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  • Mt Ruapehu moved up to volcanic alert level 2

    News
    New Zealand environment
    21 Dec 2020
    Aerial of a tuquoise crater lake on top of Mount Ruapehu, Tongariro National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

    GeoNet has issued a Volcanic Alert Bulletin for Mt Ruapehu, as the temperature in the crater lake continues to rise.

    Mt Ruapehu moved up to volcanic alert level 2
  • Designing low damage buildings

    Audio
    technology science
    17 Dec 2020
    A large scale lab test.of various structural components engineered for safer buildings takes place at the University of Canterbury.

    Low-damage buildings don't just save lives in an earthquake - they are designed to be resilient so they can stay in use. Audio

  • Designing low damage buildings

    News
    Our Changing World technology
    17 Dec 2020
    A large scale lab test.of various structural components engineered for safer buildings takes place at the University of Canterbury.

    Low-damage buildings don't just save lives in an earthquake - they are designed to be resilient so they can stay in use.

    Audio

    Designing low damage buildings
  • Preparing for the next big quake

    Audio
    science
    10 Dec 2020
    Damage to a house is seen in Waiau town, some 80 kms to the south of Kaikoura, on November 16, 2016, after an earthquake hit New Zealand on Monday.

    Information from past earthquakes can be used to prepare a more resilient society that will be better able to cope with future shakes. Video, Audio

  • Preparing for the next big quake

    News
    Our Changing World science
    10 Dec 2020
    Damage to a house is seen in Waiau town, some 80 kms to the south of Kaikoura, on November 16, 2016, after an earthquake hit New Zealand on Monday.

    Information from past earthquakes can be used to prepare a more resilient society that will be better able to cope with future shakes.

    Video, Audio

    Preparing for the next big quake
  • Scientists alarmed over Worksafe's GNS Science Whakaari charges

    News
    science environment
    6 Dec 2020
    Whakaari White Island eruption as seen from tourist boat

    The Association of Scientists is warning that the charges facing a Crown Research Institute could mute the scientific community, preventing the sharing of vital information in a crisis. Audio

    Scientists alarmed over Worksafe's GNS Science Whakaari charges
  • Scientists alarmed over Worksafe's GNS Science Whakaari charges

    Audio
    science environment
    6 Dec 2020
    No caption

    GNS Science is one of 13 parties charged by WorkSafe over the Whakaari White island explosion. Professor Troy Baisden, president of the New Zealand Association of Scientists, talks to Colin about the… Audio

  • Water security, renewable energy equipment for Tokelau

    News
    Pacific Tokelau
    3 Dec 2020
    Air crew on a RNZAF NH90 helicopter deliver an underslung load of equipment. A specialist team from NZ Army’s 5 Movements Company offloaded equipment in landing zones on the atolls.

    Over the past few weeks the Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Canterbury has been using helicopters to deliver equipment for Tokelau's development plans.

    New Zealand Defence Force delivers water tanks, renewable energy equipment to Tokelau
  • Ardern dismisses Whakaari Royal Commission suggestion

    Audio
    life and society
    1 Dec 2020
    The Whakaari / White Island mission to recover bodies of the victims.

    The Prime Minister has poured cold water on a Royal Commission into Whakaari, which could leave unanswered questions about the rescue and recovery mission.

    WorkSafe has completed its investigation… Audio

  • 'None of this action is going to bring anyone back'

    News
    New Zealand Whakaari/White Island
    1 Dec 2020
    Mark Inman.

    The brother of a tour guide who died on Whakaari/White Island says he doesn't think charges should have been laid against anyone over what he believes was an act of God. Audio

    Both pilot and brother of Whakaari tour guide against WorkSafe charges
  • Whakaari/White Island: Volcanologist on GNS Science facing charges

    Audio
    science
    1 Dec 2020
    White Island eruption: Dozens injured, some unaccounted for

    GNS Science is one of thirteen parties charged by WorkSafe over the Whakaari White island explosion last year that killed 22 people.

    The Crown Research Institute is responsible for alerts over… Audio

  • Workplace Relations Minister on White Island charges

    Audio
    crime
    1 Dec 2020
    No caption

    The Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood is confident that WorkSafe is adequately resourced to prosecute people and organisations in relation to last year's deadly eruption at… Audio

  • Whakaari/White Island rescuer says charges 'add to the anguish'

    Audio
    environment
    1 Dec 2020

    A man involved in the rescue operation on Whakaari/White Island says charges being laid over the tragedy only add to the anguish of those involved.

    Pilot John Funnell was on Whakaari on the day of… Audio

  • Whakaari/White Island: Family of victims focus on anniversary

    Audio
    crime
    1 Dec 2020

    Three members of the Buttle family who have owned Whakaari/White Island since 1936 have confirmed they are among those charged over last year's deadly eruption. After a year-long investigation… Audio

  • Whakaari/White Island: Witness resists laying blame

    Audio
    environment
    1 Dec 2020
    Geoff Hopkins and Lillani Hopkins helped rescue injured tourists from the Whakaari/White Island eruption. Picture taken before the eruption.

    Hamilton man Geoff Hopkins was visiting Whakaari/White Island with his daughter Lillian on the day of the explosion a year ago says nobody should be blamed for what was a 'natural disaster'.

    After a… Audio

  • Whakaari/White Island: Owners confirm they're facing charges

    Audio
    business crime
    1 Dec 2020
    The Whakaari crater floor about 11.20am today (4/02/20).

    The owners of Whakaari/White Island have confirmed they are among those charged in relation to last year's deadly eruption.

    On Tuesday the health and safety authority WorkSafe charged 10… Audio

  • "Unexpected but not unforseeable" charges laid over Whakaari

    Audio 1 Dec 2020

    "Unexpected but not unforseeable." Those were the words from Worksafe boss Phil Parkes as he announced 13 parties have been charged over the Whakaari White Island disaster which killed 22 people… Audio

  • Whakaari: WorkSafe charges 10 orgs, three directors

    News
    New Zealand Whakaari/White Island
    30 Nov 2020
    The eruption seen from the tourists' boat after they had left the island.

    Worksafe has laid criminal charges against 13 parties in relation to the Whakaari / White Island eruption in December last year.

    Whakaari investigation: WorkSafe charges 10 organisations, three directors
  • Ardern speaks after Whakaari eruption charges laid

    News
    Politics
    30 Nov 2020
    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood speak after a Cabinet meeting.

    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood have addressed the charges laid over the Whakaari / White Island eruption.

    PM Ardern speaks after Worksafe's Whakaari eruption investigation results in charges
  • WorkSafe charges 13 parties over Whakaari eruption

    Audio
    health crime
    30 Nov 2020
    View on 16 November 2020 of steam, gas and ash emission from the 2019 primary vent area of the Whakaari/White Island crater.

    After the largest and most complex investigation WorkSafe has ever carried out, it's laid criminal charges against 13 parties in relation to the Whakaari White Island eruption last December - ten… Audio

  • Whakaari/White Island still emitting plume, but gas levels decrease

    News
    New Zealand Bay of Plenty
    17 Nov 2020
    View on 16 November 2020 of steam, gas and ash emission from the 2019 primary vent area of the Whakaari/White Island crater.

    Whakaari/White Island is continuing to emit ash in the steam and gas plume, but gas levels have decreased.

    Whakaari/White Island still emitting plume, but gas levels decrease
  • Whakaari/White Island's volcanic alert level rises

    News
    New Zealand
    13 Nov 2020
    No caption

    The volcanic alert level on Whakaari/White Island has been raised to two, with small amounts of volcanic ash being detected in the steam and gas plume.

    Whakaari/White Island's volcanic alert level rises
  • GNS Science: new technology gets info faster post quakes

    Audio
    science
    2 Nov 2020
    No caption

    A new 13-million dollar project that it's hoped will provide a four dimensional picture of earthquakes could well save lives on these shaky isles. The GNS Science-led project takes cutting edge… Audio

  • MacDiarmid Institute receives $48m for science research

    Audio
    science
    28 Oct 2020
    No caption

    The MacDiarmid Institute in Wellington has been recognised for the fourth time as a Centre of Research Excellence and received $48 million in funding. The Institute was founded in 2002 by Victoria… Audio

  • Grass and the science of urban CO2

    Audio
    science environment
    22 Oct 2020
    GNS Science radiocarbon scientist Jocelyn Turnbull is using grass to measure how much carbon dioxide is being emitted in New Zealand urban areas, such as Hutt City.

    Jocelyn Turnbull from GNS Science is measuring how much CO2 we're producing in NZ towns - and she's doing it by cutting the grass. Audio

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