8 Dec 2016

Quake Desk: Nick Maarhuis

From Afternoons, 1:27 pm on 8 December 2016

Lower Hutt inventor Nick Maarhuis has come up with a desk designed to withstand the debris which might fall on it during an earthquake. He has been showcasing his work around Wellington and tested it's strength by dropping a BMW on it. He hopes to be able to make these to sell in the future.

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