Canterbury University has done a large scale test on the sort of steel frame and concrete multistories common in New Zealand.

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The overall upshot of the New Zealand-Taiwan efforts is to solidify a growing global consensus that stiffer buildings that "drift" less perform better in quakes - opposite to the way New Zealand has ...

New Zealand is at risk of running out of life-saving medicines - including antibiotics and heart drugs - if global catastrophe strikes, researchers warn. A study published in The New Zealand Medical ...

Cascadia and San Andreas link raises spectre of simultaneous disasters, findings that could undermine insurance models and ...

One of the most dangerous faults in the United States, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, may be able to trigger an earthquake on the San Andreas Fault, a new study says. But some scientists want more ...

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The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Council has also urged local government units to strengthen earthquake preparedness and ...

Comcare welcomes CEO, QLD Police names deputy commissioners, top doc hangs up stethoscope, CSIRO scientist resigns ...