke RAFTS OF PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENT IN Bruce W. Hayward 22 – 25 PUPUKE VOLCANO LAVA FLOWS Corresponding authors’ contact information 26 Geocene is a periodic publication of Auckland Geology Club, a section of the Geoscience Society of New Zealand’s Auckland Branch. Contributions about the geology of New Zealand (particularly northern New Zealand) from members are welcome. Articles are lightly edited but not refereed. Please contact Jill Kenny [email protected] 1 A CURIOUS CASE OF RIVERBED POTHOLES IN WEST AUCKLAND Michael Coote Map and photographs by Kent Xie Natural rock potholes at Woodside Reserve, Swanson two or more underlying, often oblique potholes, totalling During the COVID-19 lockdown period, local exercise up to about 1 m in depth in the biggest example. was promoted as official government policy. This situation encouraged the authors to look up maps for local The majority of the potholes were filled with water, but walkways, rights-of-way and reserves not previously most were above the water level of the stream. -
NZMS Newsletter #68
THE NEW ZEALAND MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY (INC.) NEWSLETTER CONTENTS NZMS Council and Officers Editorial: Basic Research Funding Local News Lotto, Catherine Caughey & COLOSSUS, Erdös numbers, Gordon Petersen Conferences Visitors Centrefold: Wolfgang Vogel Notices Hector medal for John Butcher Brunei connection Student notice for NZMC '97 NZMS accreditation RSNZ Mathematical and Information Sciences update NZ Association of Mathematics Teachers 1997 conference ANZIAM notes Heat pipe symposium Grantee Reports, Grant Applications David Bryant, Chris Stephens, Irene Pestov Positions Available NUMBER 68 December 1996 ISSN 0110-0025 NZMS COUNCIL AND OFFICERS President Professor Douglas Bridges (University of Waikato) Incoming Vice President Professor Rob Goldblatt (Victoria University) Secretary Dr Stephen Joe (University of Waikato) Treasurer Dr Mark McGuinness (Victoria University) Councillors Dr Rick Beatson (University of Canterbury), to 1999 Professor Michael Hendy (Massey University), to 1998 Dr Vivien Kirk (University of Auckland), to 1999 Dr Dennis McCaughan (University of Otago), to 1997 Dr Robert McLachlan (Massey University), to 1999 Dr Mick Roberts (AgResearch), to 1997 Membership Secretary Dr John Shanks (University of Otago) Newsletter Editor Professor Michael Hendy (Massey University) Legal Adviser Dr Peter Renaud (University of Canterbury) Archivist Professor John Harper (Victoria University) Visitor Liaison Dr David McIntyre (University of Auckland) Publicity Convenor Dr David McIntyre (University of Auckland) NEWSLETTER CORRESPONDENTS -
Volume 70, No. 3, October 2006
Inside Volume 70, No.3, October 2006 Articles and Features 70 Structure Determination of New Algal Toxins using NMR Methods Alistair L. Wilkins*,a and Christopher O. Milesb,c 74 Faecal Sterols and Fluorescent Whiteners as Indicators of the Source of Faecal Contamination Megan Devane,* Darren Saunders and Brent Gilpin 78 The Curious Case of Phosphate Solubility Andrew J. Pratt 82 Water Oxidation by Ruthenium Dimers Matthew I. J. Polson 85 Fluorinated Analogues of Biological Molecules: Accessing New Chemical, Physical and Biological Properties Michael Edmondsa and Victoria Peddieb 88 Drug Discovery in the New Millennium Steven G. Aitken 93 2006 NZIC Salary Survey Summary 98 Chemical Processes In New Zealand – Where To From Here? 101 38th International Chemistry Olympiad Regular Columns 99 Patent Proze 102 NZIC News 108 Conference Calendar Advertisers Index Cover Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Ltd Back Cover Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Ltd Inside Front Cover Global Science Inside Back Cover Pacific Laboratory Products 81 NZIC Conference 84 Graham B Jackson: Certified Reference Materials Disclaimer The New Zealand Institute of Scientific Editor The views and opinions expressed in Chemistry Incorporated Professor B. Halton, FRSNZ, Hon, FNZIC Chemistry in New Zealand are those of the PO Box 39-112 School of Chemical and Physical Sciences individual authors and are not necessarily those Harewood, Christchurch Victoria University of the publisher, the Editorial Board or the PO Box 600 Phone: +64 3 359 7275 New Zealand Institute of Chemistry. Whilst Wellington, New Zealand Fax: +64 3 359 7248 the publisher has taken every precaution to Email: NZIC.Offi[email protected] Phone: +64 4 463 5954 ensure the total accuracy of material contained Fax: +64 4 463 5241 in Chemistry in New Zealand, no responsibility Managing Editors and Publishers Email: [email protected] for errors or omissions will be accepted. -
ANNUAL REPORT 2013 © May 2014
ANNUAL REPORT 2013 © May 2014 The MacDiarmid Institute of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology PO Box 600 Wellington New Zealand [email protected] www.macdiarmid.ac.nz ISSN 2324-4445 (print) ISSN 2324-447 (online) A note about the title: Making the Invisible, Visible. This year’s report title references a successful nanotechnology public art exhibition called Art of the Invisible hosted by the Institute in 2013. It also plays on the idea that MacDiarmid Institute scientists frequently explore and investigate (and make visible) matter and objects that are so small, they seem invisible. THE MACDIARMID INSTITUTE IMPACT IN 2013 4 for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology ANNUAL REPORT 2013 ABOUT THE MACDIARMID INSTITUTE 6 FOREWORD 10 SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE 12 TURNING FICTION INTO FACT 30 LEADERSHIP 34 THE PHOTON FACTORY SHOOTS AND SCORES 44 INSPIRATION 48 FISH EYES AND MILK POWDER 58 ADVANCEMENT OF NEW ZEALAND 62 LETTING THE SCIENCE LEAD THE WAY 72 GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE 76 DIRECTORY 90 4 THE MACDIARMID INSTITUTE MACDIARMID INSTITUTE HIGHLIGHTS The MacDiarmid Institute’s strategic plan is implemented Scientific leadership and collaboration results in IMPACT IN 2013 successful grant applications, ground-breaking research, commercialisation opportunities and outcomes and research awards ENGAGEMENT THE MACDIARMID INSTITUTE’S WITH MĀORI SCIENTISTS AND PASIFIKA ACCESS STATE- OF-THE ART COMMUNITIES TECHNOLOGY INCREASES & EQUIPMENT The MacDiarmid Institute’s stories and vision is conveyed through channels such as the mainstream and social media Scientific Leading scientists excellence is from New Zealand recognised and throughout the externally in world are supported reports such through a range of as the latest new and existing CoRE report initiatives CONTRIBUTION TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW ZEALAND IS REALISED THROUGH The MacDiarmid Institute is named after New Zealand chemist Alan MacDiarmid who was one of three SCIENCE COMMERCIALISATION AND recipients to win the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2000. -
2018 Annual Report
MacDiarmid Institute Annual Report 2018 MACDIARMID INSTITUTE 2018 ANNUAL REPORT Out of the lab 1 MacDiarmid Institute Annual Report 2018 Our focus is materials science research and technologies, especially the unexplored territory where chemistry, physics, biology and engineering meet. We collaborate to create new knowledge addressing the big problems of our time, and bring innovations to the marketplace and contribute to the New Zealand Economy. Our ultimate aim is to create technologies that can improve our lives and our environment. Introduction 1 MacDiarmid Institute Annual Report MacDiarmid Institute Annual Report 2018 2018 From 2002 - 2018 CONTENTS Introduction Into the community 656 PhD graduates Co-Director’s report—6 Overview—67 Chair’s report—7 Partnering to deepen and further our engagement—68 852 research alumni Public engagement events—69 Out of the lab Exploring synergies between two Overview—8 knowledge systems—70 3500+ AMN conference attendees New batteries, three approaches—12 Showcasing Science —72 When physics meets biochemistry—18 Taking hi-tech stories to museums —73 Annual symposium poster series—22 Materialise sustainable future forum—74 64 inventions patented Feeling the force of fungi to stop it Existing partnerships—80 killing our forests—24 House of Science—80 Biomaterials as surgical tools—28 Nano Girl—82 15 spinout companies created Virtual materials—30 Inspire festival—83 Metal organic frameworks (MOFs)—34 Kōrero partnership—83 Examining the nano-environment between Dancing with Atoms—83 cancer cells—38 Sunsmart -
Maurice Wilkins Centre
MAURICE WILKINS CENTRE New Zealand’s Centre of Research Excellence targeting human disease Annual Report 2012 Maurice Wilkins Centre The Maurice Wilkins Centre is New Zealand’s Centre of Research Excellence targeting major human diseases. It focuses on cancer, diabetes and infectious disease. New Zealand has an outstanding reputation for biomedical research. The Centre aims to harness this expertise to develop drugs and vaccines, tools for early diagnosis and prevention, and new models of disease. In addition to translational research that directly targets human disease, the Maurice Wilkins Centre encourages innovative fundamental science that has the potential for high impact on human health. The Maurice Wilkins Centre is a multidisciplinary network that brings together leading biologists, chemists and computer scientists. By the end of 2012 it comprised 119 investigators throughout the country, and over 131 early-career affiliates, linking researchers from six Universities, three Crown Research Institutes and two private research institutes. These investigators represent most of New Zealand’s expertise in discovering new drugs, vaccines and diagnostic tools that proceed to clinical trials. As the national hub for molecular biodiscovery the Centre provides a point of contact for a broad range of local scientific expertise. It cultivates collaborations with international researchers and research institutions and also engages with industry and the medical profession. It is committed to building the economy, and building scale in the New Zealand biomedical sector. For more information see www.mauricewilkinscentre.org For more information on New Zealand Centres of Research Excellence see www.acore.ac.nz Director’s Report .................................................................................... 2 Contribution to National Goals .............................................................. -
2019 Academy Annual Report
2019 ACADEMY ANNUAL REPORT CHAIR’S FOREWORD The Academy celebrated the centenary of the Fellowship in 2019 with the induction of 20 new Fellows at a ceremony held in Wellington on 14 February, followed by the New Fellows’ Symposium. The diversity and range of scholarship in the academy was significantly enhanced with these new elections which included 11 women, 2 outstanding Māori scholars and one Fellow internationally recognised for original thinking and influence on the application of the Treaty of Waitangi in our law and society. In addition, three new Honorary Fellows were inducted at the ceremony. All three Honorary Fellows joined the new Fellows and friends of the Academy at a special dinner that evening. Our special guest, Dame Anne Glover, President of the Royal Society Edinburgh, gave the after- dinner address. To recognise the Academy’s centenary a cake was cut at the dinner by the oldest Fellow Dr Eddie Robertson OBE CBE FRSNZ who had turned 100 in January. A geophysicist, he was Director General of the DSIR in the last 10 years before his retirement. He was elected a Fellow in 1963. The following day, 14 February, Dame Anne Glover contributed alongside a number of other distinguished speakers to a hui on how we might better recognise many and diverse forms of excellence in science, technology, the humanities and mātaurangi as we strive to expand the scope and relevance of the Society and Academy to all New Zealanders. This was an extremely important discussion where we could share knowledge and practice across our scholarly communities to continue to improve our processes. -
2013 Academy Annual Report
This document has been created from historical website content. 2013 Academy Annual Report The 2013 Academy Annual Report details the accomplishments of the Academy of the Royal Society of New Zealand throughout the year. Chair’s foreword As Chair of the Academy Executive Committee since July 2013, I would like to extend my thanks to Professor Richard Le Heron, who preceded me during the first 6 months of 2013, for his effort in guiding the Academy during that time. Thereafter, he supported and advised me in my role as Chair. Also over the last year the Academy Executive Committee members that sat on the Society’s Council comprising Professor Sir David Skegg (President RSNZ), Professor Richard Le Heron, Dr John Caradus, Professor Michael Corballis, Dr Stephen Goldson, Professor Keith Hunter, Professor Margaret Tennant and Professor Richard Bedford worked to enhance the profile of the Academy as the intellectual focus of Royal Society of New Zealand. An important role of the Chair of the Academy is to chair the annual Fellowship election process. The 2013 round resulted in the selection of 13 new Fellows and two new Honorary Fellows. The Fellowship at 31 December stood at 389 and Honorary Fellowship at 59. This year some modifications to the election procedure introduced on a trial basis last year were continued and the process operated very smoothly, thanks largely to excellent preparatory work done by Gill Sutherland, Senior Manager—Society Secretariat. As a result of consultation with both the Fellows and the representatives of the constituent organisations, it was suggested that the Academy should become more active in preparing RSNZ Expert Advice Papers using both Fellows and the wider communities to formulate well researched documents for public dissemination. -
The Mid-Cenozoic Challenger Rift System of Western New Zealand and Its Implications for the Age of Alpine Fault Inception
The mid-Cenozoic Challenger Rift System of western New Zealand and its implications for the age of Alpine fault inception PETER J. J. KAMP Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, 2001, New Zealand ABSTRACT finger-like re-entrants of the Late Cretaceous New Caledonia basin and Bounty Trough, which both protrude into the subcontinent. The objective Analysis of the structure and sedimentary geology of western of this paper is to document evidence for another rift system, of Eocene- New Zealand has identified a middle Eocene to early Miocene conti- Oligocene age, named here the "Challenger Rift System," which trended nental rift system, 1,200 km long and 100-200 km wide, named here north-south through western New Zealand from the Norfolk basin to the the "Challenger Rift System." Four phases of rift development oc- Solander Trough (Fig. 1). This rift, by dissecting the subcontinent, induced curred: (1) infra-rift subsidence, (2) active axial trough subsidence, (3) subsidence of its most interior parts. It also indicates that the foundering expanded rift subsidence involving collapse of the rift shoulders, and was associated with at least two periods of rifting, one in the Late Creta- (4) incipient sea-floor spreading. The spatial and temporal distribution ceous and another in the mid-Cenozoic. of these phases identifies a North Island and a South Island rift seg- The Challenger Rift System is named after the Challenger Plateau, a ment and shows that rifting propagated toward the center of the rift shallowly submerged portion of the New Zealand subcontinent (Law- from both ends. -
Roger Curtis Green March 15, 1932–October 4, 2009
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ROGE R C U R T I S Gr EEN 1 9 3 2 — 2 0 0 9 A Biographical Memoir by PAT R I C K V . K I R CH Any opinions expressed in this memoir are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Academy of Sciences. Biographical Memoir COPYRIGHT 2010 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WASHINGTON, D.C. ROGER CURTIS GrEEN March 15, 1932–October 4, 2009 BY P ATRICK V . KIRCH OGER CURTIS GREEN, A TOWERING FIGURE in Pacific anthro- Rpology, passed away in his beloved home in Titirangi nestled in the hills overlooking Auckland on October 4, 2009, at the age of 77 years. Roger was one of the most influential archaeologists and historical anthropologists of Oceania in the second half of the 20th century. He revolutionized the field of Polynesian archaeology through his application of the settlement pattern approach. He conducted significant field research in New Zealand, French Polynesia, Samoa, Hawai‘i, the Solomon Islands, and the Bismarck Archipelago, advancing our knowledge of prehistory across the Pacific. His collaborations with historical linguists provided a firm foundation for the use of language reconstructions in prehis- tory, and he helped to advance a phylogenetic approach to historical anthropology. The Lapita Cultural Complex, now widely appreciated as representing the initial human settle- ment of Remote Oceania, was first largely defined through his efforts. And, he leaves an enduring legacy in the many students he mentored. EARLY YEARS Roger’s parents, Eleanor Richards (b. 1908) and Robert Jefferson Green (b. -
Mineral, Coal and Petroleum Resources: Production,Exploration and Potential
2.3 MINERAL, COAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES MINERAL, COAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES: PRODUCTION, EXPLORATION AND POTENTIAL Anthony B. Christie1, Richard G. Barker2 1 GNS Science, PO Box 30-368, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand 2 Consulting Geologist, PO Box 54-094, The Marina, Bucklands Beach, Auckland 2144, New Zealand ABSTRACT: New Zealand has been a signifi cant producer of minerals and coal since early European settlement in the mid-19th century, and of hydrocarbons since 1970. Current production consists of oil, gold and silver, high quality (bituminous) coal, ironsand and specialised industrial minerals such as halloysite china clay for export, and a range of minerals and rocks for domestic use that are fundamental to New Zealand’s economy and infrastructure. The latter include aggregate for road making and construction (concrete aggregate and cement), coal for use by industry and electricity generation, and limestone for agriculture, cement making, and industry. Small quantities of diatomite, dolomite, perlite, pumice, serpentinite, and zeolite are also produced mainly for domestic markets. Other commodities that have been produced in the past include antimony, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, phosphate, platinum, sulphur, tin, tungsten, and zinc. New Zealand has well-documented potential for the discovery of a wide range of minerals and of petroleum, both onshore and offshore. Exploration is essential for converting this resource potential to wealth-creating assets. The resource-related industries are signifi cant economic contributors, but New Zealand’s resource potential remains to be realised. Mineral resources are created by natural processes and are generally described as non-renewable, implying they are fi nite, but many minerals (metals in particular) have been produced for several thousand years.