Story: Natural hazards – overview

More links and websites

• EQC Earthquake Commission

  This is the site of the Earthquake Commission, which is the major provider of natural-hazard insurance to owners of residential property.

• GEONET

  This site provides real-time monitoring of New Zealand earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and tsunamis.

• Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management

  This site describes the work of the ministry and the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan.

• Tectonic and earthquake risk zoning

  This paper was the first attempt to show that some parts of New Zealand are more susceptible to earthquakes than others, based largely on geological evidence. It was published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1965).

More suggestions and sources

• Ansell, Rebecca, and John Taber. Caught in the crunch: earthquakes and volcanoes in New Zealand. Auckland: HarperCollins, 1996.
• Brenstrum, Erik. The New Zealand weather book. Nelson: Craig Potton, 1998.
• Hicks, Geoff, and Hamish Campbell, eds. Awesome forces: the natural hazards that threaten New Zealand. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 1998.
• McCloy, Nicola. New Zealand disasters: earthquakes, eruptions, wrecks and fires. Events that rocked a nation. Auckland: Whitcoulls, 2004.
• Morris, Bruce. New Zealand’s darkest days. Rev. ed. Auckland: Wilson & Horton, 1987.