NZGD ID: BH_197533

LOG OF DRILLHOLE HOLE

IDENTIFICATION DH123
Co-ordinates 411980.31mE 769353.44mN
Client KiwiRail
Orientation -90° Elevation 50.05m
Project Southern Stations
Project number 60558831 Location Sim Road, Paerata

Instrumentation
GEOLOGICAL SOIL PROPERTIES

Drilling Method
Test Records

Core Loss/Lift

Graphic Log
Subordinate MAJOR minor; colour, structure. Strength, moisture condition, grading,

Casing remarks
DESCRIPTION bedding, plasticity, sensitivity, major fraction description, subordinate fraction

Depth
description, minor fraction description, additional structures, additional information, etc

Shear Vane
residual - peak N Values
0 - 100%
0 - 200 kPa 0 - 50
0.0m: TOPSOIL 0.0m: SILT with clay and roots; black. Firm, moist, low
0.2m: Weathered ash of the HQ3 plasticity.
SOUTH AUCKLAND 0.2m: CLAY with some silt and trace fine sand; light brown.
VOLCANIC FIELD Stiff, moist, high plasticity.
comprising clay and silt. 0.46m: Silty CLAY with trace fine sand; reddish orange
mottled white. Stiff, moist, high plasticity.
1
OB

80/33 2 1.9 to 2.25m: HQ3 material fell out of barrel. Recovered with open
barrel method. SV undertaken in disturbed material.
PT
2.25 to 2.7m: Soft.
SOUTH AUCKLAND VOLCANIC FIELD

ss
0,0,0,
1,0,1 SPT
N=2 2.7m: CLAY with some silt and trace fine sand; light brown
mottled light grey. Firm, moist, high plasticity.
3
OB

44/15

PT

ss 4
2,1,1, 4.0m: SILT with some clay and trace fine sand; greyish light
3,2,2 SPT brown streaked dark brown. Stiff, moist, medium plasticity.
N=8
4.33 to 4.34m: Amorphous organic piece up to 3mm, round.

OB

133/27 5 4.9 to 5.0m: Very stiff.

PT

ss
0,1,1,
2,2,2 SPT
N=7
5.85 to 5.95m: Greyish brown mottled light grey with dark red
6 staining. Hard.
6.0m: Pumiceous SILT with some clay and minor fine sand;
brownish white. Very stiff to hard, moist, low plasticity.
6.15 to 6.21m: 60mm bed of silty fine to medium pumiceous SAND;
light brownish grey. Medium dense, moist. Reworks to silt.
HQ3
6.7m: Silty fine pumiceous SAND with minor clay and trace
6.9m: Undifferentiated 7 organics; light brownish grey mottled dark red. Medium
TAKAANINI FORMATION dense, moist. Reworks to silt.
6.8 to 6.9m: Dark red with inclusions of carbonaceous organics, up
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comprising sand, in places to 5mm round. Difficult to break with core knife.
pumiceous, with silt, clay,
peat and organic clay. ss 6.9m: Silty CLAY with trace fine sand; light grey with light
1,2,1, orange streaks. Very stiff, moist, high plasticity.
1,2,1 SPT 7.64 to 7.7m: Fine to coarse sand, dark red, loose - weathered
TAKAANINI FORMATION

N=5
rhyolitic ash.
8 7.8 to 7.95m: Silty fine to medium SAND; light brownish grey. Loose,
moist; sub-horizontal laminations of medium sand.

HQ3

ss 9 8.9 to 9.0m: 100mm bed of clayey sand, greyish brown. Coarse

1,2,1, grains are pumice. Difficult to break with core knife.
2,1,2 SPT 9.1 to 9.15m: Fine gravel in clay matrix, dark red. Subangular to
N=6 angular.
9.25 to 9.45m: Light grey mottled light orange.
9.45 to 9.82m: Bands of orange, up to 20mm thick.
9.85 to 10.5m: Organic material fell out of barrel. Open
barrel used to retrieve core.
9.82 to 9.85m: Hard.
FLUID DEPTHS AND DRILLING PROGRESS (m) Remarks Driller Started
Date Time Drilled Depth Casing Depth Fluid Depth Piezometer installed 9.55m.
Pro-Drill 20/10/2021
Surveyed coordinates in NZGD 2000/Mt Eden Circuit 2000.
Survey elevation in NZVD 2016.
Drill Rig Finished
Tractor Rig 21/10/2021
Casing Details Date logged 21/10/2021 Core Boxes 11
Hand Held Shear Vane Depth Diameter Logged ZR
GEOVANE734: 19mm blade: Calibrated October 2021: Correction
Factor: 1.480 Page 1 of 10
vane shear strength per NZGS guideline Checked GP
Date Printed:
10/03/2022
NZGD ID: BH_197533
NZGD ID: BH_197533

LOG OF DRILLHOLE HOLE

IDENTIFICATION DH123
Co-ordinates 411980.31mE 769353.44mN
Client KiwiRail
Orientation -90° Elevation 50.05m
Project Southern Stations
Project number 60558831 Location Sim Road, Paerata

Instrumentation
GEOLOGICAL SOIL PROPERTIES

Drilling Method
Test Records

Core Loss/Lift

Graphic Log
Subordinate MAJOR minor; colour, structure. Strength, moisture condition, grading,

Casing remarks
DESCRIPTION bedding, plasticity, sensitivity, major fraction description, subordinate fraction

Depth
description, minor fraction description, additional structures, additional information, etc

Shear Vane
residual - peak N Values
0 - 100%
0 - 200 kPa 0 - 50
HQ3
9.85m: CLAY with some silt and trace organic specks; grey.
Firm, moist, high plasticity. Organics are up to 1mm long.
9.93m: PEAT; black. Hard, friable. Woody with occasional
fibrous structure. (continued)
OB 10.4m: CLAY with some silt, trace fine sand and organics.;
95/33
ss dark grey. Very stiff, moist, high plasticity. Organics are
1,0,2, decomposed, elongated fibrous pieces up to 40mm long.
1,2,2
11
SPT 10.85 to 11.3m: Blueish grey.
N=7

11.3m: CLAY, some organics and silt; greyish dark brown

with black streaks. Stiff, moist, high plasticity. Pieces of
elongated, decomposed wood, up to 2mm diameter.
11.3 to 13.0m: Organic clay fell out of barrel. Open barrel
used to retrieve core.
12
OB 12.09 to 12.1m: Decomposed wood piece, 20mm long.

12.45m: Silty CLAY with trace fine sand; light grey with
orange streaks and shiny mica specks. Very stiff, moist, high
plasticity.
154/30
ss 13
0,1,2,
1,1,2 SPT
N=6

13.75 to 14.4m: Black organic specks and orange staining.

14
HQ3
TAKAANINI FORMATION

14.4 to 14.5m: Greyish brown.

14.5 to 15.0m: Core Loss: Material washed out of core barrel.

ss 15
3,8,9, 15.0m: Silty CLAY with minor fine sand; light grey mottled
5,6,5 SPT dark orange. Very stiff to hard, moist, high plasticity.
N=25

15.5 to 15.6m: Sandy, slightly pumiceous.

15.6m: Fine SAND with some silt; brownish light grey.
HQ3
Medium dense, moist. Reworks to silt. Contains pumice.
16

ss
5,6,5, 16.5 to 16.95m: Light grey.
6,6,3 SPT
N=20

17
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HQ3

17.83 to 17.9m: Iron stained, dark orange, sub-horizontal,

ss 18 laminations
1,4,4,
4,5,4
17.9 to 17.91m: Black carbonaceous specks.
SPT 18.15 to 18.3m: Iron stained, dark orange, sub-horizontal,
N=17
laminations
18.42 to 18.43m: Black carbonaceous specks.
18.62 to 18.95m: Iron stained, dark orange, sub-horizontal,
laminations
HQ3 18.77 to 18.78m: Iron stained, dark orange, sub-horizontal,
19 laminations

ss
2,2,2, 19.55 to 20.0m: Trace black carbonaceous specks.
3,4,4 SPT
N=13

FLUID DEPTHS AND DRILLING PROGRESS (m) Remarks Driller Started

Date Time Drilled Depth Casing Depth Fluid Depth Piezometer installed 9.55m.
Pro-Drill 20/10/2021
Surveyed coordinates in NZGD 2000/Mt Eden Circuit 2000.
Survey elevation in NZVD 2016.
Drill Rig Finished
Tractor Rig 21/10/2021
Casing Details Date logged 21/10/2021 Core Boxes 11
Hand Held Shear Vane Depth Diameter Logged ZR
GEOVANE734: 19mm blade: Calibrated October 2021: Correction
Factor: 1.480 Page 2 of 10
vane shear strength per NZGS guideline Checked GP
Date Printed:
10/03/2022
NZGD ID: BH_197533
NZGD ID: BH_197533

LOG OF DRILLHOLE HOLE

IDENTIFICATION DH123
Co-ordinates 411980.31mE 769353.44mN
Client KiwiRail
Orientation -90° Elevation 50.05m
Project Southern Stations
Project number 60558831 Location Sim Road, Paerata

Instrumentation
GEOLOGICAL SOIL PROPERTIES

Drilling Method
Test Records

Core Loss/Lift

Graphic Log
Subordinate MAJOR minor; colour, structure. Strength, moisture condition, grading,

Casing remarks
DESCRIPTION bedding, plasticity, sensitivity, major fraction description, subordinate fraction

Depth
description, minor fraction description, additional structures, additional information, etc

Shear Vane
residual - peak N Values
0 - 100%
0 - 200 kPa 0 - 50
15.6m: Fine SAND with some silt; brownish light grey.
Medium dense, moist. Reworks to silt. Contains pumice.
(continued)
HQ3

20.8m: Silty fine SAND; brownish light grey. Medium dense,

ss 21 moist. Reworks to silt. Contains pumice.
1,1,2,
3,4,5 SPT
N=14

21.5m: Fine SAND with some silt; brownish light grey and
dark orange. Medium dense, moist, sand contains pumice,
works to silt, minor sub-horizontal, iron stained laminations.
HQ3 22

ss
1,1,2, 22.55 to 22.95m: Trace mica specks.
4,4,5 SPT
N=15

23

HQ3

ss 24
1,2,2,
3,5,5 SPT
N=15
TAKAANINI FORMATION

HQ3 25

ss
1,1,2,
2,3,5 SPT
N=12 25.75 to 25.95m: SPT sample fell out of barrel.
26
26.17 to 26.4m: Interbedded with with dark orange silty sand -
rhyolitic ash.
HQ3 26.4 to 26.64m: Minor clay, light brown. Dense.

ss 27
1,1,2,
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2,3,5 SPT
N=12

27.5 to 28.5m: Black organic specks, up to 2mm round.

HQ3 28

ss
1,3,3,
4,5,5 SPT 28.6m: Silty CLAY with some fine sand; greyish light brown
N=17 mottled orange. Very stiff, moist, high plasticity. Sand contains
29 pumice.

HQ3

29.7m: Silty fine SAND with trace clay; greyish light brown
mottled orange. Dense, moist. Contains pumice.
FLUID DEPTHS AND DRILLING PROGRESS (m) Remarks Driller Started
Date Time Drilled Depth Casing Depth Fluid Depth Piezometer installed 9.55m.
Pro-Drill 20/10/2021
Surveyed coordinates in NZGD 2000/Mt Eden Circuit 2000.
Survey elevation in NZVD 2016.
Drill Rig Finished
Tractor Rig 21/10/2021
Casing Details Date logged 21/10/2021 Core Boxes 11
Hand Held Shear Vane Depth Diameter Logged ZR
GEOVANE734: 19mm blade: Calibrated October 2021: Correction
Factor: 1.480 Page 3 of 10
vane shear strength per NZGS guideline Checked GP
Date Printed:
10/03/2022
NZGD ID: BH_197533
NZGD ID: BH_197533

LOG OF DRILLHOLE HOLE

IDENTIFICATION DH123
Co-ordinates 411980.31mE 769353.44mN
Client KiwiRail
Orientation -90° Elevation 50.05m
Project Southern Stations
Project number 60558831 Location Sim Road, Paerata

Instrumentation
GEOLOGICAL SOIL PROPERTIES

Drilling Method
Test Records

Core Loss/Lift

Graphic Log
Subordinate MAJOR minor; colour, structure. Strength, moisture condition, grading,

Casing remarks
DESCRIPTION bedding, plasticity, sensitivity, major fraction description, subordinate fraction

Depth
description, minor fraction description, additional structures, additional information, etc

Shear Vane
residual - peak N Values
0 - 100%
0 - 200 kPa 0 - 50
ss
2,3,6, 29.7m: Silty fine SAND with trace clay; greyish light brown
6,8,11 SPT mottled orange. Dense, moist. Contains pumice. (continued)
N=31

DH123 terminated at 30.45m

Depth Criteria Achieved
31

32

33

34

35

36

37
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38

39

FLUID DEPTHS AND DRILLING PROGRESS (m) Remarks Driller Started

Date Time Drilled Depth Casing Depth Fluid Depth Piezometer installed 9.55m.
Pro-Drill 20/10/2021
Surveyed coordinates in NZGD 2000/Mt Eden Circuit 2000.
Survey elevation in NZVD 2016.
Drill Rig Finished
Tractor Rig 21/10/2021
Casing Details Date logged 21/10/2021 Core Boxes 11
Hand Held Shear Vane Depth Diameter Logged ZR
GEOVANE734: 19mm blade: Calibrated October 2021: Correction
Factor: 1.480 Page 4 of 10
vane shear strength per NZGS guideline Checked GP
Date Printed:
10/03/2022
NZGD ID: BH_197533
NZGD ID: BH_197533
PHOTOGRAPHIC LOG OF DRILLHOLE
Project Southern Stations
HOLE
IDENTIFICATION DH123
Location Sim Road, Paerata

Box: 1 of 11 - Depth: 00.00m to 04.30m of 30.45m

Date Drilled 20/10/2021 to 21/10/2021
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Box: 2 of 11 - Depth: 04.30m to 07.50m of 30.45m

Date Drilled 20/10/2021 to 21/10/2021
Page 5 of 10
NZGD ID: BH_197533
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PHOTOGRAPHIC LOG OF DRILLHOLE
Project Southern Stations
HOLE
IDENTIFICATION DH123
Location Sim Road, Paerata

Box: 3 of 11 - Depth: 07.50m to 10.30m of 30.45m

Date Drilled 20/10/2021 to 21/10/2021
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Box: 4 of 11 - Depth: 10.30m to 12.55m of 30.45m

Date Drilled 20/10/2021 to 21/10/2021
Page 6 of 10
NZGD ID: BH_197533
NZGD ID: BH_197533
PHOTOGRAPHIC LOG OF DRILLHOLE
Project Southern Stations
HOLE
IDENTIFICATION DH123
Location Sim Road, Paerata

Box: 5 of 11 - Depth: 12.55m to 15.70m of 30.45m

Date Drilled 20/10/2021 to 21/10/2021
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Box: 6 of 11 - Depth: 15.70m to 18.45m of 30.45m

Date Drilled 20/10/2021 to 21/10/2021
Page 7 of 10
NZGD ID: BH_197533
NZGD ID: BH_197533
PHOTOGRAPHIC LOG OF DRILLHOLE
Project Southern Stations
HOLE
IDENTIFICATION DH123
Location Sim Road, Paerata

Box: 7 of 11 - Depth: 18.45m to 21.60m of 30.45m

Date Drilled 20/10/2021 to 21/10/2021
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Box: 8 of 11 - Depth: 21.60m to 24.20m of 30.45m

Date Drilled 20/10/2021 to 21/10/2021
Page 8 of 10
NZGD ID: BH_197533
NZGD ID: BH_197533
PHOTOGRAPHIC LOG OF DRILLHOLE
Project Southern Stations
HOLE
IDENTIFICATION DH123
Location Sim Road, Paerata

Box: 9 of 11 - Depth: 24.20m to 27.00m of 30.45m

Date Drilled 20/10/2021 to 21/10/2021
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Box: 10 of 11 - Depth: 27.00m to 29.90m of 30.45m

Date Drilled 20/10/2021 to 21/10/2021
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NZGD ID: BH_197533
NZGD ID: BH_197533
PHOTOGRAPHIC LOG OF DRILLHOLE
Project Southern Stations
HOLE
IDENTIFICATION DH123
Location Sim Road, Paerata

Box: 11 of 11 - Depth: 29.90m to 30.45m of 30.45m

Date Drilled 20/10/2021 to 21/10/2021
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