Rocks

Gillian Candler is a writer who takes her love of nature and conservation to create children's books that teach kids about native wildlife, and how to help protect it. She's released a new book -… Audio, Gallery

An Auckland taxi driver says he's lucky to be alive after a 2kg rock was dropped from a motorway overbridge yesterday afternoon and crashed through his windscreen. Video, Audio

After twenty years of puzzling, geologist Bruce Hayward reckons he has identified some mysterious patterns in a west Auckland roadside cutting as moa footprints. Audio

Geologists are using a vertical cannon to test how different roofing materials - and even hard hats - can withstand the impact of flying volcanic rocks. Video, Audio