Additional Resources.
Workshop & Seminar Papers
NZGA and its affiliates run and attend a number of conference or workshop style events throughout the year. You can download and view papers and presentations from these events. Please contact us if you experience any problems.
New Zealand Geothermal Association Seminar (28 July 2022)
We welcome you to share these slides within your networks, although please ensure to reference the author of the presentation and acknowledge that the material is supplied by NZGA.
- The Future of the GIDI Programme – Andrew Caseley, EECA
- Building a Green Hydrogen Supply Chain in Aotearoa New Zealand – Dave Binnie, Tūaropaki Trust
- He Ahi, the Tauhara Clean Energy Park – Blandina Diamond, Te Pae o Waimihia
- Clean Energy & Industrial Gases – Ankur Arora, Nikkiso
- Geoheat Action Plan 2022 - 2023 – Brian Carey, Geoheat Action Group
- CO2 Reduction Industry Collaboration Project – Katie McLean, NZGA
- Geothermal: The Next Generation – Isabelle Chambefort, GNG
- Ara Ake: Pathway to rapidly decarbonise Aotearoa's power system – Cristiano Marantes, Ara Ake
- Energy Sector Decarbonisation – Stephen Jay, Transpower
- Stainless - A Sustainable Partnership – Paul Gapper, NZ Stainless Steel Development Association
- Decarbonising New Zealand: Mercury Perspective – Buddhika Rajapakse, Mercury - available on request
2021
New Zealand Geothermal Association Seminar (29 July 2021)
- Welcome to 2021 NZGA Winter Seminar – Paul Siratovich & Kennie Tsui, NZGA
- Ināia tonu nei: the Commission’s advice – Sandra Velarde, Climate Change Commission
- Contact Energy – Emission Reduction Opportunities – Genelle Palmer, Contact Energy
- Powering up with Sustainable Finance – Louise Tong, BNZ
- Incorporating Geothermal into Wood Processing and Bioenergy – Paul Bennett, Scion, presented by Suren Wijeyekoon
- Top Energy and Ngawha Generation company structure – Fabian Hanik, Top Energy
- Position for the Next Generation of the Geothermal Workforce – Kererua Savage, Toi Kai Rawa Trust
- Tauhara North – Mana Newton, Tauhara North No.2 Trust
2020
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop Industry Updates (24 – 26 November 2020)
(Recordings of these presentations are available on request, subject to approval from the presenter)
- Mercury
- BOP Regional Council
- Western Energy
- NTGA
- Eastland
- WING
- Nalco
- Seequent
- Geothermal Institute
- Solenis
- WRC
- Jacobs
- TN2T
- Dobbie
- Thorndon Cook
- Worksafe
- Ara Ake
- Suez / Ixom
- Schlumberger
- NZTE
2019
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop Industry Updates (27 November 2019)
New Zealand Geothermal Association Mini Seminar (27 Sept 2019)
New Zealand Geothermal Association Seminar (11 July 2019)
2018
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop Industry Updates(16 November 2018)
New Zealand Geothermal Association Seminar (June 2018)
2017
New Zealand Geothermal Association Seminar (27 June 2017)
- The big picture of geothermal in New Zealand – exploring our current generation and direct uses, and where major players see industry heading in the next five to ten years
- Geoheat strategy – its evolution, opportunities, issues and risks for key stakeholders, and how it’ll be implemented
- Low temperature power generation – what are the new developments in this space?
- Regional strategy promoting growth – implications of economic development strategies for geothermal and other renewables
- Geothermal regulations – their review process, positions for promotion by Industry, key issues, nature and scale of risk and position paper and progress
- Geothermal research in NZ – where it’s headed?
- Education and research in NZ – Geothermal Institute: current trends and its reality
- MBIE road-map – what is it and who’s involved and been consulted?
- NZ Aid – opportunities for NZ geothermal specialists within the NZ Aid Program in East Africa, Caribbean and South Pacific
2016
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, (25 November 2016)
2015
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, (20 November 2015)
- Contact Energy Update, (1.4MB)
Mighty River Power Industry Update, (454KB) - Eastland Generation Update, (1MB)
- Pertamina Energy Outlook, (3.3MB)
- Ngati Tuwharetoa Geothermal Assets – Industry Update, (1.42MB)
- Women in Geothermal (WinG) Industry Update, (899KB)
- Waikato Regional Council Industry Update, (379KB)
- Bay of Plenty Region Industry Update, (211KB)
- Hawkins Infrastructure Industry Update, (170KB)
- MB Century Company Update, (365KB)
- Geothermal New Zealand Industry Update (217KB)
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (1MB)
- Jacobs Industry Update (596KB)
- Thorndon Cook Industry Upate (1MB)
- University of Auckland Update (378KB)
- GNS Science Update (1MB)
- Aecom Industry Update (374KB)
GHANZ Christchurch Groundwater Energy Seminar
(12 June 2015)
AGGAT 2015 Above Ground Geothermal and Allied Technologies Global Conference (30 April 2015)
All papers can be downloaded from the HERA website.
2014
36th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop (NZGA Session 26 November 2014)
- AECOM – Industry Update (pdf 213 KB)
- Bay of Plenty Regional Council – Industry Update (pdf 952 KB)
- Contact Energy – Industry Update (pdf 1.06 MB)
- EECA – Christchurch Heat Pumps (pdf 1.29 MB)
- Geothermal New Zealand – Industry Update (pdf 873 KB)
- GNS Science – Industry Update (pdf 4.75 MB)
- Jacobs – Industry Update (pdf 957 KB)
- MB Century – Industry Update (pdf 746 KB)
- Mighty River Power – Industry Update (pdf 1.95 MB)
- Ngati Tuwharetoa Geothermal Assets – Industry Update (pdf 2.54 MB)
- Parsons Brinckerhoff – Industry Update (pdf 1.61 MB)
- University of Auckland – Industry Update (pdf 2 MB)
- Waikato Regional Council – Annual Update (pdf 330 KB)
- WGC 2015 Promotion (pdf 2.57 MB)
- NZTE Presentation on WGC2015 (pdf 3.71 MB)
NZGA / HERA
Above Ground Geothermal Technologies workshop, (25 July 2014)
- Welcome, (B Carey), NZGA), (1.35 MB)
- Introduction, (N Inskip, HERA), (985 KB)
- The AGGAT Research Roadmap, (B Habib, HERA), (4.8 MB)
- Technologies for generation and heat exchange, (S Zarrouk, Auckland University), (4 MB)
- Merging design with existing industrial landscapes, (A Bloomer, Geothermal Engineering), (3 MB)
- Heat exchanger design for materials research, (H Heinzel, HERA), (1.03 MB)
- Materials selection – old lessons, new directions (Quest Integrity Group), (2.6 MB)
- Turbine manufacturing capabilities, (G Kapoor, Manufacturing Services Metrology Group), (1.3 MB)
- Operations and maintenance from an operator’s perspective, (C Morris, Wairakei Power Station), (7 MB)
- Planning, operations and maintenance, (M Lee, Mighty River Power), (3.2 MB)
- Environmental factors to consider and solutions, (K Luketina, Waikato Regional Council), (4.77 MB)
- Clean steam generation, (G Moore, Dobbie Engineers), (2 MB)
- Future geothermal opportunities in wood processing, (I Suckling, Scion), (2 MB)
- Possible use of minerals and gases, (E Mroczek), (1.4 MB)
2013
26th International Applied Geochemistry Symposium Incorporating the 35th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, (18-21 November 2013)
- Women in Geothermal, WING (A Blair, GNS Science), (2 MB)
- Contact Energy Industry Update, (1.07 MB)
- Geothermal a Competitive Strength, (S McClintock, Mighty River Power), (958 KB)
- Waikato Regional Council : 2013 Update, (K Luketina/J McLeod), (992 KB)
- Bay of Plenty : Geothermal Activity, (B Robson), (647 KB)
- Geothermal Update 2013, (SKM, (624 KB)
- Aecom : Industry Update Year in Review, Looking Forward (W Cutfield), (98.5 KB)
- GNS Science : 2012-13 Activities, (G Bignall), (1 MB)
- Geothermal New Zealand : Industry Update, (517 KB)
- Hawkins Infrastructure : Industry Update, (151 KB)
- Ngati Tuwharetoa Geothermal Assets : 2013 Update, (687 KB)
- Industry Update : Hot Rock Ltd, (P Barnett), (1.01 MB)
- Industry Update : Auckland University, (E Clearwater), (132 KB)
New Zealand Geothermal Association Seminar 2013, (12 June 2013)
- History of Geoscience in Geothermal Developments – Industry Perspective, (F Sepulveda, Contact Energy), (8.37 MB)
- Geothermal Systems and Modelling, (A Rae, GNS Science), (8 MB)
- Leapfrog Geothermal, (T Schurr, ARANZ Geo Limited), (2.5 MB)
- The Development & Use of Geochemical Models (B W Mountain, GNS Science), (1.3 MB)
- Building Models of Multiple Geothermal Systems (J Burnell, Callaghan Innovation), (1.2 MB)
- Geophysical and Remote Sensing Models (G Ussher, SKM), (2.95 MB)
- Resource Management and Modelling: An Operators Perspective (W Mannington & M Dunstall, Contact Energy), (4 MB)
- Manager’s / Regulator’s view of Modelling Geothermal Resources (J McLeod, Waikato Regional Council), (1.4 MB)
- Future Directions in Geothermal Modelling, (M O’Sullivan, University of Auckland), (1 MB)
2012
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, (21 November 2012)
- Industry Update, (Spence McClintock, Mighty River Power), (1.70MB)
- Geothermal Update 2012, (Contact Energy), (1.62MB)
- GNS Science Update, (Dr Greg Bignall, GNS Science), (3.21MB)
- Geothermal Research and Consulting at IRL, (John Burnell, Industrial Research), (1.55MB)
- Geothermal in The Engineering Science, (Sadiq J Zarrouk, University of Auckland), (1.42MB)
- Geothermal New Zealand Update (Geothermal New Zealand), (175KB)
- 2012 Update, (Ngati Tuwharetoa Geothermal Assets), (1.90MB)
- Recent Geothermal Activities, (Claude Bannwarth, PB Asia Pacific), (2.10MB)
- Geothermal Update, (Sinclair Knight Merz), (2.42MB)
- Bay of Plenty Geothermal Activity 2012, (Bay of Plenty RC), (775KB)
- Waikato RC 2012 Update (Katherine Luketina & Jim McLeod, Waikato Regional Council (496KB)
Energy Federation Seminar, (16 August 2012)
- International Growth and New Zealand Geothermal Opportunities (16.64MB), by Brian Carey (GNS Science)
2011
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, (23 November 2011)
Mighty River Power Company Update, (Mighty River Power), (1.78MB)
Contact Energy Geothermal Update 2011, (Contact Energy), (3.34MB)
Geothermal Research at GNS Science 2011, (B Carey, GNS Science (3.76MB)
Geothermal Training and the Geothermal Institute, (S J Zarrouk, University of Auckland), (2.27MB)
Geothermal Opportunities – New Zealand & International, (C Mulcare & M Allen, NZT&E), (1.15MB)
2011 Update, (Ngati Tuwharetoa Geothermal Assets), (977KB)
PB’s Geothermal Activities & Direction, (C Taylor, Parsons Brinckerhoff), (278KB)
Overview of Recent Overseas Activity, (Sinclair Knight Merz), (2.80B)
Hot Rock Limited Update, (P Barnett, Hot Rock), (1.76MB)
Waikato Regional Council Geothermal Update, (K Luketina, Waikato RC), (157KB)
NZCEC Seminar, (13 October 2011)
The “Energising Geothermal” workshop took place on 13 October, 2011 at the NZ Clean Energy Centre in Taupo.
Low Temperature Geothermal at GNS Science (Brian Carey)
National Geothermal Update (Brian White, NZGA)
World Geothermal Overview (Chris Bromley, GNS Science)
NZGA Seminar, (12 October 2011)
Workshop flyer and Programme
Welcome (B Carey, GNS Science)
Technical Overview (B Carey, GNS Science)
Geothermal Heating and Cooling (L Lind, GNS Science)
The Bosch Experience (I Hilton, Bosch)
Dunedin Airport – Groundwater Heatpump System (P Watson, MWH)
Ground Source Energy (L Smith, Central Heating NZ)
Artesian Sourced Heating and Cooling (J Hill, Beca)
Climate Control Companies Association, by Grant Price (CCCA)
Ground Source Heating in NZ (S Bendall, EMS)
IEA-GIA Geothermal Use Research (C Bromley, GNS Science)
Rotorua Hospital Geothermal Systems (G Wilson, Lakes DHB)
Clean Steam for Tissue Products (G Moore & J Dobbie, Dobbie Engineers)
Taupo Hospital Geothermal Project (I Thain, NZ Clean Energy Centre)
Alpin Motel – Down Hole Heat Exchanger System (S Osborne/I Thain, Alpin Motel)
Gourmet Mokai (G Rangi, Tuaropaki)
The Magic of Low Temperature Geothermal (H Esendam, Plentyflora)
Balenology (M Lobb, Polynesian Spa Rotorua)
Modelling Resource Studies (S Pearson, GNS Science)
Low Enthalpy Geothermal Economics (M Suggate, East Harbour Energy)
Renewable Energy Feasibility Study Grants (C McArthur, EECA)
2007
NZ Geothermal Seminar, (21 November 2007)
- Growth in the NZ Industry (B White, NZGA)
- Review of the NZ Energy Strategy & Outlook (R Samuelson, MED)
Economics of Geothermal Drilling (H Hole, Geothermal Consultants NZ) - Hot Rock Plays in Australia – A National Perspective (B Goldstein, PIR, SA)
- Costs of Geothermal Project (P Barnett, SKM)
- Training Professional Geothermalists (J Newson, University of Auckland)
- New Zealand Geothermal Action Plan (B White, NZGA)
- Response of Heavy Industry to Geothermal Growth in NZ (B Lovell, HERA)
- Resource & Reserve Issues in Geothermal (J Lawless, SKM)
- Update on Direct Use in New Zealand (A Bloomer, Geothermal Engineering)
- Company Updates for Contact Energy (M Dunstall, Contact Energy)
International Workshops/Conferences
Presentations and documents from international workshops can be viewed by clicking the links below, please contact us if you experience any problems.
World Geothermal Congress 2015, Melbourne, Australia (19-24 April 2015)

WGC2015“Views from Down Under – Geothermal in Perspective”, the Congress offered a splendid opportunity for delegates to share ideas and knowledge covering geothermal development worldwide. The Congress and short courses programme covered topics relevant both to direct use and electricity generation. The joint management by Australia and New Zealand gave insights into some of the most long-standing ‘traditional’ geothermal developments in the world and new ‘pioneering’ techniques.
- New Zealand Country Update 2015 (NZGA)
- Access the IGA Geothermal Conference Database to view presentations and conference documents from the WGC 2015
Pertamina Energy Outlook 2015, Jakarta (3 and 4 December 2014)
Geothermal Energy and Electricity Generation – The New Zealand Success Story, presented by Brian Carey (NZGA)
5th European Geothermal PhD Day (31 March to 2 April 2014)
The European Geothermal PhD Day (EGPD)”, is a student-organised conference for PhD students working in all fields of science related to geothermal research (geosciences, engineering, chemistry, business, law, etc). The conference was hosted by the Chair of Geothermal Science and Technology of the Technical University of Darmstadt in cooperation with the Young Geothermal Chapter (Junge Geothermie) of the German Geothermal Association. The conference was held at the Institute of Applied Geosciences, Darmstadt, Germany.
APEC 2013 Workshop on Geothermal Energy Development, Taipei, Taiwan
(25-26 June 2013)
The meeting was attended by Dr. Greg Bignall and Mr. Brian Carey (both GNS Science) New Zealand, as well as researchers and geothermal industry invitees from Japan, USA and UK. The Workshop was organised by The Bureau of Energy and National Science Council of Taiwan, and included three sessions that respectively focussed on “Geothermal Status and Perspectives”; “Geothermal Exploration and Assessment”, and “Enhanced Geothermal System Technologies”.
- A Short History – 60 years (B Carey, GNS Science)
- Role of Geoscience for Geothermal Resource Evaluation (G Bignall, GNS Science)
The International Geothermal Association (IGA), encourages research, the development and utilisation of geothermal resources worldwide through the publication of scientific and technical information among the geothermal specialists, the business community, governmental representatives, UN organisations, civil society and the general public.
Geothermal Resources and Energy Use in New Zealand
- Geothermal – Earth Energy (GNS Science)
- Geothermal Systems (NZ Geothermal Association)
- Geothermal use database (GNS Science)
The New Zealand Geoheat Strategy
Linking with the Regions
- Bay of Plenty/Connections Regional Growth Study
- Bay of Connections Energy Strategy
- Northland Regional Growth Study
Related Central Government Strategies and Action Plans
- NZ Energy Strategy & NZ Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy
- He kai ke aku ringa: Crown-Maori Economic Development Partnership