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Nationally Significant Databases and Collections List

The main list is at the bottom of the page. The top half has two indexes into the list; by organisation on the left and by type on the right
Organisation:
NatSigDCs are currently held by PGSF funded CRIs and independant research agencies:
Geological and Nuclear Sciences
GNS.1 National Earthquake Information Database
GNS.2 National Petrology Reference Collection and PET Database
GNS.3 New Zealand Fossil Record File
GNS.4 New Zealand Geomagnetic Database
GNS.5 New Zealand National Paleontological Collection and Database
GNS.6 New Zealand Volcano Database
GNS.7 Regional Geological Map Archive and Database
GNS.8 National Groundwater Monitoring Programme
Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua
LCR.9 Nga Tipu Whakaoranga Ethnobotany Database and New Zealand Flax and Living Plant Collections
LCR.10 International Collection of Micro-organisms from Plants and Associated Databases
LCR.11 Land Resource Information System
LCR.12 National Vegetation Survey Databank
LCR.13 New Zealand Arthropod Collection, New Zealand Nematode Collection and Specimen and Information Database
LCR.14 New Zealand Fungal Herbarium and Associated Database
LCR.15 Allan Herbarium and Associated Databases
National Institute of Water and Atmosphere
NIWA.16 New Zealand Freshwater Fish Database
NIWA.17 Water Resources Archive
NIWA.18 National Climate Database
NIWA.19 NIWA Marine Benthic Biology Collection
AgResearch
AGR.20 Margot Forde Germplasm Centre
Crop and Food Research
CROP.21 Crop Germplasm Resources Unit
HortResearch
HORT.22 National Collections of Fruit Crop Germplasm
Forest Research
FR.23 National Forest Herbarium and Database
Cawthron Institute
CI.24 Cawthron Microalgae Collection
Industrial Research Ltd.
IRL.25 Solar UV-B Radiation Database
Type:
A loose categorisation of databases based on time vs area vs observation and collections on living vs specimen vs herbaria:
Real Time Databases
GNS.1 National Earthquake Information Database
GNS.4 New Zealand Geomagnetic Database
NIWA.17 Water Resources Archive
NIWA.18 National Climate Database
IRL.25 Solar UV-B Radiation Database
Geospatial Databases
GNS.7 Regional Geological Map Archive and Database
LCR.11 Land Resource Information System
NIWA.16 New Zealand Freshwater Fish Atlas
Observation Databases
GNS.8 National Groundwater Monitoring Programme
LCR.9 Nga Tipu Whakaoranga Ethnobotany Database
LCR.11 National Soils Database
LCR.12 National Vegetation Survey Databank
NIWA.16 New Zealand Freshwater Fish Database
Living Organism Collections
LCR.9 New Zealand Flax and Living Plant Collections
LCR.10 International Collection of Micro-organisms from Plants and Associated Databases
AGR.20 Margot Forde Germplasm Centre
CROP.21 Crop Germplasm Resources Unit
HORT.22 National Collections of Fruit Crop Germplasm
CI.24 Cawthron Microalgae Collection
Specimen Collections
GNS.2 National Petrology Reference Collection and PET Database
GNS.3 New Zealand Fossil Record File
GNS.5 New Zealand National Paleontological Collection and Database
GNS.6 New Zealand Volcano Database
LCR.13 New Zealand Arthropod Collection, New Zealand Nematode Collection and Specimen and Information Database
LCR.14 New Zealand Fungal Herbarium and Associated Database
NIWA.19 NIWA Marine Benthic Biology Collection
Herbaria
LCR.15 Allan Herbarium and Associated Databases
FR.23 National Forest Herbarium and Database
Last updated 26 March 2003

Databases and Collections

GNS.1: National Earthquake Information Database By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Kevin Fenaughty, Gracefield
Collection(s):   Database(s):
  1. Seismic recordings
GNS.2: National Petrology Reference Collection and PET Database By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Nick Mortimer, Ben Morrison,Dunedin
Collection(s):
  1. Rock and Mineral samples from onland and offshore New Zealand, Antarctica and foreign countries
 Database(s):
  1. PET catalogue
  2. PETLAB laboratory analytical data
GNS.3: New Zealand Fossil Record File By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Ian Raine, Gracefield
Collection(s):
  1. Distributed - GNS (see below), universities, etc
 Database(s):
  1. New Zealand Fossil Record File
GNS.4: New Zealand Geomagnetic Database By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Tony Hurst, Gracefield
Collection(s): Database(s):
  1. New Zealand Geomagnetic Database
GNS.5: New Zealand National Paleontological Collection and Database By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): John Simes, Gracefield
Collection(s):
  1. New Zealand Paleontological Collections
 Database(s):
  1. Part of New Zealand Fossil Record File
GNS.6: New Zealand Volcano Database By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Brad Scott, Wairakei
Collection(s):
  1. New Zealand Volcano Collection (photos, files, drill logs, newspaper clippings, type section rock samples, grain size samples and water samples).
 Database(s):
  1. New Zealand Volcano Database
GNS.7: Regional Geological Map Archive and Database By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): David Heron; Mark Rattenbury, Gracefield
Collection(s):
  1. Regional Geological Map and Data File
 Database(s):
  1. Digital Geology Database - QMAP
GNS.8: National Groundwater Monitoring Programme By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Robert Reeves, Wairakei; Chris Daughney, Gracefield
Collection(s): Database(s):
  1. National Groundwater Monitoring Programme Database
LCR.9: Nga Tipu Whakaoranga Ethnobotany Database and New Zealand Flax and Living Plant Collections By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Sue Scheele, Lincoln
Collection(s):
  1. NZ flax specimen collection
  2. NZ flax nursery
 Database(s):
  1. Ethnobotany - NZ People Plants Infobase
LCR.10: International Collection of Micro-organisms from Plants and Associated Databases By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Shaun Pennycook; Peter Buchanan, Mt Albert
Collection(s):
  1. ICMP - bacteria culture
  2. ICMP - fungi culture
 Database(s):
  1. culture catalogue
LCR.11: Land Resource Information System By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Peter Newsome, Palmerston North
Collection(s): Database(s):
  1. NZLRI - New Zealand Land Resource Inventory
  2. NSD - National Soils Database
  3. SoilFDL - Soil Fundamental Data Layers
  4. Digital Soil Map Database
LCR.12: National Vegetation Survey Databank By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Peter Bellingham, Lincoln
Collection(s): Database(s):
  1. RECCE - General Reconnaissance Survey Plots
  2. Permanent Plots
LCR.13: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, New Zealand Nematode Collection and Specimen and Information Database By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Trevor K. Crosby, Mt Albert
Collection(s):
  1. NZAC - Arthropod specimens
  2. NNCNZ - Nematode Specimens
 Database(s):
  1. NZACbugs specimen database
  2. BUGS
  3. Pacific
  4. Despatch Loan
LCR.14: New Zealand Fungal Herbarium and Associated Database By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Eric Mckenzie; Peter Buchanan, Mt Albert
Collection(s):
  1. PDD - Fungal specimens
 Database(s):
  1. NZ Fungi names
  2. bibliography
  3. PDD specimens
LCR.15: Allan Herbarium and Associated Databases By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Aaron Wilton; Ilse Breitwieser, Lincoln
Collection(s):
  1. Allan Herbarium, plants from around the world but particularly from NZ region and South Pacific
  2. Ancillary collections including slide collection, seed collection, spirit collection, type photograph collection, wood collection
 Database(s):
  1. Plant Names Database - incl. bibliography
  2. Allan Herbarium Specimen Database
  3. Loans
  4. Cabinet
  5. Type photograph
  6. Molecular Sequence Databases
NIWA.16: New Zealand Freshwater Fish Database and Atlas By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Jody Richardson, Lincoln
Collection(s): Database(s):
  1. fish record
  2. water habitat
  3. fish atlas
NIWA.17: Water Resources Archive By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Charles Pearson, Lincoln
Collection(s): Database(s):
  1. water levels
  2. flows
  3. sediment load
  4. water quality
NIWA.18: National Climate Database By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): David Wratt, ;Murray Poulter, Lincoln
Collection(s): Database(s):
  1. CliDB - air temp, barometric pressure, wind direction, rainfall
NIWA.19: NIWA Marine Benthic Biology Collection By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Dennis Gordon
Collection(s): Database(s):
AGR.20: Margot Forde Germplasm Centre By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Warren Williams, Palmerston North
Collection(s):
  1. New Zealand's genebank for grassland plants
  2. Australia's genebank for temperate grasses and perennial legumes other than lucerne
 Database(s):
  1. Accessions by Species
CROP.21: Crop Germplasm Resources Unit By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Richard Cross, Lincoln; Nick Ashby
Collection(s):
  1. Arable Crop Genebank
 Database(s):
  1. Genebank Passport Data
HORT.22: National Collections of Fruit Crop Germplasm By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Ross Ferguson, Mt Albert; Alan Seal
Collection(s):
  1. kiwifruit
  2. pipfruit
  3. ...
 Database(s):
  1. ...
FRI.23: National Forest Herbarium and Database By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Chris Ecroyd, Rotorua; Elizabeth Miller, Rotorua
Collection(s):
  1. forest herbarium - specimens
 Database(s):
  1. identity, taxonomy and ecology of plants, incl weeds, significant to forestry
CI.24: Cawthron Microalgae Collection By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Mike Taylor, Nelson; Krystyna Ponikla, Nelson
Collection(s):
  1. isolates of toxic algae
 Database(s):
  1. ...
IRL.25: Solar UV-B Radiation Database By Organisation ^
RT|Geo|Obs|Org|Spec|Herb
Contact(s): Gerald Smith; Kathryn Nield, Gracefield
Collection(s): Database(s):
  1. Erythemal UV network data archive
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