新西蘭是世界上展示許多現代地質過程的最好的國家之一，這些過程可以研究用于其他地方。作為一個環太平洋國家，有著悠久的地球科學研究歷史，其在環太平洋地球科學領域的活動日益活躍，備受尊重。《新西蘭地質與地球物理學雜志》是一份關于環太平洋地球科學的國際期刊，45年來一直是這項活動的一部分。該雜志發表關于地球科學所有方面的原始研究論文，涉及新西蘭、太平洋和南極洲。它的作用是使那些在環太平洋地區內外都有興趣的地學家能夠進行這種研究并將其應用于各地。

New Zealand is one of the best countries in the world for displaying a number of modern geologic processes that can be studied for application in other places. As a Pacific Rim country, with a long history of geoscience investigation, it is well respected for its growing activities in circumpacific earth science. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics - an international journal of Pacific Rim Geosciences - has been a part of that activity for over 45 years. The journal publishes original research papers on all aspects of the earth sciences relevant to New Zealand, the Pacific, and Antarctica. Its role is to make that research accessible and applicable to geoscientists everywhere whose interests lie within and beyond the circumpacific area.