Pacific hazards

In May 2024, a massive landslide buried Yambali village, resulting in significant loss of life and severing road access, prompting an urgent humanitarian response.

Dr Emily Lane joins Ha’apai research visit to assess recovery from 2022 eruption and tsunami.

Supporting Pacific multi-hazard early warning development

Supporting local ocean monitoring and analysis.

Surge support for hazard analysis and recovery.

Collaboration across Pacific Natural Hazards

Researchers created national sea-level risk profiles for populations, buildings, croplands & infrastructure under present & future climate scenarios.

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

Prior to 15 January, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai was a little-known undersea South Pacific volcano with a long name. Within 24 hours, it  was a global phenomenon – the site of the largest atmospheric explosion in almost 150 years. Jessica Rowley looks at why a remote Tongan volcano took the world by storm.

A New Zealand-led team has completed the fullest investigation to date into January’s eruption of the underwater Tongan volcano.

New findings from the record-breaking Tongan volcanic eruption are “surprising and unexpected."

NIWA and The Nippon Foundation are undertaking a mission to discover the undersea impacts of the recent Tongan volcanic eruption.