Natural Hazards

The Platform is led by GNS Science, with NIWA as a co-anchor organisation, Opus Research, and the Universities of Canterbury, Massey, and Auckland as partners. Collaboration extends wider with subcontracts to other parties. The Platform is obligated to provide the best science advice possible in the national interest, and research is aligned with t... he strategies of Government agencies responsible for reduction, readiness, response and recovery from natural hazard events. The Platform structure includes a Strategic Advisory Group of end-users, a Technical Advisory Groupof international scientists, a Management Group representing all Platform partners, a Theme Leaders Group providing sciece leadership and coordination across the Platform, and an Anchor CEO Group made up of the CEOs of GNS Science, NIWA and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). The aim of the research is to directly contribute to improved economic, infrastructural and social resilience to natural hazards in New Zealand. The science capability supported by the Platform is also available to assist decision makers during significant hazard events. The Platform is organised into five themes: Geological hazards;Read More