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  • Tsunami risk and preparedness

    On the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management site: an overview that links to two major reports on tsunamis in New Zealand, prepared after the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004.

  • Tsunami in the coastal areas of the Waikato region

    On the Environment Waikato site, this includes general information and diagrams, and links to a regional policy statement.

  • Tsunami – NIWA science

    Information and links on the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research site.

  • Tsunamis

    This is an illustrated, general-interest article on tsunamis in New Zealand, by Terrence Wood, is in the Gamma Series on the Royal Society of New Zealand site (268 KB).

More suggestions and sources

    • Bryant, Edward. Tsunami: the underrated hazard. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

    • de Lange, W. P. ‘The last wave – tsunami.’ In Awesome forces, edited by Geoff Hicks and Hamish Campbell, 98–123. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 1998.

    • de Lange, W. P. ‘Tsunami and storm surge hazard in New Zealand.’ In The New Zealand coast: te tai o Aotearoa, edited by James R. Goff and others, 79–95. Palmerston North: Dunmore, 2003.

    • Dudley, Walter C., and Min Lee. Tsunami! Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1988.



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