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Bruce Hayward explains one of New Zealand's best examples of a rhyolite dome, and takes a tour to look at why it is this shape and what the rocks tell us about it's formation. Mt Maunganui is also known as Mauao.

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Near Rotorua NZ there is an extensive area of scattered mounds and rock pinnacles (tors) that have baffled scientists and inspired some people to propose an 'ancient burial ground'. What made these unusual formations? Bruce Hayward has the solution.

Thanks to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa for the animation of an ignimbrite eruption. See full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRWnBtoshc0

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The answer has been in plain sight all along. Julian Thomson and Bruce Hayward investigate the Kaimanawa Wall controversy to try and get the real facts about whether it is an ancient megalithic structure or natural feature. They discover that the simple explanation for the feature is right at the feet of everybody who visits.

CORRECTION at 5.15: Ignimbrite is 330 - 340 thousand years old, not million years as shown on map.

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Bruce Hayward, the geology wizard, reads the rocks of Mōhakatino Beach on the north Taranaki coast NZ.

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A wild walk along the remote Wairarapa coast at Glenburn Station to look at landforms and rocks created by earthquake uplift, sea level change and erosion. A hike with lots of surprises.

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New Zealand's highest active volcano has been under an ice cap for the majority of its existence, from 250,000 years ago. There are many glacial features around the slips of the mountain.

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Unique in the World - the Alpine Fault is the on-land section of New Zealand's plate boundary that slices through the South Island. What have we learnt about it and what are the chances it could produce a big earthquake?

With thanks to the scientists from GNS Science, Otago University and VUW Wellington as well as Making Movies, Auckland for their footage, collaboration and assistance that made this video possible.

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On the shoreline near Auckland's airport are two generations of fossil forest - one destroyed by water and the other by a fiery volcano. Bruce Hayward shows what can be discovered there with the keen eye of a geologist.

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Bruce Hayward uses careful observations to explain how the Whangārei Heads were formed.

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In the far north of New Zealand there is a field of dormant volcanoes that could one day erupt again.
With geologist Bruce Hayward.

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Bruce Hayward explains the dunes and lignite layers along the popular Baylys Beach, Northland, NZ.

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Aucklands best volcano hike - but there's more to it than meets the eye, featuring Bruce Hayward

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Karst is a weathering feature occurring commonly in limestone rocks where acidity in rain and groundwater eats away at the rocks.
But in very unusual conditions this can happen to basalt rocks which baffled scientists for many years. Wairere boulders are the best example in the world.
Bruce Hayward takes a look.

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Moa footprints discovered in New Zealand in July 2024 by Julian Thomson and Bruce Hayward. Fossilised footprints of the extinct giant flightless birds are extremely rare, and only two other discoveries since 1866 had more footprints than the ~13 or found here.

Tokatoka and Maungaraho Peaks in Northland NZ are the roots of an ancient volcano now eroded away. Bruce Hayward has the story of these amazing rock pinnacles.

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Koutu Boulders in Northland are thought to be the biggest spherical sedimentary concretions in New Zealand, much bigger than the more famous Moeraki Boulders in the South Island. But how did they form and why are they gathered on the beach of Hokianga Harbour? Bruce Hayward explains.

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In July 2024, Geologist Bruce Hayward and Out There Learning educator Julian Thomson discovered at least 13 moa footprints at Kaipara, north of Auckland, NZ. Moa were huge flightless birds that are now extinct. Since 1866 only 13 other moa footprint discoveries have been made.

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Aoraki Mount Cook is New Zealand's highest mountain peak. Majestic from the distance, but how solid is this mountain really?

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The Alpine Fault in the South Island of New Zealand forms the boundary between the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates. It produces very large earthquakes (up to Magnitude 8+) every 250 to 300 years on average. Although it seems like an insignificant crack in this video short, it runs for hundreds of kilometres and is responsible for the creation of the Southern Alps over the last 10 million years.
It last ruptured in 1717 giving a very high probability of rupturing (~75%) in the next 50 years.