Stalactites at Rāwhiti Cave, near Tākaka Photo: Bruce W. Hayward
Geologist Bruce Hayward's latest book Mountains, Volcanoes, Coasts and Caves: Origins of Aotearoa New Zealand's Natural Wonders takes the reader around the motu. It tells of the history and geology of land forms, landscapes and coastal wonders, and contains pictures and aerial photography by Alastair Jamieson and Lloyd Homer.
The Pungarehu debris avalanche mound field of lumps of Mt Taranaki rock Photo: Alastair Jamieson
Dr Hayward is a recognised leading expert on living and fossil foraminifera. He's the founder and convenor of the NZ Geopreservation Inventory which documents and seeks greater protection for NZ's geoheritage features.
