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University of Canterbury geologist Mark Quigley recalls his personal experience of the Canterbury earthquakes Audio

GNS Science and NIWA scientists explain their plans to drill offshore Gisborne to study silent earthquakes. Audio

Seismic blasts across a tectonic plate boundary in the Wairarapa will help understand locked plates Audio

GNS seismologists explain why the Darfield and Christchurch earthquakes were so damaging and 'punchy' Audio

Peter Malin plays the sound of an earthquake to a group of visiting scientists and outlines research into geothermal energy Audio

GNS Science's Martin Reyners is using tomography to look at the impact of fluid between tectonic plates Audio

Simon Cox was part of the GNS Science 'Rapid Response' team that flew in to assess the effects of the earthquake in July. Audio

Volcanologists Jan Lindsay and Graham Leonard explain a research project that aims to determine volcanic risk in Auckland. Audio

Tracking earthquakes, past and future, under New Zealand's capital. Audio

New directions in geohazard research and engineering Audio

New technology allows scientists to listen to slow, silent land deformations. Audio

Veronika Meduna talks to geologists about the future risk of big earthquakes in the Wellington region. Audio

Veronika Meduna joins a geology field party to travel along the Wairarapa fault line 150 years after the 1855 earthquake. Audio