About Us

The Natural Hazards Centre is a joint collaboration between the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and GNS Science.

NIWA's natural hazard and risk research aims to improve our forecasting of, and resilience to extreme weather systems, flooding, storm and tsunami inundation, and coastal erosion.

Our research develops new techniques to predict and forecast the impacts and consequences of natural hazards to communities. It provides information to support both real-time emergency response activities and longer-term prudent decision-making and implementation of mitigation measures by policy makers, planners, the engineering/infrastructure sector, emergency managers, iwi and the public to reduce natural hazard risk.

For more information on NIWA visit www.niwa.co.nz

GNS Science's hazards research is centred on understanding New Zealand's active landscape, and assessing the risk and impacts of earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and tsunamis.

Our research sits within an "all-hazards, all-impacts" context recognising the social, economic, cultural and environmental costs of disasters. We are focussed on providing research that assists with reducing these costs. We seek to meet end-user needs by providing information that can be used for sound decision-making and implementation by individuals, communities, businesses and government in their everyday activities.

For more information on GNS Science visit www.gns.cri.nz