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Wellington recently joined the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities programme and urban planners are now mapping out a long-term resilience plan for the capital. Audio

Low-damage precast concrete bridges featuring flexible steel tendons and energy dissipators that act as fuses are being tested at Canterbury University Audio

For the first time, geologists find direct evidence for large subduction earthquakes underneath central New Zealand Audio

University of Auckland volcanologist Jan Lindsay discusses the DEVORA project and its aim to assess volcanic hazard and risk for Auckland's metropolitan area. Audio

A fieldtrip through Mead Stream Gorge, north of Kaikoura, which provides a continuous record of 80 million years of geological history. Audio

Eleven researchers have been awarded prestigious medals by the Royal Society of New Zealand. Audio

The Roof Water Research Centre looks at ways of collecting microbiologically safe rain water Audio

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

Austin Boles is part of the research team drilling deep into the Alpine Fault. His focus is on the rle of minerals in earthquake ruptures. Audio

NIWA scientists have discovered a new active fault in Wellington Harbour, capable of magnitude M6.3 to M7.1 earthquakes. Audio

A rare glimpse of how Rutherford's Den and Christchurch's iconic Arts Centre are being restored after the earthquakes Audio

Geodesy is the study of the shape and size of the earth, and it underpins systems such as the Global Navigation Satellite System and allows very accurate surveying of major infrastructure projects Audio

Researchers are using brain activity to control robots and the technology may one day help patients with stroke or spinal injury Audio

Landscape architecture students at Lincoln University have designed 'bug hotels' to try and encourage invertebrate biodiversity in urban areas Audio

NIWA has been measuring how wind speeds up across rough ground in the Belmont Hills with the aim of improving the building code Audio

Tsunami hazards for New Zealand were recently revised based on new knowledge about very large earthquakes on plate boundaries Audio

A NZ/German expedition discovers frozen methane and gas vents off the east coast in an area with active submarine landslides. Audio

Earthquake engineers at the University of Canterbury are world-leaders in designing buildings that will be better able to withstand earthquake shaking. Audio

A web only special where Roger Dennis explains why he believes Christchurch could become the world's first smart city Audio

In the first project for Sensing City, school students are testing water quality with smart phones and paper diagnostic kits Audio

NIWA's research Tangaroa was diverted to survey the earthquake area in Cook Strait Audio

Life in the Heathcote River recovered very quickly after millions of litres of raw sewage flowed in Audio

A team of University of Canterbury geologists, led by Mark Quigley, explores the region's tectonic history Audio

The University of Canterbury's CEISMIC project is building a digital archive of earthquake-related information Audio

As Christchurch rebuilds, archaeologists are uncovering a wealth of clues about life during the city's earliest decades Audio

Two geologists explain what drilling into the Alpine Fault and studying uplifted rocks tells us about earthquake processes Audio

Volatile compounds in breath may allow researchers - and bees - to make diagnoses of diseases such as TB Audio

The 2011 Christchurch earthquakes and the sewage outfall diversion have had profound impacts on the Heathcote-Avon Estuary Audio

Volunteers in Christchurch are collecting a huge amount of earthquake data with mini-seismometers and their home computers Audio

Seismologist Bill Stephenson explains why soft soils are often severely affected by earthquake shaking Audio