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…
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…
Developing a risk-targeted seismic design framework for special concentric and buckling restrained braced frame buildings I was born in the composite Andhra Pradesh State in India, and raised in the…
Student profile: Katherine Hore 24/10/2018 Power and participation in disaster risk reduction: A case study in Franz Josef A bit about me My interest in disasters started after I finished…
Disaster messaging is only effective if the population it is intended for embraces it. It can be particularly hard to engage societies with rich cultural and linguistic diversity, such as…
Student Profile: Laura Robichaux 28/04/2018 The “Implementation Gap” in Coastal Risk Management Meet Laura Laura Robichaux grew up in South Louisiana in the United States, surrounded by the benefits and…
Student Profile: Rob Cardwell 20/07/2018 Application of Integrated Land Use: Economic Models to Hazard Management Strategy and Planning A bit about me I have come to the University of Auckland…
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…
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…
Q & A with Dr Richard Turner Q. Tēnā koe Richard. Can you tell us about how you got into meteorology? Have you always been fascinated with weather? Kia ora.…
Student profile: Ashley Rudkevitch 20/12/2018 Community initiatives in rural resilience and post-disaster recovery A bit about me I was born and raised in the Canadian subarctic in a town called…
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 coordinated. This project inv
