Geo Radio - Waitaki Whitestone Geopark

Come along and join us in our beach clean up - listen here for details. 

We are working on a project at the moment to update Vanished World signage and install new signage at many of our geosites.  Listen here to learn more!

Our first public talk for 2022 is going to be held at the Scottish Hall in Oamaru on Thursday 17 February 6 - 7pm.  Come along to Listen to Nick Mortimer from GNS talking on Gondwana - Zealandia - Waitaki.

Listen here to learn about this event. 

Listen here to learn about what experts we had at our recent event.  More information about this event and a link to a video taken on the day can be viewed at  https://www.whitestonegeopark.nz/post/guided-walk-at-devil-s-bridge-wetland.

Access our online resources from our 'kids corner' webpage - https://www.whitestonegeopark.nz/kids-corner.

Listen here to learn about the different things we've accomplished in 2021 - and ideas for exploring the geopark over the summer.

Listen here to learn about our recent planting day we participated in.

Listen here to learn about our virtual road show.   Looking for Christmas presents - visit us at the Farmers Market in Oamaru this Sunday to purchase Geopark caps, t-shirts and copies of the very first geological map of New Zealand.

Rocks at river mouths tell us interesting information about what rock outcrops upstream and how far they may have travelled.

Listen here to find out about our up and coming beach clean up day at Kakanui River Mouth planned for Sunday 28 November. 

Listen here to learn about our up and coming public talk titled 'Macraes - A history from the start of time' by one of OceanaGolds Macraes senior mine geologists Amber Daniels.  The public talk is to be held in the Scottish Hall (Tyne Street) in Oamaru 6 - 7pm Thursday 25 November.   This talk will be available for viewing on our Youtube channel at a later date. 

Listen here to find out where we are in our UNESCO application status.  Also learn about our recent beach clean up event - run as part of the 'Keep NZ clean' week.

Listen here to learn all about our recent visit to Maheno Kindergarten where we talked to the tamariki about the Plesiosaur fossil recovered near Matakaea Shag Point. 

Listen here to find out details of our beach clean up event - to be held at Campbells Bay on Sunday 31st October at 10am.  Check our facebook page for updates if the weather is not favourable.

Listen here to meet our new manager and to learn about our new strategic plan for the Geopark!

Listen here to find out about dates the geopark roadshow is coming to your area!

This public talk will be held at the Opera House in Oamaru on Thursday 21 October at 6pm during the Waitaki Arts Festival.  Come along and learn about our ancient past through the fossil record of the geopark. 

Listen here to learn all about the sediments that make up the cliffs of Trotters Gorge - and how the cliffs themselves have been formed.

Come along to the Scottish Hall in Oamaru on Thursday 16 September 6-7pm to hear out monthly public talk.  We will be adhering to alert level 2 for this event.  Check out our website for more details - https://www.whitestonegeopark.nz/post/16-09-21-public-talk-ko-puketapu-te-mauka. This event will be viewable on our youtube channel at a later date. 

Listen here to find out about information on the geology of our local beaches and headlands. 

Listen here to learn about our School of Rocks programme being offered to primary schools in 2021 and funded by Curious Minds. Our geoeducator is also involved in the Soil Your Undies programme being led by Otagos Enviroschool initiative with key partners of Beef and Lamb NZ, North Otago Sustainable Land Managment (NOSLaM), and the East Otago Catchment Group.  Listen here to learn more about...

Did you know you can view our previous public talks through our youtube channel? Also - we have a kids corner page with lots of resources for fun, engaging leaning! All this can be found at www.whitestonegeopark.nz

Listen here to learn about our recent field trip with Otago University Science Communication Students - how the geopark is their client and the resources they produce as part of their assessments.  

Listen here to find out more about our up and coming public talk - to be held at the Oamaru Public Library 6 - 7 pm Thursday the 19th of August.   See our flyer at August public talk .