New Zealand Student Tours

Geography Studies
    
Highly productive soft soils have been collected and uplifted from the ocean floor by tectonic subduction processes.  

 At the southern end of the this huge Zone we clearly see the faults which cut through the capital city of Wellington.  Both here and in the east of the North Island we can observe and learn about uplifts from recent violent earthquakes.
 
mapmpb2.JPG (2761 bytes)  There are pockets of limestone and old volcanic outcrops to add vary the landscapes and studies available in the zone.

Tectonics		 Tectonics
At the southern end of the Zone we clearly see the active faults cutting through the land and we learn of the history of earthquakes look at their causes and processes and explore how communities prepare to cope with them. 

Rivers		 Rivers
 Rivers found everywhere in the zone.  They are generally slow moving, meandering and sedate. we explore their uses, processes and development with generating power, fertilising land, recreation, town water supply and transportation.
 

Volcanoes		 Volcanoes
 Scattered through this large zone we find remnants of hundreds of old volcanoes. We drive to the top of one of Auckland's 50 old volcanoes. This is a 900 yr old volcano cone currently known as Mt Eden.
 


Karst Land & Caves
 

Karst Lands & Caves
Just four hours to the south of Auckland we can take a guided tour through New Zealand's most visited limestone caves. These are part of a fascinating limestone area and national parklands that enable us to understand the processes involved with the formation.


Coasts
 		 Coasts
We can search out explore and enjoy beautiful recreational beaches, feature filled rocky shores, mangroves, estuaries, harbours, and many areas of extensive long-shore drifting. 

Harbours		 Harbours
Interested groups discover the importance of shipping harbours for the trade necessary to sustain large modern populations. We explore different harbours created by different geographic processes.

Erosion 		Erosion
Rain and rivers have sliced into the soft land creating narrow steep sided valleys.  They spread the debris onto large flat alluvial plains. Tidal surges have washed the slow river outlets forming deep channels in the mud often creating excellent shipping harbours.

We look at the difficulties caused by the inevitable slips and landslides as they affect transportation, settlements and farming.
 

Forests		  

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