The students who were sponsored to attend the seminar. Back row, from left: Billie Jennings, Eddie Johnson, Hannah Bosinovski, Amelia Kirisome, Ella Fookes, Thornton Birchler-Stockdill, Chester Rosie. Front row, from left: Hugo Collins, Sian Mair, Frankie Robb, Tsewang Nuru Sherpa. Credit: E. Tidey
WORLD HYDROGRAPHY DAY SEMINAR Billie Jennings, Tsewang Nuru Sherpa, Thornton Birchler-Stockdill, Hannah Bozinovski, Eddie Johnson and Emily Tidey
O
n July 9, 2021, the New Zealand Region of the Aus-
support pole damage as well as continued creep in the
tralian Hydrographic Society (AHS) held their annual
port.
seminar in Wellington, hosted by Land Information
These physical changes that continue in the port
New Zealand (LINZ). There were speakers from all over the
surface have created a need for continuous surveying
country, ranging from university students to the Royal NZ
and monitoring. Future commitment to more sustainable
Navy, and to research, government and various commercial
practices was shown with a discussion on the careful
companies. Eleven students were sponsored by the AHS to
planning undertaken to reduce noise created when fixing
attend the day and give a presentation or write up this re-
the earthquake and settlement damage to minimise any
port. Sponsored students came from Otago University, the
disturbance to underwater wildlife as well as low-carbon
Southern Institute of Technology and Lincoln University.
planning by the recent introduction of a new fleet of
The first event of the day was a field trip to CentrePort Wellington. As we toured the port area, we were provided
electric container transport vehicles. On return to LINZ, the large number of attendees
an overview of the operations and goals of CentrePort.
(probably a record attendance for this annual seminar)
Some of the unique challenges that have been tackled
settled in for the 11 presentations.
by the port authority in the past were outlined, as well as likely future challenges such as the pressing commitment to carbon-neutral emissions goals. Most noteworthy among past challenges were the
Toitū Te Whenua LINZ – Update By Stuart Caie, Toitū Te Whenua/ Land Information New Zealand
drastic changes following the Kaikōura earthquakes,
The first presentation covered future design plans for
with the damages to the port leaving it in such a reduced
hydrographic development in New Zealand, with project
capacity that the cost of shipping increased by 800 per
Janus a notable development, created by LINZ to update
cent. Subsequent surveys under the wharf found extensive
and support efficient hydrographic navigation and
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