Coastal hazards

Kaharoa Voyages KAH 2303 & 2306

Following extreme weather events in 2023, NIWA reprioritised research to help affected communities recover and prepare for the future.

The Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai volcano generated the biggest atmospheric explosion recorded on Earth in more than 100 years.

Decisions about how we adapt to sea-level rise need to be based on information about our exposure to coastal flooding.

You’ll be blown away by what these women in science are doing onboard RV Tangaroa in the Tasman sea!

RiskScape is a software application for analysing natural hazard consequences.

Storm-tide red alerts mark the highest king tides, crucial for emergency and coastal hazard managers to monitor.

Evaluating its strengths and limitations through two Future Coasts Aotearoa case studies

A new online simulation game that enables New Zealanders to experience a climate-changed future and explore choices has been launched.

NIWA has developed an adaptation simulation game - Future Coasts Aotearoa - created to discover people’s behaviours and preferences on sea-level rise adaptation. 

The risk of undersea landslides and their potential to cause tsunamis along New Zealand’s east coast is being investigated by scientists aboard the German research vessel RV Sonne as part of a month-long international collaboration.

Research projects carried out under the Future Coasts programme