Student profile: Lucia Danzi Embarking on a PhD in Covid-19 lockdown April 2020 Ciao! My name is Lucia and I’m from Verona, Italy. It’s the beginning of spring here, and people usually go out to enjoy the nice weather but these days it’s strangely quiet, like in many places around the world. I’m lucky enough […]
Caitlin Carew
Director’s update: COVID-19 and natural hazard resilience
Director’s update: COVID-19 and natural hazard resilience 20 March 2020 By Richard Smith, Resilience Challenge Director We in Aotearoa New Zealand are all too familiar with natural hazard events like earthquakes and floods – the sudden disruption to communities and livelihoods, and the physical damage to homes, buildings, infrastructure and critical services. The slow onset, […]
Q & A with Prof Jan Lindsay
Q. Tēnā koe Jan. First of all, congratulations on your recent promotion to Professor! Tēnā koe. Thank you. To be honest it still feels quite surreal! I think it is important to acknowledge that an academic career is built on collaborations – with mentors, students, fellow researchers and teachers, funders…and I wouldn’t have achieved promotion […]
Student profile: Lydia Michela Maireriki
Student profile: Lydia Michela Maireriki Tourist resilience to natural hazards in New Zealand: combining quantitative and qualitative perspectives March 2020 I was born and raised in Maryland, USA, about an hour south of Washington, DC. I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Geography from Brigham Young University and my Master’s degree in Disaster Risk and Resilience […]
Q&A with Dr Acushla Dee Sciascia
Q & A with Dr Acushla Dee Sciascia 13/02/20 Q. Tēnā koe Dee. Firstly, can you tell us a bit about your iwi affiliations? He uri ahau nō ngā kāwai whakapapa o Ngāruahine Rangi, Ngāti Ruanui and Te Atiawa. Q. How did you get into social science research? Did you always want to be a […]
Challenge research used in fuel security report
Challenge research used in fuel security report 13/02/20 By Dr Nicola McDonald, Market Economics In September 2017, the pipeline that distributes petroleum-based fuels from Marsden Point Oil Refinery to Auckland ruptured, halting the delivery of fuels into Auckland for 10 days and instigating a major rationing response for jet fuel usage at Auckland Airport, with […]
The impact of the Kaikōura earthquake on perceptions of earthquake risk in Wellington
The impact of the Kaikōura earthquake on perceptions of earthquake risk in Wellington 13/02/20 By Lauren Vinnell There are many challenges to studying peoples’ thoughts and behaviour around earthquakes; one of them is that we can’t easily test the how such events change the way people think and act. We can ask people about their […]
Student Profile: Sara Harrison
Student Profile: Sara Harrison Exploring the Data Needs for Impact-based Forecasting and Warning Systems in New Zealand December 2019 I’m from Barrie, Ontario, Canada – a mid-sized city north of Toronto, in between the Great Lakes. We’re exposed to lots of active weather year-round. We experience white-out conditions from snowstorms in winter, and thunderstorms and […]
Q & A with Dr Bill Fry
Q & A with Dr Bill Fry 17/12/19 Q: Congratulations on your recently completed Hochstetter Lecture tour – how did it go? Great! It was truly a rewarding and humbling experience. The audiences throughout the regions were as varied as the New Zealand landscape. However, the uniting characteristic was the genuine thirst for knowledge. I’ve […]
Resilience Challenge: Phase 2 invests in innovative natural hazard research
The Resilience to Nature’s Challenges Phase 2 research programme involves nearly $40 million of investment into innovative natural hazards research. 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 issues facing Aotearoa New Zealand. The mission […]
Q & A with Dr Rob Bell
Q & A with Dr Rob Bell Q: Congratulations on your recent Lifetime Achievement Award from NIWA – what does this award mean for you, and the research you’ve been involved in? It was a total surprise (a well-kept secret), but I’m humbled to have been honoured by NIWA for my work over the decades […]
Q & A with Dr Sally Potter
Q & A with Dr Sally Potter Q. Have you always been interested in science? When did you realise you wanted to be a scientist? I’ve always liked understanding ‘why’ things happen, and enjoy the process of investigation. My favourite movies as a kid were disaster movies, and now being able to spend my days […]
Student Profile: Nhi Le
Student Profile: Nhi Le 24/05/2019 Using social network analysis in the study of supply chain resilience A bit about me I grew up in a lovely little town of an agricultural province in Vietnam. My love of warm-hearted and hard-working farmers in my hometown has nurtured my passion to contribute to the agriculture sector. When […]
Student Profile: Ngoc Le
Student Profile: Ngoc Le 24/05/2019 Diagnostics of Supply Chain Agility in rural New Zealand using Social Network Analysis A bit about me Xin chào! I am from Vietnam. My teachers, lecturers, and friends usually call me Ms. “1000 questions” as I tend to ask until I understand almost every piece of a phenomenon. My recipe […]
Student profile: Nwadike Amarachukwu Nnadozie
Student profile: Nwadike Amarachukwu Nnadozie 20/05/2019 Disaster risk reduction and building code amendment in post-disaster reconstruction in New Zealand A bit about me I was born in Owerri, the capital of Imo state which is located in the eastern part of a multi-cultural country in Africa called Nigeria. I gained a bachelor’s degree in civil […]
Student profile: Hauiti Hakopa
Student profile: Hauiti Hakopa 30/04/2019 He reo kōrero te pūrākau ki a Ngāti Tuwharetoa Ko te tuhinga kairangi a Hauiti Hākopa he waihanga i te hohonu, i te ātaahua, i te māramatanga o te hono tātai o te pūrākau hāngai pū ki te whakapūmautanga o Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Ka tātaritia, wetewetehia ngā hekenga mātauranga hohonu, uarā, […]
Towards a stronger Kaikōura: a community event
Towards a stronger Kaikōura: a community event 17/04/2019 Kaikōuracommunity members gathered on the 10th of April to hear from researchers who have been working in the area since the 2016 quake. The event, hosted by two government-funded National Science Challenges – Sustainable Seas and Resilience to Nature’s Challenges, saw seven multi-disciplinary researchers speak about their […]
Student Profile: Ameila Lin
Student Profile: Ameila Lin 16/04/2019 Seismic exposure and impacts across New Zealand infrastructure networks A bit about me I was born in Germany, and I lived most of my life in Berlin. I received a bachelor and master’s degree in civil engineering from the Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin). However, I spent a semester […]
Digitally empowered communities workshop
Workshop takes a closer look at the role of digitally empowered communities during disaster events 04/04/2019 Social media has become a powerful tool for supporting collective community responses after a disaster event. It provides a platform through which official and unofficial information can be shared, and volunteer groups can be co-ordinated. By way of example, […]
Towards a stronger Kaikōura
Research on the impacts of the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake will be discussed in a public event held in the town on Wednesday 10 April. The 7.8 magnitude quake damaged land, property and infrastructure across the top of the South and lower North Island. Innovation and resilience have been essential for the rebuilding and recovery of […]