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Liquefaction Lab reveals potential land damage
Natural hazards | 29 Jul 2020A new interactive online tool will help people better understand how the ground in Christchurch may respond in an earthquake.
Council approves District Plan change
Natural hazards | 14 May 2020Christchurch City Council has agreed to change the District Plan to reflect updated information on the slope instability risk in some parts of the Port Hills.
Testing time for tsunami warning sirens
Civil Defence, Natural hazards | 26 Sep 2019Christchurch’s tsunami warning sirens will be tested this Sunday at 11am.
Better picture emerges of tsunami impact on Christchurch
Natural hazards | 5 Jul 2019New computer modelling paints a clearer picture of the flooding Christchurch coastlines could see from a large distant source tsunami if sea levels continue to rise with climate change.
Christchurch's 'coolest sand-pit' provides lesson on liquefaction
Natural hazards | 29 Apr 2019Visitors to Canterbury Museum’s earthquake exhibition Quake City can play with Christchurch’s coolest sand pit to learn about the science behind liquefaction.
Slope instability reassessed in parts of Christchurch's Port Hills
Natural hazards | 3 Apr 2019Christchurch City Council is considering using a fast-tracked process to change the District Plan to reflect new information about the slope instability risk in some parts of the Port Hills.
Christchurch sirens sound tsunami-ready reminder
Civil Defence, Natural hazards | 2 Apr 2019Coastal and riverside residents are being reminded to check their evacuation zones prior to tsunami warning sirens being tested this Sunday.