GNS Science

The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited ( GNS ), known for short as well GNS Science, is one of eight New Zealand Crown Research Institute. The Institute has the task to conduct research in the field of earth sciences and the knowledge gained in ecological, economic and social way to bring in useful in application. The research area of the Institute is divided into three major areas, the area of ​​natural resources, the field of natural disasters and the isotope research.

Like all government organizations in New Zealand, as well as the GNS Science has a Maori name that is called: Te Pu Ao and can be translated, mutatis mutandis " in its entirety, the foundation, the origin and source of the world".

Large public attention and popularity, the online service GeoNet the Institute, where the population of New Zealand is elucidated in relation to earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides and Tsunamies and partly as the seismic activity of the country can have part almost in real time to events.

Seat

The headquarters of the Institute is located in Lower Hutt. In addition to the National Isotope Centre in Lower Hutt, the Institute operates two other research centers, Wairakei Research Centre in Wairakei, about 7 km north of Taupo to find and located the Dunedin Research Centre in Dunedin, on the South Island of New Zealand.

History

The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences is actually from the merger of four institutions New Zealand Geological Survey (1865-1990), DSIR Geophysics Division (1951-1990), Institute of Nuclear Sciences (1959-1992) and DSIR Geology and Geophysics (1990 -1992 ) back, where the former were first converted to DSIR Geology and Geophysics, and was then merged with the Institute of Nuclear Sciences for GNS.

Already in the 1980s the New Zealand government began the research and science to restructure. In 1989, for the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology created (Ministry of Research, Science and Technology) with the aim to advise the government to prepare decision-making processes to prioritize resources allocations and introduce the performance review. But that's not enough. They wanted to create separate institutions that should do business independently and autonomously under government supervision and would then do under these conditions with its own rules and guidelines performance-related public and private sector jobs for a variety of tasks.

With the Crown Research Institutes Act 1992 ten Crown Research Institutes were established for this purpose, first, one of which still exist today, eight institutes. The GNS Science is one of them. With the Companies Act 1993, all institutions were converted to limited liability companies ( Limited). GNS Science is today, like all other Crown Research Institutes also, the Crown Company Unit ( controlling and advisory department ) Ministry of Finance and the Minister responsible for Research, Science and Technology assumed. Both the responsible Ministers are also interestingly always registered as a shareholder in each of the eight Crown Research Institutes.

Firm participation

  • GNS Science International Limited, Lower Hutt, founded on 20 November 2006.

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All sources of information and links in English

  • Annual Report 2008, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited, Lower Hutt, 2009.
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