Earthquakes
Our Changing World - Finding faults
Alison Ballance meets geologist Dr. Carolyn Boulton, who is a ‘fault finder’, interested in how faults slide during earthquakes. Audio
Forecasting earthquakes - can we better predict ground shaking?
An earthquake engineering expert wants to change the way we predict how the ground will shake during an earthquake. Professor Brendon Bradley from the University of Canterbury is the recipient of a… Audio
Scientists working to detect seismic risk below North Island
Researchers hope sensors deployed at the sea floor will reveal the earthquake and tsunami risk below the lower North Island.
Listening to the hum of the Alpine Fault
A team of scientists are installing an array of seismic sensors along the South Island's Alpine Fault. Claire Concannon joins them to find out how and why. Video, Audio
Our Changing World - The Southern Alps Long Skinny Array
Claire Concannon joins a group from Te Herenga Waka as they deploy a seismic sensor on the Alpine Fault, part of a project to better understand how a slip on one part will impact ground shaking… Video, Audio
Earthquake strengthening with carbon fibre
World-leading New Zealand research hopes to provide a cheaper solution for earthquake strengthening in higher-risk buildings. Kathryn speaks with Dr Enrique del Rey Castillo, University of Auckland… Audio
Victoria shaken by 5.8 earthquake, felt as far as Adelaide
Victoria has been struck by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake with tremors being felt across the state, in New South Wales and even as far as Adeleide. Worldwatch's Perlina Lau reports. Audio
The spectrum of research
Scientific research can be thought as on a spectrum from blue sky to applied - this week, two stories that span this. Claire Concannon learns about a blue-sky research project on bacterial evolution… Video, Audio
Shaking up earthquake engineering
Award-winning structural engineer and designer of low-cost technology to make buildings more resilient in earthquakes, Dr Ashkan Hashemi has developed a means of absorbing and dissipating seismic… Audio
Franz Josef emergency services on Alpine Fault must be moved - Westland mayor
Emergency services based on top of the Alpine Fault in Franz Josef must be urgently moved, the mayor says, after experts forecast a higher likelihood for a devastating quake in the next 50 years.
Alpine Fault rupture likely in next 50 years - report
New research finds there's a high chance of the Alpine Fault rupturing in the next 50 years, with an earthquake measuring magnitude eight or higher.
The faultline - which runs up the spine of the… Audio
Iceland residents get explanation for mystery earthquakes
On Friday, residents in Iceland got an explanation for the thousands of earthquakes that have been shaking them over the past few weeks.
After 800 years lying dormant, a volcano has been spewing out… Audio
10th anniversary of Japan's tsunami
Ten years ago today a powerful earthquake to the north east of Japan's Honshu Island triggered a massive tsunami that devastated coastal Japan. Audio
National and Northland-based MP Shane Reti
Leading up the 11am news National's deputy leader Shane Reti joined the programme from high ground in Whangarei where he could see the sea going out. Audio
Whakatane schools evac, Nat. Crisis Management Cntr activated
Mark Ashcroft is principal of Parua Bay School in Whangarei, which is just a couple of hundred metres from the beach. Most of his students have been collected by parents, and the rest have moved to… Audio
RNZ reporters update evacuation in affected areas
Radio New Zealand reporter Nita Blake-Persen joins the programme from Onerahi near Whangarei airport, while Country Life reporter Carol Stiles is on Great Barrier Island. Audio
Details of evacuation in affected coastal towns
Opotiki District Councillor Louis Rapihana and Opotiki Mayor Lyn Riesterer join Nine to Noon to detail the evacuation process in the town, and what activity can now be seen off the coast. Greg… Audio
Emergency Management Minister update, Coastguard warning
Rolling coverage continues through the morning. Minister for Emergency Management, and East Coast MP Kiri Allan provides an update on advice for those living in affected areas. Coastguard Operations… Audio
Three significant earthquakes pose tsunami threat
We have the latest earthquake update from Far North Mayor John Carter, RNZ reporter Nita Blake Persen, Whakatane mayor Judy Turner, Murphy's camp ground owner Shane Salter, Opotiki Holiday Park… Audio
Quake's impact on Chch kids - 10 years on
Psychologist Kathleen Liberty talks about the long-term impact of the Christchurch quake on children - 10 years on. Audio