Kia manawaroa - Ngā Ākina o Te Ao Tūroa

Accelerating our resilience to natural hazards

Kia manawaroa - Ngā Ākina o Te Ao Tūroa

Accelerating our resilience to natural hazards

He peka tītoki e kore e whati

The branch of the tītoki tree will not be broken

Resilience to Nature’s Challenges was one of 11 National Science Challenges that ran from 2014 – 2024, funded through the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Our mission was to accelerate Aotearoa New Zealand’s resilience to natural hazards through innovative, collaborative research.

We would like to thank everyone who was involved in our ten years’ of mahi, including our researchers, our host GNS Science, our numerous collaborators in hapū and iwi, community groups, councils, agencies and the private sector, and the thirteen partner organisations that were a formal part of our Challenge.

Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment

We were funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

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As the Resilience Challenge draws to a close after ten-years of research, this symposium provided an opportunity to look back at the journey, the breadth of knowledge we’ve developed and collated, and how we can continue to build on this legacy.

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Policy Briefing

Insurance and disaster recovery

This brief focusses on insurance issues in Aotearoa New Zealand related to disaster recovery.

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Policy Briefing

Psychosocial factors in disaster recovery

This brief focusses on psychosocial issues that may arise immediately post-disaster and how to best address the impact and reduce ongoing distress.

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Article

Exploring the benefits of rocking shallow foundations

M.D.L. Millen, L.B. Storie 2024 Exploring the benefits of rocking shallow foundations (pp. 1–9). 2024 NZSEE Conference, Wellington.

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Evaluation of residential building damage for the July 2021 flood in Westport, New Zealand

R. Paulik, A. Wild, C. Zorn, L. Wotherspoon, S. Williams 2024 Evaluation of residential building damage for the July 2021 flood in Westport, New Zealand…

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A framework for modelling the probability of flooding under levee breaching

W.Wallace, K. Crawford-Flett, M. Wilson, T. Logan. 2024. A framework for modelling the probability of flooding under levee breaching. Journal of Flood Risk Management. DOI:…

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Report

Natural hazard planning by New Zealand’s local government: a review of regional policy statements and district plans

Have 2017 RMA amendments aligned Regional Policy Statements and selected District Plans in adopting a ‘risk-based planning approach’ to natural hazards.

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A novel illustration of real options analysis to address the problem of probabilities under deep uncertainty and changing climate risk

Two novel applications from New Zealand of real options analysis that formed part of actual decision processes.

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Assessing Social Vulnerability to Climate Change at the Coast

Determining who is most vulnerable to climate change impacts in coastal areas to assist decision-makers in prioritising the focus of climate adaptation efforts.

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Looking backwards to move forwards: insights for climate change adaptation from historical Māori relocation due to natural hazards in Aotearoa New Zealand

Providing insights from the past to help plan for future adaptation.

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Resilience to Nature’s Challenges Kia manawaroa - Ngā Ākina o Te Ao Tūroa is one of 11 National Science Challenges funded by government to tackle the big science questions facing Aotearoa New Zealand.

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    Our mission

    To accelerate Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural hazard resilience through innovative, collaborative science.

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    Our Science

    We’re deepening our understanding of natural hazards and creating new tools to build our resilience.

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    Our partners

    Users of our research are involved from the start to ensure our research outputs are useful, usable and used.

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