Faultlines

Centre to keep Kiwis safe

The  National Geohazards Monitoring Centre is the first in the world to offer around-the-clock monitoring of  ...

A national monitoring centre to keep tabs on earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis and landslides has been launched.

Masonry prosecution in capital

As well as commencing prosecution proceedings against the building's owners, Wellington City Council has restricted ...

Building owner prosecuted for failing to strengthen building facade on busy Wellington corner.

Masonry deadline looms

Most of the buildings identified as posing a threat to public safety because of unreinforced masonry have had works ...

Wellington building owners scramble to sign off dangerous masonry repairs to avoid prosecution.

Quake-strengthening time to be slashed

Councillor Iona Pannett said priority notices may come as a costly surprise to a large number of building owners, ...

Private owners may get the public's help to get their buildings quake-strengthened.

Quake dilemma: Fix, sell or demolish? video

Smith's Pharmacy owner Gary Smith says the Government must provide incentives if building owners are to preserve the ...

Can our communities afford the hefty price-tag to strengthen buildings or will main streets will be scarred forever?

Is Blenheim the next Kaikōura?

Kaikōura was cut off after the 2016 earthquake as large slips covered parts of State Highway 1.

Could Blenheim be isolated from the rest of the country by a major quake? Definitely, says Civil Defence.

We're not prepared for next big one

Liquefaction was a serious problem in Christchurch after the earthquake.

It'll take more than witnessing widespread city destruction and two major earthquakes to shake some Kiwis out of apathy.

Living on a fault and a prayer

May and John Phillips are the longest-staying residents on California Dr.

The residents of a suburban Upper Hutt street live right on an earthquake faultline, but they're not too fussed about it.

November 14 Earthquake

Concern over quake-prone buildings video

The former Petone Courthouse, owned by WelTec. It is on a list of buildings that should have been earthquake ...

Court action possible for 10 Lower Hutt building owners who haven't strengthened their properties.

Crawling with a broken back video

She still struggles with a head injury and the loss of her colleague, Matti McEachen, but finds peace running all-female ...

Bonnie Singh crawled through rubble to safety after the earthquake. Eight years on, she's still recovering.

Clock ticking on earthquake repairs video

The sudden closure of Courtenay Central took many by surprise but was the work of a 'responsible' property owner, ...

Wellington City Council wants to chop years off quake strengthening times for about 200 buildings.

Quake risk confined to cinema video

Wellington's Courtenay Central closed suddenly during the weekend.

Courtenay Central's structural problems aren't an issue for neighbouring shops, council says.

NZ's largest fault will go

An earthquake from the Hikurangi subduction zone could devastate the east coast of NZ with a tsunami. This graphic ...

Kiwi scientists say the rupture of our largest faultline, off the east coast of the North Island, is a case of when, not if.

Researchers at fault for data error

Ocean-bottom electromagnetic (OBEM) receivers, pictured, were accidentally set to the wrong date and didn't have any ...

Scientists monitoring the Hikurangi subduction zone accidentally set instruments to wrong date.

Cinema closure sparks questions video

Reading Central in Courtenay Place suddenly closed during the weekend.

Employees left frustrated by lack of info on the quake-risk posed by Wellington's Reading Cinema.

Beware of volcanic tsunamis video

A resident inspects his house damaged by a tsunami near Sumur village.

How a volcanic eruption sent a wall of water crashing on the shore of Indonesia, killing 220 people.

Library could move to CBD

Upper Hutt's Central Library  will shift back into its old building by early March 2019 following earthquake ...

Upper Hutt's Central Library could shift again after moving back into soon-to-be quake compliant building.

Capital's quake plan revealed

Damage to Wellington in the aftermath of the earthquake on November 14, 2016.

Emergency supplies could take a week to reach Wellington in the aftermath of the big one.

A Kaikōura quake reunion video

This week, Kaikōura earthquake survivors Dick White, Celeste Sharplin, Doug Thom and Paul Foskett reunited for the first ...

Four strangers travelling on a moonlit road were united by a earthquake. This week they came together again.

CTV engineering boss could be disciplined

Disciplinary proceedings against Alan Reay over the CTV building collapse were dropped in 2014. A new High Court ...

High Court decision paves the way for re-opening complaints against Alan Reay over the CTV building collapse.

Kaikōura in world's top spots video

Reopened: Nearly 200 kilometres of damaged road, 220 work sites and 190km of munted rail line. And it only took two ...

The once quake-ravaged town has topped Airbnb's list of trending destinations for 2019.

Rebuild cities fast, not hastily, expert says

Dr Laurie Johnson has studied natural disaster recoveries in cities around the world.

Christchurch's quake recovery is called both typical and highly unusual.

Explosive earthquake science video

An earthquake from the Hikurangi subduction zone could devastate the east coast of New Zealand with a tsunami, this ...

Five dynamite shots will be detonated in boreholes between Gisborne and Whakatāne to generate seismic energy.

Health effects likened to war aftermath

The effects of natural disasters on the brain are well known, the Canterbury Earthquake Symposium has been told.

Not just the earthquakes, but what happened next, are blamed for harming people's mental health.

EQC inquiry not 'assigning blame'

Dame Silvia Cartwright says the voices of marginalised Cantabrians are important to the EQC inquiry.

The voices of marginalised Cantabrians are important to the EQC inquiry, Dame Silvia Cartwright says.

Mystery seismic waves sweep planet

Mayotte is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the coast of Mozambique.

A Wellington-based quake enthusiast noticed seismic waves traversing the globe. Scientists are baffled.

Lingering quake threats video

The Papatea fault plane crosses the Clarence River and white limestone thrusts over sandy rock.

Hundreds of millions of cubic metres of loose rock still sit on unstable South Island hillsides. It wouldn't take much to set it all sliding.

Kaikōura: Two years after the quake

Nin's Bin owner Johnny Clark opened the iconic crayfish takeaway joint last month.

Sunshine and tourists descend, but there are still signs of the earthquake that uprooted homes and livelihoods.

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