Story: Geology – overview
Page 13. All images & media
From page 1 - New Zealand – a geological jigsaw puzzle
From page 2 - Rocky foundations
From page 3 - New Zealand’s oldest rocks
From page 4 - Building a continent
From page 5 - Disturbances on the edge of Gondwana
From page 6 - New Zealand breaks away from Gondwana
From page 7 - New Zealand reborn
From page 8 - Quaternary mountains and glaciers
From page 9 - Quaternary coasts and rivers
From page 10 - Quaternary volcanism
From page 11 - Holocene – the last 10,000 years
How to cite this page
Eileen McSaveney and Simon Nathan, Geology – overview, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/10397/media (accessed 10 June 2026).
Story by Eileen McSaveney and Simon Nathan, published 2 March 2009.