The Resilience Challenge
One of the most ambitious initiatives undertaken by New Zealand to develop and apply new scientific solutions to transform our response, recovery and “bounce-back” from our wide diversity of natural hazards.
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.
Managed retreat: Is the RMA up to it?
Research is underway to determine whether the Resource Management Act can enable managed retreat of communities away from areas facing increasing risk from the sea.
Kaikōura two years on from the quake
Find out what our researchers have been working on in Kaikōura since the November 2016 earthquake.
Student profile: Becca Fraser
Becca is working to describe and visualise aspects of disaster resilience in New Zealand’s rural communities
Corridor Forums
An innovative pilot forum is bringing stakeholders, investors and users together and harnessing future thinking techniques to increase the resilience of our transport system.