Foreword

The Papers that make up this issue of Tuatara were presented at a Symposium on “The Tertiary Climate of New Zealand’ held at Victoria University, Wellington on 14 and 15 August, 1967. The Symposium was organised by the Victoria University of Wellington Geological Society.

The papers are published in the order in which they were presented and each is concluded with a brief summary of the discussion which followed the presentation of the paper. As the total discussion time was over eight hours only a small proportion of the discussion could be included and I take full responsibility for any errors or omissions that may have occurred during the editing. Also included is a summary of the general discussion which concluded the Symposium.

I would like to thank all those who took part in the Symposium especially those who prepared papers. My thanks also to the Editors of Tuatara for publishing this collection of papers which I hope will be of value to students and researchers in this fascinating field of our climatic history.