NIWA

Darren is a research scientist with experience spanning the earth and human-system sciences. He joined NIWA in 2001. In addition to being the Regional Manager for Nelson, he leads NIWA’s Māori Environmental Research Programme ‘Hazards, Climate and Māori Society’ and holds a joint position on the Kāhui Māori for the Deep South National Science Challenge and the Antarctic Science Platform.

Articles:

King, D.N., Manawatu, M, Shaw, W.S. 2020. Comparing and combining ethnographic records with active Māori histories to provide insights on tsunami hazard. Quaternary Research, 95, 43-55.

King, D.N., Harper, M. Pledger, S. 2020. Mixed diatom floras in sedimentary deposits from the 2016 Kaikōura Tsunami at Little Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsula, Aotearoa-New Zealand. Marine Micropalaeontology 161, 101920.

Goff, J.R., Goto, K., Chague, C., Watanabe, M., Gadd, P., King, D.N. 2018. New Zealand’s eastern-most palaeotsunami event: a major trans-Pacific event. Marine Geology, 40, 158-173.

King, D.N., Shaw, W., Meihana, P., Goff, J. 2018. Maori oral histories and the impact of tsunamis in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18, 907-919.

Power, W., Clark, K., King, D.N., Borrero, J., Howarth, J., Land, E.M., Goring, D., Goff, J., Chague-Goff, C., Williams, J., Reid, C., Whittaker, C., Mueller, C., Williams, S., Hughes, M.W., Hoyle, J., Bind, J., Strong, D., Litchfield, N., Benson, A. 2017. Tsunami runup and tide-gauge observations from the 14 November 2016 M7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 174, 2457-2473.

King, D.N., Goff, J., Chague-Goff, C., McFadgen, B., Jacobsen, G., Gadd, P., Horrocks, M. 2017. Reciting the layers: Evidence of past tsunamis at Mataora - Wairau Lagoon, Aotearoa, New Zealand. Marine Geology, 389, 1-16.

King, D.N. 2015. Tsunami hazard, assessment and risk in Aotearoa-New Zealand: A systematic review AD 1868-2012. Earth Science Reviews, 145, 25-42.

Manning, M., Lawrence, J., King, D.N., Chapman, R. 2014. Dealing with changing risks: A New Zealand perspective on climate change. Regional Environmental Change, DOI.10.1007/s10113-014-0673-1.

King, D.N., Penny, G., Severne, C. 2010. The climate change matrix facing Maori society. In: Climate change adaptation in New Zealand: Future scenarios and some sectoral perspectives. Nottage, R., Wratt, D.S., Borman, J.F., Jobes, K. (Eds). New Zealand Climate Change Centre, Pp 100-111.

King, D.N., Goff, J. 2010. Benefitting from differences in knowledge, practice and belief - Maori oral traditions and natural hazards science. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 10, 1927-1940.