FIELD TRIPS
NZHS Field Trips are held on Friday 6th December departing the Energy Events Centre at 9am
Eastern Bay of Plenty Field Trip
AM: Depart for Ngongotaha area
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Flooded April 2018
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Causes of flooding
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Flow paths
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Areas seriously flooded
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Remedial possibilities
Morning tea and presentation at Okere Gates, Lake Rotoiti. Presentation on lakes level management and water quality.
12 - 12:30 PM: Lunch at Pikowai Beach - an idyllic location.
PM: Matata.
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2005 debris flow through a housing area.
Edgecumbe Flooding 2017
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Flood event
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Remedial works
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Lessons learnt
Return: Approx. 3.30pm to Rotorua via the airport
Groundwater and Land use in the Lake Rotorua Catchment
AM:
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Kurau Park and the reestablishment of natural groundwater levels in the Rotorua groundwater system
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Utuhina Springs and groundwater supply/RLC
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Ngontotaha Stream: pristine to turbid
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Lake Rotorua groundwater system: geology, land use and the Mamaku Plateau
Lunch: Group meal in at Awahou Marae, north of Ngontotaha
PM:
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Awahou Spring complex, Ngati Rangiwewehi and the kaitiaki flows project
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Hamurana Springs
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The Lake Rotoiti diversion wall
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Return to Airport/City