9 May 2019
1 Fairway Drive, Avalon
Lower Hutt 5010
PO Box 30368
Nigel Gray
Lower Hutt 5040
By email:
New Zealand
Nigel Gray <[FYI request #10229 email]>
T +64-4-570 1444
F +64-4-570 4600
Dear Nigel
www.gns.cri.nz
Thank you for your Official Information Act request dated 1 May 2019 asking for the dates of the
underground detonations which were carried out as part of the project to study the Hikurangi
Subduction Zone under the east coast of the North Island. Below we provide this information.
There were five detonations over three days from February 26 to February 28, as follows:
26 February 2019 at 8.22pm
27 February 2019 at 7.13am
27 February 2019 at 7.17pm
28 February 2019 at 7.12am
28 February 2019 at 7.25pm
Yours sincerely
John Callan
Communications Advisor
GNS Science
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