The New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) is the affiliated organisation in New Zealand of the International Societies representing practitioners in Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology. NZGS is also an affiliated Society of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ).
The aims of the Society are:
- To promote study and research within the fields of soil mechanics, rock mechanics and engineering geology;
- To advance the practice and application of these disciplines in engineering;
- To implement the statutes of the respective International Societies in so far as they are applicable in New Zealand.
Full members of the NZGS must be affiliated to at least one of the following Societies:
Membership
The society publishes a magazine, Geomechanics News, twice yearly.
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Contact the editor:
Kate Williams
kwilliams@tonkin.co.nz
Former Chairs of the NZ Geotechnical Society
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1958 |
Mr J W Ridley |
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1959 - 1961 |
Mr N W Collins |
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1962 - 1966 |
Mr O T Jones |
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1967 - 1973 |
Mr J H H Galloway |
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1974 - 1976 |
Mr D K Taylor |
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1977 - 1979 |
Mr J P Blakeley |
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1980 - 1982 |
Dr I M Parton |
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1983 - 1985 |
Mr T J Kayes |
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1986 - 1987 |
Mr A J Olsen |
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1988 - 1990 |
Mr D N Jennings |
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1991 - 1992 |
Dr C J Graham |
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1993 - 1995 |
Mr D H Bell |
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1996 - 1997 |
Mr C N Newton |
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1998 - 1999 |
Mr G B Farquhar |
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2000 – 2001 |
Mr G G Grocott |
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2002 |
Mr S A Crawford |
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2003 |
Dr J Marsh |
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2004 - 2006 |
Dr K McManus |
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2007 |
Dr C Y Chin |
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