The Resilience Challenge
The mission of the Resilience to Nature’s Challenges National Science Challenge is to accelerate Aotearoa New Zealand’s resilience to natural hazards through innovative, collaborative research.
What we do
The challenge
To enhance New Zealand’s resilience to natural hazards.
Science
All over the country our scientists are investigating how we can build New Zealand’s resilience.
Co-creation
Working with stakeholders and end-users to ensure our research is useful and usable.
News & stories
Growing Kai Under Increasing Dry
During May 2021, we held a rolling symposium on drought and the primary sector, comprising three webinars and full day symposium at Te Papa.
Seeking interview participants
Researchers from the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University are looking for interview participants to help with our research exploring how different people understand science, scientific uncertainty, and science advice for natural hazards.
Q&A with Dr Shari Gallop
Nau mai, haere mai to Dr Shari Gallop (Ngāti Maru, Te Rarawa) of the University of Waikato, one of two new co-leaders in our Coastal programme.
Fallout from a simulated Auckland eruption
A team led by University of Auckland PhD candidate Robert Cardwell recently published new modelling on the social and economic impacts of an Auckland volcanic eruption.
Student profile: Yi-Wun Mika Liao
Yi-Wun Mika Liao (Mika) is a PhD student in our Earthquake & Tsunami team. She is currently based in Taiwan, and is generating simulated earthquake catalogues with a physics-based earthquake simulator.
Student profile: Thomas Wallace
Thomas Wallace (University of Canterbury) is a PhD student in our Built Environments team, and his research is looking at the management of stopbank-dam catchments during floods.