Geological hazards

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

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.

Kaikōura Canyon reveals its muddy secrets

NIWA is leading a New Zealand partnership to map the South and West Pacific Ocean's seabed as part of a worldwide initiative to map the entire globe’s seafloor.

Scientists have uncovered a key piece of the puzzle behind the unusual ‘slow earthquakes’ occurring off the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island.  

Surge support for hazard analysis and recovery

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.

A risk screening tool that identifies the presence-absence of shallow groundwater.

A new study has comprehensively mapped the immediate after effects of the January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga - Hunga Ha’apai, highlighting the risks of similar events.

The 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption triggered the fastest underwater flow ever recorded.

Areas of Kaikōura’s seabed show promising signs of recovery just four years after the 2016 earthquake, says NIWA.