Nau mai, haere mai, and welcome to the interim home for information about the Natural Hazards and Resilience Platform. 

The Natural Hazards and Resilience Platform (the Platform) is a collaborative natural hazards resilience research programme, with funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) of $70 million over seven years (2024-2031). The Platform builds on the achievements and ways of working in the Resilience to Nature’s Challenges National Science Challenge (2014–2024). 

The Platform is hosted by Earth Sciences New Zealand, and is mobilising scientists, resources, agencies and communities from around the country to collectively innovate to address our mission to enhance New Zealand’s resilience to natural hazards. 

The Platform will deliver the necessary science to strengthen New Zealand’s ability to prepare, respond and recover from natural hazard events, while also supporting our national science capability in hazard resilience and emergency management. 

The Platform has a strong focus on working with research users, such as central and local government, iwi/Māori, and the infrastructure, insurance and other industry sectors. 

As well delivering research, the Platform will also provide science capability during emergencies, and fulfil a coordination function during the science response to natural hazard events.