Story: Active faults

Active faults in New Zealand

The Alpine Fault

Sideways movement on the Hope Fault

Trench across the Ōhariu Fault

The Edgecumbe Fault

The Edgecumbe Fault

White Creek Fault, Murchison

Greendale Fault

Greendale Fault

House built across a fault

Wellington Fault crossing Thorndon

Ostler Fault: simple fault scarp

Ostler Fault: complex fault scarp

Wellington Fault near Totara Park, Upper Hutt

Building near the Wellington Fault

Alpine Fault in South Westland

Alpine Fault offshore from Fiordland

The Wellington Fault

Wellington Fault crossing Wellington

Wellington Fault in the Hutt Valley

Gerald Lensen, geologist

The Alpine Fault

The Alpine Fault

Tree ring evidence of fault movement

Tree ring growth near the Alpine Fault

The Alpine Fault beside Martyr River, South Westland