NZ Herald: Herald reporter Yvonne Tahana writes that the failure of high-rise stairwells during the Christchurch earthquake is concerning a […]
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John McClure: Future shock – nine lessons from Canterbury
Victoria University’s Proffessor John McClure writes in the Sunday Star Times about the lack of preparation of many for a […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: How to mend a shattered city from the ground up
New Zealand Herald feature writers Geoff Cumming and Chris Barton look at the challenges that lay ahead in rebuilding Christchurch, […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Map faults before rebuild – geologist
Isaac Davison writes in the New Zealand Herald about advice from a geologist saying that the faults underlying the Canterbury […]
Continue readingThe Press: Earthquake fault known of since September
Paul Gorman writes in The Press that scientists were aware of the small fault which cased last week’s earthquake from […]
Continue readingTVNZ: Quake rattles Wellington
Last night, Wellington was rattled by a magnitude 4.5 earthquake just after 10pm at night. It was focused 20km northwest […]
Continue readingNBR: Scientists back Campbell in Moon Man quake prediction row
Chris Keall writes in the National Business Review about the controversy over Ken Ring’s claimed prediction of last week’s earthquake […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: No more high rises for rebuilt quake city
Simon Collins writes in the New Zealand Herald that architects expect no more highrise buildings will be built in Christchurch, […]
Continue readingHow long to search for survivors? – A review of evidence from Haiti’s quake
In an effort to assist New Zealand-based rescue efforts, the journal Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness has published a […]
Continue readingDom Post: Scientists look into why fault ruptured
Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about the work faced by scientists in trying to understand what made the […]
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