Earthquakes on Our Changing World
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Disaster law
University of Canterbury's John Hopkins and Toni Collins explain disaster law and shortcomings in NZ's legal system highlighted by the Canterbury earthquakes. Audio
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Designing low damage buildings
17 Dec 2020Low-damage buildings don't just save lives in an earthquake - they are designed to be resilient so they can stay in use. Audio
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Liquefaction: lessons from the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes
11 Feb 2021Misko Cubrinovski is interested how the ground and the structures on - and in - it behave during an earthquake. Audio
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Preparing for the next big quake
10 Dec 2020Information from past earthquakes can be used to prepare a more resilient society that will be better able to cope with future shakes. Video, Audio
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A decade of earthquakes
3 Sep 2020Ten years after the Darfield earthquake, three seismologists from GeoNet reflect on a decade of big earthquakes and what we've learnt from them. Audio
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Living the high life on shaky ground
Charlie Dreaver investigates the issues around strengthening apartment buildings to make them more resilient to earthquakes. Video, Audio
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What we do during an earthquake & why it matters
20 Feb 2020Official advice in an earthquake quake is to 'drop, cover, hold.' But is this what we actually do? And what happens if we do something else? Audio
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Bull kelp genes and earthquake uplift - a surprising connection
7 Mar 2019New research shows that bull kelp along a tectonically uplifted stretch of coast south of Dunedin has a surprisingly different genetic signature to the kelp on either side. Audio
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Understanding New Zealand's largest fault
17 May 2018New Zealand's first underwater observatories are recording the 'creaks and groans' of our largest fault to better understand slow-slip earthquakes. Audio
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Buildings that better survive earthquakes
25 Jan 2018Engineer Geoff Rodgers is designing a new generation of low-damage buildings that move in an earthquake and remain useable afterwards. Audio
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Solving the mystery of the Kaikōura bubbles
3 Aug 2017Mysterious bubbles and warm water, known as Hope Springs, which appeared after the Kaikōura earthquake, appear to be coming from deep in the earth's crust. Audio
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Complexity - six months of Kaikōura earthquake science
11 May 2017Six months after the destructive magnitude 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, scientists are still unravelling what happened during this very complex seismic event. Video, Audio
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Uplifted - marine life on the Kaikōura coast after the quake
22 Dec 2016The Kaikōura Peninsula was uplifted 1 metre during the magnitude 7.8 earthquake - and marine life on the rocky shore was left high and dry. Audio, Gallery
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When the Kekerengu Fault ruptured
8 Dec 2016Geologists are combing the ground in the wake of the 7.8M Kaikōura earthquake looking for clues, to understand what happened when 9 faults rupture at the same time. Audio, Gallery
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Giant underwater landslide in the Kaikōura Canyon
1 Dec 2016The magnitude 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake triggered a massive underwater landslide that swept down the offshore canyon system and was still flowing more than 300 km away. Audio
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The Science Of... Earthquakes
14 Nov 2016How does today's huge earthquake compare with others in our history? Alison Ballance looks at the powerful seismic forces that shape New Zealand.
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Convicted for science
Italian seismologist Giulio Selvaggi is visiting New Zealand to talk about his experience of being first convicted, and then acquitted, of manslaughter following a deadly earthquake in the Italian… Audio
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When the ground starts shaking - GeoNet turns 15
18 Aug 2016There are about 57 earthquakes every day in New Zealand - and over 15 years GeoNet has recorded more than 314,000 of them. Audio
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Building Better Flexi Bridges
Low-damage precast concrete bridges featuring flexible steel tendons and energy dissipators that act as fuses are being tested at Canterbury University Audio
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Megathrust Earthquakes Below Central New Zealand
For the first time, geologists find direct evidence for large subduction earthquakes underneath central New Zealand Audio
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Drilling into the Heart of the Alpine Fault
An international team of geologists, led by New Zealand, is drilling deep into the Alpine Fault to study the inner workings of a plate boundary fault. Audio
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Wellington's New Fault
NIWA scientists have discovered a new active fault in Wellington Harbour, capable of magnitude M6.3 to M7.1 earthquakes. Audio
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Tsunami Hazard Report
Tsunami hazards for New Zealand were recently revised based on new knowledge about very large earthquakes on plate boundaries Audio
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Earthquake Engineering
30 Jan 2014Earthquake engineers at the University of Canterbury are world-leaders in designing buildings that will be better able to withstand earthquake shaking. Audio
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Cook Strait Faults
25 Jul 2013NIWA's research Tangaroa was diverted to survey the earthquake area in Cook Strait Audio
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Heathcote River Recovery Post-Earthquake
25 Apr 2013Life in the Heathcote River recovered very quickly after millions of litres of raw sewage flowed in Audio
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Digital Archive of Christchurch's Earthquakes
4 Apr 2013The University of Canterbury's CEISMIC project is building a digital archive of earthquake-related information Audio
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Canterbury's Tectonic History
A team of University of Canterbury geologists, led by Mark Quigley, explores the region's tectonic history Audio
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Drilling into the Alpine Fault
31 Jan 2013Two geologists explain what drilling into the Alpine Fault and studying uplifted rocks tells us about earthquake processes Audio
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Earthquake Impacts on the Heathcote-Avon Estuary
13 Dec 2012The 2011 Christchurch earthquakes and the sewage outfall diversion have had profound impacts on the Heathcote-Avon Estuary Audio
