Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Carlos Herrera, John F. Cassidy, Stan E. Dosso, Jan Dettmer, Wasja Bloch, Christian Sippl, Pablo Salazar
Summary: The study reveals the spatial variability of crustal stress in northern Chile, showing a margin-parallel compressive stress regime along the coast and a strike-slip faulting regime in the Andean Precordillera. The results suggest a connection between these stress regimes and seismic events.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Isabella M. Y. Cheung, Simon Horsburgh, Mohammed Ziaei, Akilesh Gokul
Summary: This study aimed to describe the utilization of ocular antibiotics in New Zealand from 2010 to 2019. The findings showed variations in antibiotic usage among different patient subgroups, with differences in age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors. This information can improve the prevention and management of bacterial ocular infections and support initiatives in antibiotic stewardship and medicine access equity.
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Tomoaki Nishikawa, Takuya Nishimura, Yutaro Okada
Summary: The study detected earthquake swarms along the Hikurangi Trench in New Zealand using the ETAS model, finding that most earthquake swarm sequences were intraplate events concentrated along the east coast of the North Island. Some earthquake swarms occurred several days before slow slip events, suggesting that SSE-induced stress loading may not be the triggering mechanism for these pre-SSE earthquake swarms.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jess I. T. Hillman, Sally Joan Watson, Katherine Leigh Maier, Jasper Justus Lutz Hoffmann, Kyle J. Bland, Fynn Warnke, Ingo A. Pecher, Andrew Robert Gorman, Bryan Davy, Suzanne Bull, Susi Woelz
Summary: Seafloor pockmarks are widely distributed around Aotearoa New Zealand, and their formation and impact are of great interest due to their potential links to hydrocarbon systems, role as habitats for benthic organisms, and influence on seafloor stability. Through analyzing a database of over 30,000 pockmarks, this study identifies significant trends and highlights important gaps in knowledge that require further investigation.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Gary Brierley, Ian Fuller, Gary Williams, Dan Hikuroa, Alice Tilley
Summary: This article reviews perspectives on rivers in New Zealand, exploring whether they are wild or tamed entities. It argues that management practices have disconnected society from rivers, causing an environmental loss, particularly for indigenous Maori. The article suggests that reimagining wild rivers in New Zealand can be achieved by reconnecting with indigenous knowledge.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Deirdre D. Ryan, Alastair J. H. Clement, Nathan R. Jankowski, Paolo Stocchi
Summary: This study presents the current state of knowledge of the last interglacial sea-level record in New Zealand, identifying 77 relative sea-level indicators. It explores the impact of active tectonics on the sea-level record and emphasizes the importance of high-quality indicators. The New Zealand sea-level record offers valuable insights into sea-level fluctuations and climatic changes during MIS 5.
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nicholas Steyn, Michael J. Plank, Rachelle N. Binny, Shaun C. Hendy, Audrey Lustig, Kannan Ridings
Summary: This article develops a mathematical model to estimate the impact of New Zealand's vaccine rollout on the potential spread and health impacts of COVID-19. The study aims to provide policy advice on border restrictions and control measures during the vaccination roll-out. The model finds that reaching the population immunity threshold would require close to 100% vaccination coverage, but achieving such coverage is unlikely. Relaxing controls completely would risk serious health impacts, but higher vaccine coverage would provide collective protection and make it easier to control outbreaks.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Stephen Reder
Summary: Education and literacy have significant impacts on individuals' social and economic outcomes. Reading engagement, independent of literacy proficiency, education, and other important variables, has positive effects on individuals' earnings, health, social trust, political efficacy, and civic engagement.
Article
Immunology
Cameron Burton, Emma Best, Matthew Broom, Helen Heffernan, Simon Briggs, Rachel Webb
Summary: New Zealand experienced a B serogroup meningococcal epidemic from 1991 to 2006, with a higher incidence compared to other high-income countries. A study conducted in Auckland from January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2020 assessed the clinical and immunization data of children below 15 years of age. The results showed that Maori and Pacific children, as well as those from deprived areas, were disproportionately affected. This highlights the need to include the N. meningitidis serogroup B vaccine in the national immunization schedule to address this persistent health inequity.
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gary J. Brierley, Daniel Hikuroa, Ian C. Fuller, Jon Tunnicliffe, Kristiann Allen, James Brasington, Heide Friedrich, Jo Hoyle, Richard Measures
Summary: Contemporary management practices in Aotearoa New Zealand have constrained river systems to support land use, which undermines the functionality, biodiversity, and socio-cultural relations with rivers. The confinement of rivers can increase flood risk and limit adaptation to climate change. Despite aligning with Maori conceptualizations of rivers and Treaty of Waitangi obligations, space-to-move interventions have yet to be implemented.
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-WATER
(2023)
Article
Economics
Caroline Shaw, Jemaima Tiatia-Seath
Summary: This study examines the inequalities in transport by ethnicity in New Zealand. The findings show that Pacific peoples have less access to bicycles and cars and have different travel patterns compared to the non-Pacific population. Overall, Pacific peoples emit 30% less greenhouse gas emissions from household-level travel. These disparities are likely due to differences in sociodemographic characteristics, physical, sociocultural, and policy-regulatory environment by ethnicity. The study highlights the importance of transport policy recognizing the distinct needs of underserved groups, such as Pacific peoples, in order to create a low-carbon transport system that does not increase transport inequity.
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Sebastian Correa-Otto, Guido M. Gianni
Summary: We analyzed crustal seismological records to assess the origin of variable seismic activity in the southern Central and Patagonian Andes. By studying seismicity in terms of area covered, depth, latitude, and time, we found a consistent decrease in the number of earthquakes south of 38.5 degrees S. This decrease in seismic activity seems to be related to the properties of the lower plate and may have been triggered by the presence of young/warm and short subducting plates.
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Jefferson Yarce, Anne F. Sheehan, Steven Roecker
Summary: Slow slip events occur every 18-24 months in the northern Hikurangi margin of New Zealand and last for several weeks. The Regressive ESTimator algorithm was used to detect seismic events and determine the relationship between slow slip events and earthquakes. The auto-detector found more than three times the number of events compared to manual detection. An increase in earthquake occurrence rate was observed during the 2014 slow slip event.
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Jean F. Power, Caitlin L. Lowe, Carlo R. Carere, Ian R. McDonald, S. Craig Cary, Matthew B. Stott
Summary: This study provides a comprehensive temporal analysis of bacterial and archaeal communities in geothermal features in New Zealand. The results show that temperature and physicochemical properties of groundwater are the major parameters affecting these features, rather than composition. Furthermore, pH variation has a significant impact on community structure compared to temperature, indicating that alpha diversity is not sufficient to accurately measure microbial temporal disparity in geothermal features.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Adrien F. Arnulf, Dan Bassett, Alistair J. Harding, Shuichi Kodaira, Ayako Nakanishi, Gregory Moore
Summary: The structures in the upper plate have a significant impact on the geometry, hydration state, and segmentation of large megathrust earthquakes at subduction zones. High forearc wavespeeds and dense, high-rigidity plutons play a crucial role in forcing the subduction of incoming plates. Reduced mantle velocities beneath the region of maximum curvature and faulting may indicate serpentinization of the subducting mantle. The study also highlights the occurrence of large earthquakes originating from the flanks of these plutons.