Natural Hazards Update archive

No.19 July 2008

  • Kiribati - adapting to the challenges of climate change
  • Meet us at Te Papa at the 2nd Australasian Natural Hazards Conference
  • Tsunamis in the Futuna archipelago - what risk?
  • Seasonal climate forecasting for Pacific states
  • No.18 April 2008

  • Drought - what trees can tell us
  • Snow stability and avalanche forecasting
  • Long waves - a mysterious coastal hazard
  • Natural Hazards Review
  • No.17 December 2007

  • Fault mapping in Cook Strait
  • Climate change in Kiribati
  • Involving communities for better environmental outcomes
  • Auckland prepares for climate change
  • Mass field campaign in the Jollie catchment
  • No.16 October 2007

  • Coordinating backcountry avalanche information
  • Towards a national flood forecasting service
  • Taranaki tornado devastation
  • Unravelling the Chathams' tsunami history
  • No.15 July 2007

  • Snow and Ice Monitoring Network - first test passed
  • What's underneath gravel beaches?
  • Understanding the effects of the Northland floods
  • The human impacts of natural disasters
  • No.14 May 2007

  • Finding faults in the Wanganui Basin
  • Natural Hazards 2006 - A year in review
  • Reporting on the Northland floods
  • The April Solomon Islands tsunami
  • No.13 March 2007

  • New Plymouth landslide hazard assessed
  • Forecasting rip currents: how can it be done?
  • Coastal Hazards & Climate Change
  • No.12 December 2006

  • Adapting to erosion on the West Coast
  • Beach Profile Analysis Toolbox
  • Wild weather in the south
  • Flood risk mapped for Scandinavian coast
  • Managing Coastal Hazards
  • No.11 October 2006

  • Java tsunami: the lessons
  • Maori environmental knowledge: valuable and neglected in natural hazard management
  • Planning for a Volcano Crisis
  • Practical hazards management training
  • No.10 August 2006

  • Forecasting system passes first 'real life' test
  • NIWA coordinates backcountry avalanche information
  • The big snow
  • Managing extreme weather & flooding
  • No.9 June 2006

  • The Tonga quake: New Zealand was never in danger
  • NZCoast: tool for coastal hazard management
  • Hazard overview provides peace of mind
  • The Natural Hazards Management Conference
  • No.8 April 2006

  • Study reveals 166 offshore earthquake sources in Bay of Plenty
  • How to assess the impact of climate change on flood risk
  • Nature's double whammy
  • Towards full sea state forecasting
  • Workshop from the Natural Hazards Centre
  • No.7 February 2006

  • Auckland tsunami hazard assessed
  • Helping Thai people build 'sustainable livelihoods'
  • High-tech search for tsunami evidence in Otago
  • Evidence of pre-historic tsunamis found in Christchurch
  • Regional councils join forces on tsunami research
  • No.6 November 2005

  • 'Spy in the sky' technology helps reduce cyclone risk in Tokelau
  • Monitoring erosion at Pauanui Beach
  • Space shuttle helps European flood risk modelling
  • Remote-sensing essential for hazard forecasting
  • No.5 September 2005

  • NIWA helps prevent falling pylons
  • How high the sea?
  • How will climate change affect the Chatham Islands?
  • Course a hit
  • No.4 July 2005

  • Climate change increases fire risk
  • and drought risk
  • Putting numbers on Westport flood risk
  • Managing extreme weather and flooding - short course
  • The township that looked like a tsunami hit it
  • No.3 May 2005

  • Toolbox to help monitor beaches
  • Classifying the coast
  • How to manage coastal hazards
  • How do dams affect coastal erosion?
  • w will rising sea levels affect coastal cliff erosion?
  • No.2 March 2005

  • Tsunami: how will you know one's coming?
  • Bay of Plenty tsunami hazard higher than thought
  • How might a tsunami affect Kaikoura?
  • Lessons from Thailand
  • No.1 December 2004

  • And the winner is ...
  • Europeans use NIWA expertise
  • Saving Ashburton's lifelines
  • Flood forecasting system installed

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