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Kōrero: Geological exploration

Field work in the 1930s

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Field work in the 1930s

Max Gage poses with his brand-new Hercules two-speed bicycle. He worked as a student assistant for the Geological Survey in the summer of 1935–36. Working in the Wairarapa with geologist Mont Ongley, his only means of transport was a bicycle, which he had to supply.

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Maxwell Gage

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Simon Nathan, Geological exploration – Mapping, volcanoes and geophysics: 1900–1965, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8200/field-work-in-the-1930s (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.