As semester 1 starts here in Auckland we welcome a new group of postgraduate students who are working with us.  We will highlight some of their work through the year, so watch this space.

MSc student Sian Camp pictured here examining sediment core from offshore Hawkes Bay, is working on a collaborative project with Dr Lorna Strachan (UoA @NZseds), Dr Geoffroy Lamarche (UoA @GLamarcheNZ) and Dr Katie Maier (NIWA) . Her research will focus on understanding the offshore depositional system of the Hawkes Bay slope.  Her project forms part of series of projects that will help establish a paleoseismological record for the Hikurangi margin.  This is part of a 5 year MBIE Endeavour funded project (https://www.eastcoastlab.org.nz/news/new-evidence-of-kaikoura-underwater-landslide-found-offshore-hawkes-bay/ ).

We would like to extend a very warm welcome to Thibault Romao who is visiting us for 5 months. Thibault, from the University of Bordeaux, is completing a 5 month research internship where he is working with Dr Lorna Strachan (UoA @NZseds) and Dr Helen Bostock (NIWA @HelenBostock5) on a project focussing on the depositional processes in deep-water Antarctica.