Power generator Mercury NZ has avoided paying up to $1.5 million in fines by committing to improve safety after an incident at its Rotokawa geothermal power.
The families of nine people in Rotorua have just spent the holiday period with one less person at the table following a horror year on the region’s roads.
As Topp Phonphong prepares to mark two years since his older brother’s life was tragically taken after a drunk, drugged, speeding driver’s vehicle ploughed.
Dr Cécile Massiot (GNS Science) will be presenting her research on how borehole measurements and numerical modelling can be used to investigate how fracture networks influence permeability and geothermal energy in the Taupō Volcanic Zone.