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France, New Zealand co-operate for a better future for a Samoan village
Media release25 August 2014A unique pilot project to help Samoa’s largest village better cope with natural disaster is the focus of an upcoming exhibition at the Museum of Samoa timed to coincide with a major United Nations conference in Apia. -
New Zealand facing greater weather extremes: international report
News article31 March 2014New Zealand will get hotter, have more heavy rainfalls, and experience more days when the fire risk is extreme, the latest international report on climate change impacts reveals. -
Scientists helping to create safer communities
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Scientists assess earthquake potential of faults close to West Coast
News article03 September 2013 -
2013 - Kaikoura tsunami risks
News article22 March 2013Surveying work carried out by NIWA scientists this week is helping provide new insights into the tsunami risk from undersea landslides in the Kaikoura Canyon. -
Oceans 20/20
Research ProjectThe Ocean Survey 20/20 (OS 20/20) programme aims to provide NZ with better knowledge of its ocean territory. -
NIWA maps Mt Tongariro ash cloud shortly after the eruption
News article07 August 2012These latest infra-red satellite images of ash clouds over New Zealand were created using the NOAA 18 and 19 satellites. -
Looking to the past for a complete record of earthquakes in Poverty Bay
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Submarine faulting beneath Pegasus Bay
Research ProjectIn September 2010 and February 2011, two devastating earthquakes (M7.1 and M6.3 respectively) hit the Canterbury region -
Snow and avalanches
Education ResourceNew Zealand faces a variety of hazards associated with snow. -
Environmental Information Update
Publication seriesThe latest updates about NIWA's EI work delivered to your inbox in our e-newsletter.
