ABSTRACT
This chapter is dedicated to the memory of Jeanette L. Gillespie, a respected colleague and student in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Waikato, who died after a short illness on 4 October 2000. Jeannette, a part-time assistant lecturer in this department, was working towards her Ph.D. on the volcanic histories of Mayor Island and White Island, which feature in this chapter, by documenting the tephra record preserved in marine cores in coastal Bay of Plenty. A meticulous and talented researcher and teacher, and a warm and loyal friend, Jeanette is greatly missed.
