Natural Hazards and Resilience Platform

the challenge

Aotearoa New Zealand is significantly exposed to natural hazards and a changing climate.

To build our resilience to these challenges, experts, organisations, and communities need to work together on solutions.

Collaborative research, informed by real-world needs, can provide new knowledge and tools to strengthen our communities, homes and infrastructure.

About Us

We are a multi-institutional, collaborative research programme with a mission to accelerate our resilience to natural hazards.

With funding for seven years from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, we’re mobilising scientists, resources, agencies and communities from around the country to collectively innovate to address this challenge.

Learn more about us

Living with Risk

The Living with Risk theme places people at the centre of risk reduction and resilience.
Better Resilience Decisions

The Better Resilience Decisions theme aims to help organisations, businesses and agencies make better decisions about natural hazard risks in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Next Generation Risk Assessment

In a nation highly-exposed to natural hazards, we need to understand the potential consequences for our communities, homes and infrastructure.
Vision Mātauranga

The Vision Mātauranga programme builds Māori resilience capability, partnerships, knowledge and influence. It is designed to move Māori from participation in resilience science, to leadership within the resilience system.
Data and Enabling Technologies

In the face of ever-increasing challenges driven by climate change, it has never been more important to reduce our risks from natural hazards. We can accelerate these efforts by turning to new technologies.