Project Tongariro Memorial Award Winners 2023

 

PROJECT TONGARIRO MEMORIAL AWARD WINNERS 2023

The Project Tongariro Memorial Award was established by the society in memory of Keith Maurice Blumhardt, William Edward Cooper, Douglas Neal McKenzie, Derek Ian White, and Marie Pauline Williams, who died on Mt Ruapehu while testing helicopter rescue equipment on 9 December 1982.

At the start of this year the award was give to Amelia Sork & Dr Janine Krippner for their study towards understanding the danger of large rock impacts from Ngāuruhoe Eruptions and Juliette Vicente For the study of improving the accuracy of debris avalanche simulations. Congratulations to our winners!

Left: Amelia Sork, Right Janine Krippner

Juliette Vicente

 
Hannah Townley