Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This file contains fault mapping used to construct Fault Avoidance Zones for active faults in the Taupō</SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN>District (</SPAN><SPAN>Litchfield et al. 2020</SPAN><SPAN>). The faults were mapped using LiDAR data, the NZ Active Faults Database, previous detailed fault mapping (McNamara et al. 2019; Villamor et al. 2015; Villamor and Wilson 2007), and national and regional geological maps (G. Leonard and D. Townsend unpublished; Heron 2014; Townsend et al. 2017).</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>These data should be used to assist future land use planning, particularly with regard to building on "Greenfield" (i.e. previously undeveloped land) sites or in the renovation of buildings in areas adjacent to active faults in accordance to the Ministry for the Environment "</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;">Planning for Development on or Close to Active Faults</SPAN><SPAN>" (Kerr et al. 2003).</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>These data should be used in conjunction with the associated GNS Science report CR20</SPAN><SPAN>20</SPAN><SPAN>/</SPAN><SPAN>31.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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Copyright Text: Fault Avoidance Zones were developed for Taupō District and documented in Litchfield NJ, Morgenstern R, Villamor P, Van Dissen RJ, Townsend D, Kelly S. 2020. Active fault hazards in the Taupō District. Lower Hutt (NZ): GNS Science. 115 p. Consultancy Report 2020/31.