President's report to AGM 4
Financial statements (1993/94) 6
Jim Ansell Geophysics Prize established 8
Rules 9
Taxation status 11
Editor's page: 13
Geophysics and the University;
Endless dithering over marine research;
"There is a tide in the affairs of men..."
Geophysical Society news:
New Council; 17
Wellman Oral Archive; 19
Directory of NZ geophysicists, 1995 Edition 19
Announcements: Calls for replies to -
Planet Earth Fund; 19
Jim Ansell Prize; 20
Origin of Southern Alps Volume 20
General News:
Euan Smith to VUW; 21
Helen Anderson to Otago; 22
NZ Geophysics Prize awarded; 22
Earthquake Prediction, S Calif.; 23
New MORST committee 23
News from Royal Society of NZ:
Standing committee Earth Sciences; 24
National Committee for Geodesy & Geophysics; 24
Code of ethics
Karl Raimund Popper, 1902 - 1994 28
Our oceans: a wealth of opportunities: research vessel needs Bryan Davy 30
What's in a name? or, Identities of Earthquakes Warwick Smith 33
Reviews of Origin of the Southern Alps Symposium 1994 35
Sarah Beanland, Russell Robinson, Donna Eberhart-Phillips, John Beavan
Eye-witness at epicentre: 1994 Arthur's Pass earthquake Ross Gordon 40
September 1994 volcanic eruption in Rabaul Tony Hurst 42
Marine geophysics and the data deluge Bryan Davy 46
6th deep crustal seismics conference, Budapest 1994 Fred Davey 47
ANTOSTRAT symposium, Siena 1994 Fred Davey 51
Workshop on geomagnetic observatory instrumentation Lester Tomlinson 53
Fate of Ngauruhoe seismograph Ray Dibble 56
Todd Report: Funding growth in Tertiary Education... Review 58
Should the butcher subsidise the surgeon? - Michael Carter 59
Equity and tertiary fees - Bill Rosenberg 61
Funding tertiary education - M ichael Carter 64
Todd taskforce's recipe for poorer, dumber NZ - Denis Dutton 67
Aim to improve NZ's tertiary education rate - Grant Scobie 69
Higher student fees would hit middle income pocket - Susan St John 72
Coming events 75
Next Newsletter; Call for copy; Deadlines 76
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