Tsunami Hīkoi for Cape Coast communities
3 years ago by Helen Shea
The coastal communities of Te Awanga, Haumoana and Clifton have a chance to practise their tsunami evacuation routes this weekend.
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Students help scientists researching coastal erosion and management
3 years ago by Helen Shea
A group of high school students is helping New Zealand scientists research coastal erosion and coastal management in Hawke’s Bay, while they work towards their NCEA assessments.
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Raising iwi awareness of natural hazards in Te Tairāwhiti region
3 years ago by Kate Boersen and Mike Page
Learnings from Indonesian communities who have experienced severe earthquakes and tsunami are being used to help iwi in Te Tairāwhiti region better understand the natural hazards they face.
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New hidden continent mostly underwater, scientists say
3 years ago by Kate Boersen
New Zealand is not just a few small islands at the bottom of the world. It is actually part of a fairly large continent 94% of which is under the sea.
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Searching for past earthquakes
3 years ago by Kate Boersen
A team of scientists conducted a research survey in November 2016 aboard NIWA’s research vessel, Tangaroa, looking for evidence of past earthquakes off the east coast of the North Island.
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Tsunami Safer Schools
3 years ago by Kate Boersen
Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced that East Coast LAB (Life at the Boundary) has received funding to work with early childhood centres and schools to develop resources to...
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A new year, a new M7.8 Kaikoura aftershock forecast
3 years ago by Sarah McBride
GeoNet has been busy crunching the numbers based on all the seismic activity in the aftershock area of November’s Kaikoura Earthquake.
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Tsunami hunters or scientists?
3 years ago by Kate Boersen
A team of scientists from the University of Southern Mississippi and GNS Science have been surveying various field sites along the East Coast looking for evidence of past tsunami and...
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Understanding earthquake and tsunami risk along the East Coast
3 years ago by Kate Boersen
Communities on the East Coast of the North Island will get the opportunity to find out more their earthquake and tsunami risk from a team of leading scientists.
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Scientists detect huge fault rupture offshore from Kaikoura
3 years ago by Susan Pepperell
Scientists surveying the seabed in areas affected by last week’s earthquake have confirmed a 34km rupture in the offshore continuation of the Kekerengu Fault, known as the Needles Fault.
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