Melange and related structures in Torlesse accretionary wedge, Wairarapa, New Zealand

Population Ecology of Rabbits in the Wairarapa, New Zealand

An aged sample of over 17,000 rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from the Wairarapa, in the North Island of New Zealand (area 2535 km , 41 o10'S), was autopsied between September 1965 and September 1967. The sample represented about two-thirds of all rabbits shot by the Pest Destruction Board. Information included: date; property; age; sex; body-weight; if male – testes scrotal or not, if female –...

Accretionary prisms in subduction earthquake cycles: The theory of dynamic Coulomb wedge

[1] We expand the theory of critically tapered Coulomb wedge for accretionary prisms by considering stress changes in subduction earthquake cycles. Building on the Coulomb plasticity of the classical theory, we assume an elastic–perfectly Coulomb plastic rheology and derive exact stress solutions for stable and critical wedges. The new theory postulates that the actively deforming, most seaward...

A lithium isotopic study of sub-greenschist to greenschist facies metamorphism in an accretionary prism, New Zealand

A quantification of alcohol-related mortality in New Zealand.

BACKGROUND There are no published New Zealand (NZ) studies on alcohol drinking and total mortality, despite its importance to alcohol health policy. AIMS To estimate the proportion of NZ deaths caused or prevented by alcohol drinking. METHODS The proportion of current alcohol drinkers from recent NZ surveys, and pooled relative risks from a review of the international literature on alcohol ...

Work related injury in New Zealand commercial fishermen.

The fatal and non-fatal injuries related to work in commercial fishermen operating out of New Zealand ports is described. Three data sources were used to provide information on the nature of the injuries sustained, as well as their circumstances. High rates of fatal and non-fatal injury were found, with most deaths attributed to drowning, and concerning a vessel operating in rough seas or poor ...